Veterinary
Vets and DAFM at impasse on new veterinary prescription system
Vets and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are at an impasse in relation to the adoption...
Veterinary
Vets and the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) are at an impasse in relation to the adoption...
Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies is “reasonably confident” that the dairy markets will help cover the significant rise in input costs for its...
Farm Safety
Farmers should review their farm insurance plans every year to ensure they are fully covered as inflation and production costs...
Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies increased its revenues by 20% to €1.3 billion, according to the company’s annual results for 2021 published today...
Agri-Business
Teagasc has warned that a decline in average family farm income is “now highly likely” in 2022 as output prices...
Dairy
Great Britain‘s milk production could fall by up to 605 million litres (5.3%) over the 2022/2023 season, according to new...
Rural Life
The proposed ban on the sale and gifting of turf, which was recently suggested by the environment minister, Eamon Ryan,...
Beef
The third sale of the year for the Irish Limousin Cattle Society is set to take place tomorrow (Thursday, April...
Beef
Farmers must be allowed to repay money received under the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) over a longer period of...
Rural Life
The farm is the most dangerous place to work in Ireland and it is critical that we change that, according...
Agri-Business
A one-week extension to the application deadline for nitrates derogation has been welcomed by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA). The...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue will today (Wednesday, April 13) seek Cabinet approval for a...
Agri-Business
Glanbia Co-op has announced that will issue twice-per-month milk payments to suppliers in a bid to assist farmers with cashflow....
Agri-Business
Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) president, Pat McCormack, is urging livestock farmers to make plenty of high quality silage...
Sheep
On Monday, April 11, Raphoe Mart held its Easter spring lamb sale which saw prices reach a high of €200....
Dairy Technical
Waterford Ross Mart held its weekly calf sale on Saturday, April 9, with over 600 calves presented for sale at...
Beef
Farmers who are aiming for a first cut of silage in late May, need to be getting fertiliser out on...
Agri-Business
By Gordon Deegan A judge has described the circumstances in which a west Clare farmer lost his life in a...