Rural Life
Turf sale 'fiasco' has now become a 'farce' - TD
Independent TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan has said there needs to be absolute clarity on the status of the...
Rural Life
Independent TD for Laois Offaly, Carol Nolan has said there needs to be absolute clarity on the status of the...
Pig/Poultry
The pig sector urgently needs to see an increase in the price of pigmeat if it is to continue being...
Forestry
A webinar has heard how a significant increase in tree planting could sequester 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2)...
CAP / Schemes
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that his department has published the European Commission’s observation...
Beef News
Macra na Feirme has said that action is needed to ensure beef farmers can continue to farm by providing a...
Beef Technical
The Munster Aberdeen Angus club hosted its annual spring bull sale at Bandon Mart last Wednesday (April 6) and reached...
Environment
Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said that the “climate imperative is that we act now and change how we produce food”....
Dairy
Co-op and processor Dairygold has said that its processing capacity will be sufficient “well past 2025”. Both Glanbia and Lakeland...
Rural Life
There have been almost double the number of road deaths to date this year than there was in the same...
Opinion
A fodder crisis is hardly a new phenomenon for Irish farmers to be dealing with. During my lifetime I can...
Agri-Business
Exports of food and live animals increased by 21% in the 12-month period between February 2021 and February 2022, according...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that the government aid package for horticulture is a “positive” step, but soft...
Organics
The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Senator Pippa Hackett has welcomed the...
Dairy News
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has today (Thursday, April 14) formally ratified Denis Drennan as the new deputy...
Sheep
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has published its nematodirus forecast for 2022, with peak hatching expected...
Agri-Business
Agri-food exporters are being urged to sharpen their focus when it comes to preparing for, and meeting, new UK import-control...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has announced improved market access for Irish beef exports to Saudi...
Opinion
We all know that conditioning accelerates the wilting of the crop in the field, which in turn increases fermentation and...