The average price of farmland nationally declined by 1.8pc in the third quarter of the year, down to €9,130/ac, according to the latest land market review from Sherry FitzGerald Country Homes, Farms and Estates.
The Crowe brothers in Dundrum Co Tipperary have been rearing white and bronze turkeys on their mixed farm in the heart of the Golden Vale for the last decade.
Farm organisations no longer wield the lobbying influence of old, former minister and Fianna Fáil stalwart Mary O'Rourke has said.
Farm organisations no longer wield the lobbying influence of old, former minister and Fianna Fáil stalwart Mary O'Rourke has said.
One of the more salubrious rural properties on the market now is the home of former presidential candidate, Dragon's Den star, entrepreneur, media mogul and PR guru Gavin Duffy.
The Department of Agriculture has launched a new system to deal with a significant backlog of clear-felling and planting licences for the forestry sector.
I met a pig farmer in his new Maserati last week. It reminded me of the Lotto ad with the farmer heading home from the mart in the new Lamborghini.
