Farming

Hundreds of French farmers angered by international trade deals and government policy drove tractors along the main highways into Paris on Wednesday, blocking commuter traffic and adding to the social...

Farmers can now select bulls carrying genes for improved resistance to Bovine TB, in a major scientific breakthrough against the disease.

"Have we reached peak protein?" That was the main question Bord Bia's Rory McDonnell posed to delegates at consumer and science conference hosted in Teagasc.

Farmers who unsuccessfully applied to join the Organic Farming Scheme should appeal the decision to refuse them entry, the Irish Organic Association (IOA) has stated, writes Declan O'Brien.

Farmers have vowed to escalate their protests and bring Dublin city centre to a standstill until Agriculture Minister Michael Creed agrees to meet them.

Farmers have vowed to escalate their protests and bring Dublin city centre to a standstill until Agriculture Minister Michael Creed agrees to meet them.

A small number of farming delegates have met with Agriculture Minister Michael Creed in the foyer of the Department of Agriculture this morning.

A small number of farming delegates have met with Agriculture Minister Michael Creed in the foyer of the Department of Agriculture this morning.

PROTESTING farmers have threatened that there will be "no food or drink" in Dublin for Christmas if their demands aren't met following their meeting with Agriculture Minister Michael Creed in...

Farming protesters have vowed to escalate their efforts to bring Dublin City centre to a standstill today until Agriculture Minister Michael Creed agrees to meet with them.

Meat company managers received death threats at a firm which got an injunction against blockading beef farmers, Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has told the Dáil.

Farming protesters are demanding to meet the Minister for Agriculture this evening as their tractor protest brought Dublin City centre to a standstill today.

A dairy farmer and his wife who were in danger of losing their family home and farm have secured their property after Kilkenny Circuit Court approved a Personal Insolvency Arrangement...

A new report by Teagasc economists estimates that the average family farm income (FFI) in Ireland increased by an estimated 7pc in 2019.

One of the country's biggest meat buyers has warned of a long-term threat to the sector if farmers don't believe they are "incentivised to produce beef".

Lenders have agreed a deal allowing a couple to keep their €1.5m dairy farm despite falling into arrears, in the first deal of its kind.

Recent heavy rain could be driving a surge in blackleg, particularly in the southern half of the country, according to the Department of Agriculture.

One of the country's biggest meat buyers has warned of a long-term threat to the sector if farmers don't believe they are "incentivised to produce beef".

Voting got underway last night in one of the most important presidential elections in the IFA's history.

RIGHT now, the factory trade is replete with rumours that numbers are potentially going to get scarce. Yet when you go about trying to nail down facts about any general...

Over the coming nights, the country's largest farming organisation goes to the polls in search of its 16th president.

Attempts by the meat factories to secure additional employment permits for non-EU workers have been blasted by the trade union SIPTU.

Farmers will be put under the spotlight over the use of waste tyres on silage pits.

One of the largest farms to come on the market this year is the famous Wells House and Gardens at Ballyedmond, south of Gorey in Wexford.

Up to 1,000 farmers are expected to descend on Dublin today in their tractors to protest about the demise of agriculture.

"NOW we're sucking diesel," said a local farmer over the weekend when I told him that I expected factory lamb to be €5/kg come Monday.

One of the country's biggest meat buyers has warned of a long-term threat to the sector if farmers don't believe they are "incentivised to produce beef".

In a dramatic development in the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) presidential race, betting giant Paddy Power suspended betting on the race over the weekend.

If American healthy eating and drinking trends are anything to go by, the Irish dairy industry may be feeling a little unsettled at the moment. Earlier this month, Dean Foods...

Boris Johnson has trimmed a sheep and served beef and lamb baps as he got stuck into country life at the Royal Welsh Winter Fair.

The IFA is handing in letters of protest to Meat Industry Ireland and the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed today over what they say is the failure of meat factories...

The IFA is handing in letters of protest to Meat Industry Ireland and the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed today over what they say is the failure of meat factories...

Up to 1,000 farmers are expected to descend on Dublin tomorrow in their tractors to protest about the demise of agriculture.

Up to 1,000 farmers are expected to descend on Dublin tomorrow in their tractors to protest about the demise of agriculture.

Self-Help Africa are calling on Irish farmers to help their African counterparts this Christmas.

Michael Hehir has "got used to living in fear" after numerous break-ins and attempted thefts from his property.

Rural Fine Gael ministers are plotting to derail plans for graduated speed penalties which will come before Cabinet tomorrow.

Gale-force winds and heavy rain are set to lash the country as the remains of an Atlantic storm hit our shores.

Often properties featured on these pages are described as potential out-farms made up of land that, with a bit of husbandry, would make a tremendous addition to any existing enterprise...

The majority of vets who have registered to work in Ireland this year completed their training outside the country.