Farming

The amount of land sold in 2018 increased on the previous year, with more than 25pc of sales in the west, according to latest figures from the Central Statistics Office...

A SHEEP farmer whose guns were taken off him after he fired shots to warn off a dog on his lands now sleeps with a dagger on his belt in...

Over a month has passed since an agreement brokered by farm organisations, and meat factories brought an end to an historic dispute which brought the industry to a standstill. The...

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

FACTORY quotes yesterday morning remained unchanged from last week, but there were signs that the trade may be about to move ever so slightly forward.

Like the English rugby team, Irish beef finishers are getting hammered as they feel the weight and strength of the opposition push them back in the scrum.

Farmers on the western seaboard will receive significantly lower payments under the BEAM scheme than their counterparts in the south and east.

Kerry Group is due to meet the Kerry Co-op Leading Milk price committee on November 14 to discuss the ongoing leading milk price dispute.

OVER 126,000 suckler cows and calves eligible for BEEP scheme payments must be weighed by Friday or lose payments worth over €5m.

The challenges faced by our policymakers in finding the best way to divide up the farm subsidy budget has reared its head again.

TEAGASC has called time on its BETTER Farm Beef Programme, confirming to the Farming Independent that the programme is being axed when the current phase is completed next month.

The number of planning permissions granted for new buildings for agriculture has fallen some 40pc since its peak in 2016.

With the Macra Rally over for another year, all eyes are on the youth organisation's next event on the social calendar - which is of course Queen of the Land.

The battle for IFA president has turned up a notch with the candidates turning the spotlight on each others suitability for the role.

Gerard Rynne runs Inagh Free Range Farm, a family-run pig and chicken farm near the village of Inagh in central Clare. He has been coming to the Lahinch Reko Ring...

Retail giant Tesco has come under fire from the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) over an advertising campaign which promotes meat substitutes.

Farmers are unperturbed by lawsuits seeking damages from Bayer for an alleged cancer-causing effect of glyphosate-based herbicide Roundup, the company's CEO has said.

More than 37,000 acres of agricultural land was sold in Ireland in 2018, with the highest number of transactions occurring in the west, according to latest figures from the Central...

Sprout Farm is based in the small village of Rathcoffey, Co Kildare. Certified by the Irish Organic Association, this 40ac farm is owned by Gar Whelan, who runs Cardock Classics,...

Sprout Farm is based in the small village of Rathcoffey, Co Kildare. Certified by the Irish Organic Association, this 40ac farm is owned by Gar Whelan, who runs Cardock Classics,...

Storm Powell travelled to mid-Tipp Mart to hear farmers' views on farm politics, the pressures of early housing and EU proposals to scrap daylight-saving time

Maybe Maggie Thatcher was right, there is no such thing as society, there is only the individual.

Q I am one of four children all aged between 40 and 65. I have a very good relationship with my brother and one sister but the two of us...

In many villages and towns throughout rural Ireland, there are properties that front on to the street, but behind the street facade, substantial land holdings can be found.

Sprout Farm is based in the small village of Rathcoffey, Co Kildare. Certified by the Irish Organic Association, this 40ac farm is owned by Gar Whelan, who runs Cardock Classics,...

Q: I run a family farm in Louth, and my 16-year-old nephew helps me for about 10 hours a week during school time with some administration and light help on...

Billionaire property developer Luke Comer has acquired Dollanstown Stud in Kilcock, Co Meath, a restored Georgian house and event riding facility on 365 acres of land in the heart of...

As cattle all over the country settle in to their new winter quarters, the livestock of the Burren are going in an altogether different direction. Over the next few weeks,...

A SHEEP farmer whose guns were taken off him after he fired shots to warn off a dog on his lands now sleeps with a dagger on his belt in...

If the history of food in Laois in the early 21st century is ever written, two names will stand out: Darina Allen and Helen Gee.

Thousands of farmers who use large quantities of water from the public supply for livestock and dairying will pay more for the service with charges to increase by up to...

There's a dog and he doesn't like me. Doesn't like me at all.

Independent Farmers of Ireland staged a protest outside Bord Bia headquarters in Dublin this morning as they claim that the agency is “anti-farmer” and that the requirements it places on...

A part-time farmer who was caught tending to almost 200 cannabis plants at a derelict farmhouse he had rented out has been jailed for three years.

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.

There is often the temptation to purchase the same chemical fertiliser annually that has been historically used on farm.

IFA election candidates called for a review of Teagasc courses to ensure that they are not a "tick-box exercise" and are worthwhile for young farmers.

I have had a little Road to Damascus moment. For years I've been asking suckler farmers why they don't switch to more profitable systems like contract rearing, forestry or leasing,...

Value Added Tax is one of those taxes that we don't think much about even though we all pay quite a lot of it in the course of the year.

Shares in nutrition group Glanbia fell to a 52-week low of €9.70 yesterday, despite revenue increasing by almost 17pc in the first nine months of the year.