Farming

As the grazing season begins to draw to a close at UCD Lyons Farm, so too are our lamb sales. Sixty lambs were sent to slaughter last Wednesday with just...

The 131ac estate of the late and legendary Gerry McGuinness near Enniscrone in Co Sligo is for sale by private treaty with a guide price of €1.5m.

Farmers are actually environmentalists. It's just that nobody has told them yet. After I failed to grow a crop of organic onions over a decade ago, I resigned myself to...

Fears of a cheddar mountain in the event of a no-deal Brexit have forced the Irish dairy industry to consider diversification, but Ornua's move to intensify its production of mozzarella...

Is there light at the end of the tunnel as regards a slowdown in supplies?

Regulation to increase the age calves are sold at the mart in order to "not compromise the welfare and image" of calf rearing has been called for by Cork Marts...

When things aren't going well on my farm, which they certainly are not at the moment, it's important to try to look at the positive side.

Farms have suffered “unprecedented damage” from the recent flooding, a farmers' leader said as she called for support for those affected.

Glanbia will pay its Member milk suppliers 29 cent per litre (cpl) including VAT for October manufacturing milk supplies at 3.6pc butterfat and 3.3pc protein.

We recently spent a very enjoyable and educational afternoon at Johnstown Castle in Co Wexford.

We recently spent a very enjoyable and educational afternoon at Johnstown Castle in Co Wexford.

An Garda Síochána are calling on members of the public and, in particular, the farming community with overhead power lines on their land to be vigilant of suspicious activity.

Since 1992, when the UN Climate Change Convention was agreed in Rio de Janeiro, territorial production-based emission limits have been a component of international policy and have been given concrete...

Since 1992, when the UN Climate Change Convention was agreed in Rio de Janeiro, territorial production-based emission limits have been a component of international policy and have been given concrete...

Sowings of winter cereals will struggle to top 90,000ha this year due to the disastrous planting conditions of the last few weeks, writes Declan O'Brien.

West Cork is often associated solely with tourism and leisure, but it is home to some of the finest farmland in the country.

Tim Cullinan decided he wanted to do something different on the farm, in Toomevara, Tipperary, which had a small dairy herd, and he built a pig shed for 60 sows.

While Angus Woods joined IFA in 1990 as an 18-year-old, it was 2011 before he became more involved in the organisation, rising to become the current Livestock chairman.

The strength and vitality of their social and sporting life is often used to measure the health and sustainability of rural communities. We are accustomed to hearing stories of places...

John Coughlan, a beef and dairy farmer from Buttevant in north Cork, is IFA Munster regional chairman.

Storm Powell profiles the shortlisted candidates for the Zurich Farm Insurance/Farming Independent Farmer of the Year Awards 2019

The three IFA presidential candidates have said there must be upwards-only convergence of CAP payments to farmers in the future.

Last week the question was, were supplies beginning to tighten? And if they were, how long would it take for factory bosses to up the ante?

The negativity surrounding the suckler industry was cast aside in Elphin Mart in Roscommon on Friday night as in-calf heifers topped €5,000, writes Ciaran Moran.

Irish farmers are demanding price rises as China scours the world for meat to replace the millions of pigs killed by African swine fever this year.

A surge in dairy exports to China will put a floor on Irish milk prices into the first quarter of 2020.

The European Commission is set to withhold €1.6m in funding for the TB programme this year over deteriorating results in recent years.

Kerry Co-op shareholders have "deep concerns" that a potential Kerry Group takeover of a US nutrition business could have major implications on the value of their shares in the event...

There was a good turnout for the IFA hustings in Carrick-on-Shannon last week.

RTE broadcaster Ella McSweeney has been accused of being a ‘farmer basher' on Twitter following comments she made on the quality and affordability of Irish food produce.

The High Court has granted a man leave to challenge planning permission for a chicken farm in Co Mayo.

A proposal to stop 'conglomerates' buying up thousands of acres of land was ruled out of order by the Minister for Finance this week.

A proposal to stop 'conglomerates' buying up thousands of acres of land was ruled out of order by the Minister for Finance this week.

A materials handler of some kind is the core of many machinery fleets and for most, the telescopic handler or telehandler has become the tool of choice.

There will be more than a few dairy farmers in the Mullinavat area casting an acquisitive eye on a 138ac farm in the locality that is to be offered in...

A materials handler of some kind is the core of many machinery fleets and for most, the telescopic handler or telehandler has become the tool of choice.

A materials handler of some kind is the core of many machinery fleets and for most, the telescopic handler or telehandler has become the tool of choice.

Revenues at the company behind one of Ireland's best-known brands, Tayto, last year increased by 5pc from €94.6m to €99.3m.

The disease which has strangled the life out of millions of Ireland's ash trees could be tackled by the discovery of a strain of the hurley-making tree which can fight...