Farming

A raft of smaller properties in the Royal County sold at auction in recent weeks.

AN EXPERIENCED cattle handler who died at University Hospital Limerick after he was trampled on by a bullock at a farm in West Clare sustained multiple traumatic injuries including a...

Government departments and agencies spent more than €780,000 on costs associated with attending the National Ploughing Championships this year.

Government departments and agencies spent more than €780,000 on costs associated with attending the National Ploughing Championships this year.

Local groups wanting to set up wind and solar projects in their communities will have better opportunities to compete with large operators under a new agreement approved by the Government.

Gardaí have expressed their relief after a tractor driven by a 12-year-old was intercepted safely in Co Meath in the early hours of yesterday.

An old friend of mine, now deceased, had a great reservoir of tales and anecdotes that shone a light on the more quirky corners of reality. He enjoyed dropping these...

Farmers with hilly land may finally have a solution for achieving even fertiliser spreading patterns.

There is no room for complacency when it comes to calf care management, according to Teagasc dairy specialist George Ramsbottom.

Bord Bia wants food and drink exports to Germany to increase to €1bn in five years as part of a Brexit diversification strategy. German trade with Irish food companies is...

A heifer that has certainly paid her way is Goldstar Osanna, which has returned almost €1,000 a month for her stay on the farm of her birth in Co Tipperary.

We've always been known for our love of potatoes, and Maria Flynn, who recently brought a different variety of spud to menus across the country, says it's "bringing back that...

Field operations have ground to a halt, apart from the harvesting of vegetables and potatoes.

Two worlds collided on the streets of Dublin this week. Well-to-do Christmas shoppers on St Stephen's Green sauntered past advertisements for pearl earrings and were welcomed by the top-hatted doorman...

Consumers might say in surveys that country of origin is important, but David Swales maintains that goes out the window in the shop

I was born and reared in a thatched house and have a fondness for them, a weakness even.

Two worlds collided on the streets of Dublin this week. Well-to-do Christmas shoppers on St Stephen's Green sauntered past advertisements for pearl earrings and were welcomed by the top-hatted doorman...

A dairy farming husband and wife from Franklin, Wisconsin grown their dairy herd from 80 cows in 1989 to 1,300 across 1,700 acres today through five fundamentals steps.

All our rams have been out with the ewes since the start of November to pick out and serve any ewes that did not hold to AI

The sale in smaller lots continues to be brisk around the country with pieces like these representing the bread and butter of the trade.

A former TD and farmer has said he is aware of male dairy calves being killed with plastic bags and lump hammers.

Injunctions preventing protesters from blockading and intimidating persons working or visiting a Midland's based pet food manufacturing plant have been formally struck out by the High Court.

Martin Coughlan sat down with ICMSA president Pat McCormack to discuss the problem and potential solutions

Over the years, I have dealt with the various issues associated with transferring the family farm. Arising from these articles, a question that keeps popping up is whether or not...

David Russell is the youngest winner of the Zurich Farm Insurance/Farming Independent Farmer of the Year, and he modestly insists that much of his success is down to his father...

As we move closer to December and numbers begin to reduce at the marts, farmer and feedlot demand continues to underpin prices. Indeed, prices for the better continental store and...

I had the pleasure of taking time out from my usual routine to judge the beef section of the Zurich Farm Insurance/ Farming Independent Farmer of the Year awards.

A decade ago it was 'peak oil'. Now it appears to be 'peak cow'. If we have in fact maxed out cow numbers, maybe now is the time to think...

C&D Foods, the Larry Goodman-owned pet food company has said it has decided to apply to strike out two injunctions, after receiving assurances from the Ministers for Justice and Agriculture.

From vegan burgers to vegan boots, the market for products using no animal products is surging, with climate-conscious consumers in Britain fuelling the global dash to cash in on a...

Weather during harvest season in the US Red River Valley, a fertile sugar beet region in Minnesota and North Dakota, has to farmers felt like a series of plagues.

No voice should be so loud that it can demand that we listen to it. Farmers who visited two days of traffic chaos on the capital nonetheless felt entitled to...

Farmers have threatened to bring Dublin to a standstill again before Christmas if their demands aren't met after their tractor protest was lifted.

Gardaí have confirmed that air patrols are being deployed at night to prevent raids by criminal gangs on some of the country's remotest Christmas tree farms.

The anger among farmers who have protested over the past two days in Dublin is very real and has been building toward breaking point over the past six months.

PROTESTING farmers have left Dublin but threatened to return and bring the capital city to a standstill again if their demands aren't met following their meeting with Agriculture Minister Michael...

When 2,500 farmers last marched on Leinster House on July 10 this year, their main gripe was the Mercosur Deal, an international trade agreement they said was the ‘last straw'...

When 2,500 farmers last marched on Leinster House on July 10 this year, their main gripe was the Mercosur Deal, an international trade agreement they said was the ‘last straw'...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said it is difficult to speak to protesting farmers who are blocking roads in Dublin as there is "no clear leadership".

Liam Hanrahan, a dairy farmer from Clare took home the top prize as he was crowned the 2019 FBD Macra Na Feirme Young Farmer of the Year last night.