There has been a lot of focus this spring on improving the beef traits of the non-replacement calves produced from the national dairy herd. The key recommendations include using sexed semen, using more beef AI, using the dairy beef index to choose bulls, and only generating enough heifers to meet your replacement requirements. But how...
Last week, I found myself in Roscommon at a substantial c167ac farm at Ballinaheglish, about 15km west of the county town. The holding, with a good range of farm buildings, was once the property of the Franciscan Order and is for sale with a guide price of €1.4m.
A major spike in entitlement trading has been reported in the run-up to tomorrow's application deadline for CAP area-based schemes such as the BPS, ANC and GLAS.
Convicted murderer Pat Quirke confirms our worst suspicions that Ireland's most ambitious dairy farmers are greedy so-and-sos that will stop at nothing in their thirst for more.
Union members backed a motion calling on the Government to oppose US President Donald Trump visiting the country.
President Donald Trump ran for office vowing to extricate the United States from entanglements abroad. But his administration now finds itself juggling three national security crises overseas - with Iran, Venezuela and North Korea - while confronting China over a possible trade war.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is planning to push through a new law that would allow parliament to protect his immunity from prosecution, as he faces possible indictment in three corruption cases, according to leaks in the Israeli media.
