Farming

The mention of drugs conjures up the picture of an urban world, teenagers in hoodies and dealers in sleek cars.

A residential farm extending to 37ac is for sale by private treaty at Reask, Tullyallen, near Drogheda, Co Louth. The holding can be bought as an entire or in lots...

Since January 2019, diesel engines in new tractors of more than 130kW have been required to adhere to Stage V exhaust emission limits; from January 2020, this will also be...

A car park overlooking the Atlantic Ocean is an unlikely spot for an agricultural revolution. But that was the setting on a wet Wednesday evening in the middle of July...

For almost one hundred years, since its foundation in 1927, ESB/Eirgrid has maintained its totally unrealistic position that large electric powerlines do not devalue property.

Fencer chargers, chainsaws and construction tools are the most stolen items in rural Ireland.

China is scouring the world for meat to replace the millions of pigs killed by African swine fever (ASF), boosting prices, business and profits for European and South American meatpackers...

This week marks the 20 year anniversary of my grandad Pat McCullough's death. It is hard to forget that autumn in 1999. We were still trying to save the last...

This week marks the 20 year anniversary of my grandad Pat McCullough's death. It is hard to forget that autumn in 1999. We were still trying to save the last...

The most recent CSO figures on farmland sales shows that the highest number of sales and the greatest volume of land changes hands in the west.

When young dairy farmer Bill Gleeson first stood up in front of dozens of young men and women earlier this year to speak about his own mental health, little did...

Microsoft president Brad Smith has reiterated his warning that Ireland faces a damaging future if it does fix rural broadband quickly.

A brisk trade for in-calf dairy heifers is reported, with farmers paying up to €1,500/hd for top quality stock.

Every calving season brings excitement and 2019 was no different with our breeding programme improving year-on-year.

Tillage tests many aspects of a farmer's character and this autumn has certainly tested their reserves of patience.

A Limerick farmer was left in a pool of blood after he was viciously assaulted by a trespasser, in the latest shocking incident of rural crime in the county.

While farmers from the dairylands of Cork and Limerick appear to have quit travelling the country to buy dairy farms, there remains a healthy local appetite in these regions for...

TEAGASC has warned that if current prices persist at €3.45/kg into next spring, a much larger support payment, in the region of €200/hd will be needed to cushion severe losses.

A lifetime of dedication to breeding dairy animals which have achieved recognition in Ireland, Britain and Germany was honoured at the 37th National Dairy Show at Millstreet, Co Cork.

A farmer who was directed to give away or sell his tractor has been told if he is detected driving by gardaíagainhe will be sent to prison.

In a move which will likely anger dairy farmers, hill farmers representatives the INHFA has become the first farming organisation to advocate a cull of dairy cows.

Kerry Group has reported 3pc growth in business volumes in the three months to 30 September.

Factories are being accused of attempting to claw back the increases in the bonuses agreed as part of the recent beef agreement by imposing tough new weight limits on finishers.

Is Callan in Co Kilkenny the dairy expansion capital of Europe?

Factories are being accused of attempting to claw back the increases in the bonuses agreed as part of the recent beef agreement by imposing tough new weight limits on finishers.

Many beef farmers find themselves in a bad place because of the ongoing damage and disruption caused by the factory blockades - and it was blatantly obvious that this was...

Many beef farmers find themselves in a bad place because of the ongoing damage and disruption caused by the factory blockades - and it was blatantly obvious that this was...

There was a definite buzz about the mart trade last week. Examples of stronger prices included two 507kg Charolais bullocks averaging €2.80/kg, and a 570kg Charolais at €2.73/kg at Roscommon,...

Food processors are facing a serious challenge in hiring staff at the lowest general operative level of the employment ladder, and want Government to relax visa rules.

Ornua has sufficient access to supplies of British cheese in the event of a hard Brexit that disrupts supply chains.

A tax demand for €500,000 has been served on a man suspected of being a key player in a countrywide burglary gang.

The Minister for Agriculture, today announced that the 2019 advance payments in respect of the GLAS are commencing this week.

Ornua has opened a €30m cheese production facility in Spain.

A 104ac residential tillage and grass farm with a two-storey listed thatched farmhouse at Coolatore, Ferns, Co Wexford, sold as an entire at auction last week, making €1.55m or almost...

The 2019 'Champion of Champions' truly lived up to his reputation in both the show ring and the sales ring at the Irish Limousin Cattle Society Premier Show and Sale...

We did everything by the book in late summer. There was plenty of feed saved, all the slurry and fertiliser was spread, the heavy cattle were sold and there was...

She's the new rural Green from a two-car household who adds a "new shade" to a predominantly urban party.

Winter has arrived and farmers all over the country are busy housing what stock they can.

This week marks the 20 year anniversary of my grandad Pat McCullough's death. It is hard to forget that autumn in 1999. We were still trying to save the last...

Flushing of ewes prior to mating is a practise used on many farms over a short period to increase litter size.