When Tom Nee lost his job in 2009 due to the recession, he turned to his sheep farm to keep himself afloat. The commonage farm, in the hills of Bunowen, Co Galway, is now an agricultural tourism hub, with people from all over the world flocking to witness his traditional demonstrations and working methods.
Farmers must not pay the price for reduced capacity in meat plants, according to TD Jackie Cahill, as the Migrant Rights Centre is calling for a 14-day factory closure where Covid clusters occur.
Ridiculous, unacceptable and weak. Those are just three of the words the main farming organisations used to describe the Department of Agriculture's new TB herd history reports.
Fears are intensifying in Northern Irish farming over the impact of Brexit .
Graduates of the Bachelor of Science in Agricultural Science at Tralee IT will be eligible to apply for stamp duty relief this year.
Following the surge in mart prices for store heifers and bullocks two weeks ago last week saw several factors contribute to the trade re-balancing. While the reduced kill at ABP Chair added a degree of uncertainty to factory prices the real culprit was the weather as two more autumn storms dumped huge quantities of water...
Farmers may be forced to get a prescription for common veterinary medicines if proposed legislation is introduced to restrict the sale of such products.
