Farming

FACTORY quotes for lambs rose again yesterday as factories poured on the juice. Having lifted their quotes by 5-15c/kg last week, they were up another 10-20c/kg yesterday.

Over the last few months I have been involved in a fascinating project, compiling the history of Dungarvan Co-op. The story of the co-op and its expansion into Waterford Co-op,...

Imagine if there was consumer bashing instead of farmer bashing when it comes to the environment?

A 132ac residential holding at Griffinstown, Kinnegad, Co Westmeath withdrawn from auction last year is back on the market by private treaty with a guide of €1.2m.

In a welcome twist on the popular 'phone a friend' dictum, the wizardry of the modern mobile phone is helping fast-track direct payments to farmers.

As the year closes out, the opportunities to plant winter crops are all but over. Soil conditions are poor, with soil temperatures running at 0.4°C to 1.4°C below normal in...

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

The pressure facing farmers over Climate Action has reached new heights, with proposed new environmental restrictions, the EPA warning that the environment is "effectively subsidising" poor farming practices and RTé...

What sector of society would celebrate the imposition of wage cuts on a similar sector?

Junior housing minister Damien English said Fine Gael by-election candidate Verona Murphy was "mixed up" when she suggested the need for some asylum seekers coming to Ireland to be "deprogrammed".

The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, today announced the commencement of advance payments under year 3 of the Sheep Welfare Scheme.

Have you heard the recent radio advertisement highlighting how dangerous ATVs can be? The grim message highlights how ATVs (also known as quad bikes) cause serious and catastrophic spinal injuries...

FIANNA Fáil has accused the Government of attempting to pull the wool over farmers' eyes by delaying a report on the impact of the EU's planned Mercosur trade deal.

The use of non-protected urea fertilisers, as well as increased use of low emission slurry spreading, are part of the Government's new plan to cut emissions from the agriculture sector.

It was an industry and a way of life that grew rapidly in an emergency in the 1940s, and now another emergency in the not-too-distant future has sealed its fate.

The Fine Gael chair of the Oireachtas Committee on Climate Action told Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe he should consider introducing measures to protect older people, renters, farmers and those living...

The UK's withdrawal terms were settled with the EU a month ago, for the second time, but ratification has again been deferred, on this occasion for a trip to the...

It is crucial to have tariff and quota-free trade between Ireland and Britain after Brexit, Leo Varadkar has said.

A GANG of Irish con-artists have been jailed in the UK this week after swindling £1.2 million from farmers.

A GANG of Irish con-artists have been jailed in the UK this week after swindling £1.2 million from farmers.

No two years are the same in dairying - look at the contrast between this year and last year, when we were bracing ourselves for a fodder crisis

A selection of three residential holdings on the market with under 30 acres.

Most farms are likely to have sufficient quantities of silage in store for the winter ahead.

A selction of three residential holdings on the market with under 30 acres.

The surge in buying that started two weeks ago continued last week as feedlot and farmers went head to head.

RTÉ's Climate Action Week found our national broadcaster in do-goodery mode. A pity, then, that it doesn't practise what it preaches - recently it added to the world's carbon footprint...

The first rural premises are to be connected to high-speed broadband in the spring after the EU signed off on the Government's €2.6bn rural broadband plan.

Beijing lifted a nearly five-year ban on imports of US poultry meat this week, a move the US Trade Representative said would lead to more than $1 billion in annual...

Devin Spencer has been on edge ever since Deere & Co. (DE.N) laid off dozens of his colleagues at its Harvester Works plant in western Illinois due to dwindling demand...

Students from the Premier County are hoping that they can host a 'Tipp top' tractor run that will raise money and awareness for farm safety.

The last milk recording of the year was carried out just before Halloween, and in a superhuman effort, Neil takes on this task by himself, combining milking and milk recording.

The last milk recording of the year was carried out just before Halloween, and in a superhuman effort, Neil takes on this task by himself, combining milking and milk recording.

Smaller properties continue to sell, with a constant trade in the more compact holdings. In that regard Thomas Potterton of Trim is handling the sale of a 28ac parcel of...

These four properties come with the added attraction of a garden studio in which to get away from it all.

A Tipperary dairy farmer has been announced as the 2019 Zurich Farm Insurance Farming Independent Farmer of the Year.

A farmers' ‘MooPoo' outing at Tedfest descended into violence after a young farmer produced an imitation hand-gun from his boxer shorts in a confrontation with another man.

Kerry Group has held its price for October milk supplies.

Kerry Group has held its price for October milk supplies.

A farmer whose trailer came free from his tractor overturning and impacting with two cars in Tarbert last year was fined €300 at Listowel District Court.

A farmer whose trailer came free from his tractor overturning and impacting with two cars in Tarbert last year was fined €300 at Listowel District Court on Thursday.