Farming

Q My twin brother and I are aged 66 and live in south Tipperary in the heart of the Golden Vale. We grew up on a dairy farm of 300...

During the week, Chris Andersen runs his Manhattan investment banking firm, GC Andersen Partners LLC.

There are farmers and their mams and dads who are living in permanent dread of the new rural broadband project. They are terrified. The eldest sons of farmers are being...

Tesla Inc's highly anticipated unveiling of its futuristic pickup truck suffered a setback after its "armoured glass" windows shattered during a demonstration.

Tesla Inc's highly anticipated unveiling of its futuristic pickup truck suffered a setback after its "armoured glass" windows shattered during a demonstration.

It is a visit to the vet which the people in the towns surrounding the Mourne Mountains are unlikely to forget as TV camera crews capture their movements inside their...

The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association says it has got confirmation from the EU Commission that upward only convergence of Pillar 1 payments is not possible.

When grilled by UK MPs last month over the collapse in farm-gate beef prices, Larry Goodman's UK managing director claimed there had been a substantial change in consumer behaviour over...

Climate change seems to be front and centre in every media outlet at present. It takes up large chunks of our newspaper pages, is the subject of an ever-increasing number...

Brazil's famous barbecue is getting more expensive as Chinese demand is increasingly swallowing up the country's beef supply, pushing Brazilian cattle prices to a record high.

Every time a person chooses a vegan meal instead of a beef one they are damaging rural Ireland ICSA General Secretary Eddie Punch has warned.

Half of Irish farmers said they do not feel confident using technology in general, according to an IFA and Farm Business Skillnet report.

Shares in agri-services group Origin were down almost 9pc yesterday after the company warned that "prolonged unseasonal weather conditions" would impact on profit for the year.

Shares in agri-services group Origin were down almost 9pc yesterday after the company warned that "prolonged unseasonal weather conditions" would impact on profit for the year.

Farmer-owned Kerry Co-operative is set to raise around €90m from a sale of 800,000 shares in Kerry Group, with a further big-block sale planned for next year.

An O-minus bullock gets you a 24c/kg penalty on the grid, while an R-minus will get you the base - no penalties.

Irish pig prices hit a record high this week, with returns topping the €2/kg mark for the first time.

Prolonged "unseasonal" weather conditions contributed to a 13.7pc fall in revenue at Origin Enterprises in the three months to 31 October.

Long-term leasing of bigger farms is a growing feature of the land-market. Since the advent of tax relief for such leasing arrangements, the option has become increasingly popular with landowners...

Some 34,000 BEAM applicants must undertake to reduce the production of bovine livestock manure nitrogen by 5pc for the period July 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, compared to the...

If hot air, promises, and target dates could achieve anything, then we would long ago have been surfing hectically through a celestial cyber-world.

Police have appealed for information after a Massey Ferguson tractor stolen from Armagh was used in an attack on an ATM machine in Louth.

The EU Commission presented its proposed regulations for CAP transitional rules to EU Ministers which are intended to guarantee continuity of payments and programmes before the next CAP enters into...

Deforestation in Brazil's Amazon rainforest rose to its highest in over a decade this year, government data on Monday showed, confirming a sharp increase under the leadership of right-wing President...

All cows and calves are now housed, and we have settled in nicely to our winter feeding routine.

South Tipperary land attracts a range of buyers from all sectors, and especially from the equestrian sector.

LAST week's kill figure of 39,100 shows that the numbers keep coming.

A businessman whose lands are being sold by a Revenue-appointed receiver could be jailed amid claims he arranged for gunshots to be fired to intimidate a prospective purchaser.

FOOD and drink producers face struggles to stay competitive, particularly when exporting to the UK where sterling's weakness has slashed the value of sales by 30pc, according to an industry...

Healthier animals are more productive, cost less to rear, have a lower environmental footprint and a higher welfare status.

Like many rural children, Dublin and Leinster team performance nutritionist Daniel Davey didn't appreciate the uniqueness of his family farm until he departed it to go to university in Dublin.

Q Is it possible to quietly register what I believe is my right-of-way access, without upsetting my neighbour? Property maps indicated a right-of-way access to my farm via a traditional...

Controlling the spread of TB in Wicklow is impossible unless a concerted effort is made to tackle deer numbers in the county, the ICMSA has claimed.

Ideally, you would want to be up early to get ahead of trends in cyberspace. And you always have to keep a weather eye on how those money markets swing...

Like many rural children, Dublin and Leinster team performance nutritionist Daniel Davey didn't appreciate the uniqueness of his family farm until he departed it to go to university in Dublin.

Do farmers really want good leadership? This was the question in my head leaving an IFA presidential debate last week.

IRELAND'S largest dairy processors continue to pay the lowest milk prices in Western Europe, a Dutch survey has found.

A shortage of skilled workers in meat factories is now at 'critical' level, with factories looking to double the number of work permits in the sector to 3,000.

Getting a regular factory base beef price above €5/kg is a pipe dream for most producers, but it has become a reality for Sean Flannery.