Farming

If the French market is fit to return well over €6/kg, what have Irish factories being doing to get a piece of it? "Cleaning the farmers" was the blunt reply...

Last straw. Last legs. Last call, if the story is about a pub. It's interesting what comes back when you put 'rural Ireland last' into Google.

A major TB outbreak continues to cause concern in Monaghan with a herd incidence of 6.12% and 991 reactors to date in 2019.

The Department of Agriculture intends to issue payments under the BEAM scheme in December.

IFA President Joe Healy has said its time to stop scapegoating farmers for climate inaction, despite EPA figures this week showing emissions continuing to rise.

TWO young children who were injured in separate road collisions involving tractors have been awarded substantial damages.

A €60-75mILLION drop in beef farmer spending on compound feed has been forecast this year as the collapse in cattle prices ripples out into wider farm sector.

The wet weather woes continue in the west. We have had a much higher than average rainfall since August - this is having an effect as it is making some...

It's midnight in the Kingdom. From beneath his famous flat cap, Michael Healy-Rae is waxing lyrical about the eternal verities. He is also gently bemoaning the Catholic Church doing away...

It's midnight in the Kingdom. From beneath his famous flat cap, Michael Healy-Rae is waxing lyrical about the eternal verities. He is also gently bemoaning the Catholic Church doing away...

Stiff competition between Northern Irish factories and those in the South has pushed pig prices to 188-190c/kg this week.

Bord Bia is commissioning research into the opportunities for Irish pig meat in Asia, as several countries in the region are hit by African swine fever. The disease is endemic...

FBD Insurance CEO Fiona Muldoon will stand down next year, the company announced yesterday.

Limerick brothers Jack and Nick Cotter have been awarded the Engineers Ireland Innovative Student Engineer of the Year Award 2019, sponsored by Siemens, for their innovative lamb handling system, the...

MORE than half of Irish shoppers have a poor knowledge of the nutritional content of meat and dairy products, according to a new initiative known as Meat and Dairy Facts.

Silage has started to be fed on numerous farms since late September due to the deteriorating weather in many parts of the country. Silage stocks may become scarce on farms...

Back in 2015, amid the fanfare of the reopening of the US beef market, who would have thought it would take nearly five years to see an Irish burger in...

Heavy rain, sleet and hail showers are expected to hit the country ahead of this Bank Holiday weekend, Met Eireann has said.

Agriculture emissions increased by 1.9% in 2018 (0.38 Mt CO2eq)., according to latest figures from the EPA.

Chairperson of Listowel Municipal Council Jimmy Moloney has called for a moratorium on fresh battery farm plans until the public can be assured of their safety amid fire fears and...

Farmers from both sides of the Irish border say they are being kept in the dark about agri-trade post-Brexit, a committee has heard.

Collaboration between private agricultural consultants and Teagasc would improve the performance of the entire sector, according to the president of the Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA), Owen O'Driscoll.

There is sufficient milk processing capacity in the country to handle anticipated levels of supply growth for two to three years the dairy industry has maintained.

Have Irish farmers any right to complain about cheap South American imports when they rely so much on cheap Brazilian grains?

A man found guilty of being involved in the “horrendous” aggravated burglary and robbery of an 81-year old farmer in north Co Dublin has lost an appeal against his conviction.

Having heathier animals improves farmer health and makes them nicer people, chairman of Animal Health Ireland Donal Mangan has said.

The Department of Health is investigating whether a large consignment of Chinese antibiotics seized at a UK airport were destined for unregulated use on a Northern Ireland poultry farm.

Is it worthwhile resisting the installation of major electric powerline infrastructure on your farm?

The average amount of concentrate fed per cow in 2017 was 1,011 kg, which is 18pc of the total annual feed budget for a typical dairy cow.

While Paschal Donohoe promised no surprises in the Budget, the rise of 1.5pc in stamp duty on land sales from 6pc to 7.5pc came as a shock to many.

Legal concerns have been raised by Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed over proposals that meat processors be banned from owing feedlots.

Various factory agents and buyers I spoke with yesterday used more or less the same terminology to describe the sheep trade.

We are told that Brexit will hurt our trade with our nearest neighbour, yet can it create any more uncertainty or pain for those in the beef sector than is...

The modern human is prone to a range of ailments and complaints unknown to previous generations.

The IFA will oppose any future role for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) in the enforcement of EU regulations under the Unfair Trading Practices legislation, writes Declan O'Brien.

The first payments to applicants under the 2019 Beef Environmental Efficiency Pilot (BEEP) have commenced, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has announced.

The European Court of Auditors is examining the exceptional measures the EU has taken to counteract the dairy market disturbances between 2014 and 2017.

An Australian sheep who made headlines in 2015 for the record-breaking weight of his fleece has died, according to the carers of the Merino named Chris.

The world's biggest dairy exporter Fonterra on Tuesday increased the 2019-2020 guidance range for the price it pays farmers to procure milk, saying it has managed to achieve firm prices...

It has been a busy few weeks for Donegal farmer Andrew McShea. Not only has he taken up the role as a southern Ireland distributor for the fledgling agriculture fertiliser...