Farming

More rain has already fallen this year in the west of Ireland than fell in the whole of 2018.

Rams were turned out to our ewes and ewe lambs at Lyons farm yesterday.

Ivan Curran has been battling the weather on two fronts for the last few weeks; but trying to harvest potatoes and sow winter cereals through the continual rain has been...

Teagasc is to install solar panels on all its dairy farms, plant hedgerows and commission a biomethane plant as part of a drive to lead by example in reducing emissions...

Torrential rain has caused havoc on farms across the country, with tens of thousands of cattle housed early due to atrocious ground conditions, and field work on tillage farms being...

Gerry Glynn

A 158ac residential farm near Golden in Tipperary is on the private treaty market after being offered for auction earlier in the year. The property has a guide price of...

I was asked recently why I once tried to cycle 150 miles home, from Dublin to West Limerick. It was a Saturday in May 1984, days after finishing my second...

C&D Foods has claimed protests at its Longford plant in September damaged exports and damaged customer relationships.

Rams were turned out to our ewes and ewe lambs at Lyons farm yesterday.

The more inputs dairy farmers buy in the less grass they use, which impacts on farm profitability, according to the latest figures from Teagasc.

The Larry Goodman-owned ABP's plant-based meat-free burgers are being priced at £6.61/kg (€7.33/kg) in UK supermarkets - over 35pc more than regular beef burgers.

An elite herd based beside Dublin Airport is bidding for a rare hat-trick of dairy titles.

After two very wet months exceeding 250ml of rain we are experiencing rapidly deteriorating ground conditions.

Sterling gave up some of last week's strong gains on Monday after the European Union and Britain said a lot more work would be needed to secure an agreement on...

China's pig herd in September was 41.1% smaller than it was a year earlier, the agriculture ministry said on Monday, as a year-long African swine fever epidemic continued to slash...

The decision by Lakeland Dairies and Glanbia to hold their September milk prices reflects the greater positivity that has emerged in global dairy markets over the last month.

Five people have been prosecuted in Mayo for the illegal possession of three hares.

Behind the scenes in the corridors of power this week, two questions were on the lips of politicians and officials after the increases in the carbon tax.

The Beef Plan Movement has told its members it will be seeking to have the first meeting of the Beef Taskforce adjourned over until "letters of discontinuance" are issued to...

The Beef Plan Movement has told its members it will be seeking to have the first meeting of the Beef Taskforce adjourned over until "letters of discontinuance" are issued to...

The Beef Taskforce scheduled for this morning, has been suspended following altercations outside Agriculture House.

The Beef Taskforce, which was scheduled for this morning, has been suspended following altercations outside Agriculture House.

A brother of Kevin Lunney has been targeted by vandals just weeks after the Quinn company director was abducted and savagely assaulted.

It's hard to believe that the winter is just around the corner, but the dry weather we have experienced earlier last month was excellent for grass utilization and the stock...

More than two decades ago, Richard Fortune identified genetic merits in Salers, which appealed to him so much that he decided they were the breed for the future on his...

More than two decades ago, Richard Fortune identified genetic merits in Salers, which appealed to him so much that he decided they were the breed for the future on his...

It's human nature to always try to re-fight the battles of last year. So the 2018/19 cropping programme was based around things that worked, and more importantly things that didn't...

In total, 306 ewes and 113 ewe lambs were mated on the Duffy farm in 2018 and lambed in 2019. Michael's target was to wean 700 lambs in 2019 and...

Onions in India are once more at the epicentre of a major controversy, pitting government officials who want lower prices against farmers who need extra income.

September really was a hectic month for us as a family. On the farm we got the final around of fertiliser out in the form of protected urea. We had...

'I'd been chasing a man for years to make a will and he eventually said I'm coming in to you next week to make a will. The poor man passed...

There were fraught and at times emotional contributions at the resumed hearing into the South Kerry Greenway Project along 32km of an old rail line skirting the N70 Ring of...

The Board of Lakeland Dairies has set a price for September milk, the first major processors to do so.

Brazil is eager to boost its share of global trade beyond the current level of 7% and that may be achieved by negotiating access to new markets, Agriculture Minister Tereza...

The Kerry Greenway hearing may be adjourned after hundreds of pages of new documentation and corrections were presented at the hearing.

The Kerry Greenway hearing may be adjourned after hundreds of pages of new documentation and corrections were presented at the hearing.

Farmers who open their lands up to walkers and Greenway users can expect the State to provide indemnity against insurance claims, the Minister for Community and Rural Affairs has confirmed.

One of China's top pig farming companies imported 906 breeding pigs from Denmark this week, China's customs said on Wednesday, in the first import of live pigs in a year.

An Australian farmer has launched a legal case against Bayer AG's agricultural chemicals unit Monsanto after being diagnosed with a type of leukaemia, the Australian Broadcasting Commission reported on Thursday.