Farming

The cows were housed fulltime on the last day of October, bringing to an end a very good grass growing season for 2019. I reckon cows were out grazing for...

It's amazing how small incidents which happen to us in our youth can stay with us for the rest of our lives. Such an incident happened to me when I...

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, today confirmed that payments under the 2019 Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) have commenced to 32,444 farmers, to the value...

What does online streaming giant Netflix have in common with smallholder farmers? Both can benefit from sharing data, according to one of this year's Nobel prize winners.

Veterinary pharma firm Norbrook Holdings has reported an 82% slump in pre-tax profits to £8m in a "challenging year" following an equipment breakdown.

Having written in August 2017 that we were buzzing at the prospect of planting some woodland under the Department's 2014-2020 forestry programme, I figure it's time to give an update.

One of the lovely things about being a farmer is that you get to watch your crops grow. There is a great sense of achievement as a tiny green spike...

Sleeping on the streets is a reality many people have to face over the Christmas period. In an effort to raise funds for the Mid West Simon Community to help...

Brexit has moved a step closer as Boris Johnson is set to be returned as UK prime minister with a significant Conservative Party majority.

The plant-hire company owned by outspoken independent Kerry TD and farmer, Danny Healy Rae last year recorded an 85% increase in post tax profits to €444,227.

Glanbia and Lakeland Dairies have set their prices for November milk.

The European Union's new executive launched a Green Deal policy package to tackle climate change on Wednesday, trumpeting it as the bloc's "man on the moon moment" - but fossil...

The European Union's new executive launched a Green Deal policy package to tackle climate change on Wednesday, trumpeting it as the bloc's "man on the moon moment" - but fossil...

I am frequently asked many questions by farmers in the course of my work about the pros and cons of renting out land but I am seldom asked if renting...

A 28ac parcel of ground with a derelict house at Ballinabarney, Longwood in Co Meath made a handsome €13,000/ac when it sold to a local farming family last week. The...

As December begins things have come to a natural lull with the sheep flock. Lamb sales from the 2019 lamb crop are all but finalised, rams have been removed from...

A judge has told a west Clare farmer that “time runs out” for him in his efforts to clear his lands of his remaining 52 horses next February.

A judge has told a west Clare farmer that “time runs out” for him in his efforts to clear his lands of his remaining 52 horses next February.

Killing for China has been ramped up over the last fortnight, with trial slaughter runs taking place in a number of beef plants that were cleared for export to the...

Here we are two weeks from Christmas Eve 2019 and after months of farmer-led protests the beef barons give a miserly 5c/kg price rise.

Post 2020 CAP reform is unlikely to be ready even after the 12 month extension period, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said.

Waterfront properties can be hard to come by and residential waterfront properties are quite rare. Roscommon auctioneer, John Earley is experiencing lively interest in a c45ac farm at Kilmore, Lecarrow,...

Dovea Genetics and Herdwatch have announced a strategic partnership which will see the two Tipperary-based outfits working more closely together.

The IFA is continuing its stream of recent beef price protests with a blockade taking place today at the Dunnes Stores depot in Cornelscourt Dublin.

Brazil is poised to break its own beef export record next year as it boosts trade ties with Asia, tries to enter the Japanese market for fresh beef and expands...

The African Swine Fever crisis in China and a shift towards plant-based protein in diets could reshape EU agricultural markets over the next ten years, leading to fluctuating pork prices...

Parts of the country unable to take the inputs being applied to it, and a new scheme should be developed to pay farmers to farm these areas less intensively, the...

The world is on the cusp of an agricultural revolution that will totally transform the manner in which food is produced and consign animal-based farming to history within three decades.

I channel my inner Del Boy at this time of year, trying to flog turkeys, Christmas trees, wreaths, flowers and veg boxes to all sorts of suspecting and unsuspecting characters.

Cases of bird flu have been confirmed at a chicken farm in Suffolk, the Government has said.

After being the victim of crime twice in recent months, Westmeath farmer, Jimmy Brady, now sleeps with a loaded gun in his bedroom at night.

The lives and livelihoods of farmers living close to forestry in East Clare are being put in danger because of widespread illegal deer poaching, writes Andrew Hamilton

After being the victim of crime twice in recent months, Westmeath farmer, Jimmy Brady, now sleeps with a loaded gun in his bedroom at night.

The lives and livelihoods of farmers living close to forestry in East Clare are being put in danger because of widespread illegal deer poaching, writes Andrew Hamilton

It's an insult to farmers to have quality product discounted down to unsustainable levels, in order to get foot fall through the shops to get footfall through the shops and...

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is warning businesses to only purchase meat from approved sources following the theft of a container with a consignment of beef carcasses from...

The use of feedlots to finish beef cattle will likely grow in Brazil, home to the world's largest commercial cattle herd, a survey by Dutch animal nutrition and health company...

Strongly worded letters are usually the last resort of the desperate but in the case of three coal companies, it has proved an effective strategy.

Factory prices for both lamb and cull ewes moved up another notch yesterday with quotes for lamb rising by up to 10c/kg.

Gardai are encouraging farmers to take precautions to make life tough for criminals.