Farming

Brexit is causing straw movement issues and despondency in the north and east of the country, tillage farmers have reported.

Fonterra said on Monday that milk production in August in New Zealand rose marginally, amid slightly higher rainfall and better pasture cover.

Long journeys to slaughter could be banned under Tory proposals to protect animal welfare after Brexit.

Long journeys to slaughter could be banned under Tory proposals to protect animal welfare after Brexit.

Met Eireann has issued a Yellow Status weather warning for eight counties ahead of Hurricane Lorenzo, which could hit Ireland with winds and heavy rainfall from Thursday

Sheep and suckler farmer Sinead Cusack always says that her biggest farming achievement is that she is "still farming".

Met Eireann have issued a Yellow Status weather warning for nine counties ahead of Hurricane Lorenzo, which could hit Ireland with winds and heavy rainfall from Thursday

High Court actions taken by a number of meat factories against protesting beef farmers have been discontinued, court documents lodged last week show.

No one knows for sure what Brexit will bring, with many folk around this country town worried about the fall-out if the UK leaves the EU without a deal.

Raymond Higgins spends weekdays working as an architect in one of London's most prestigious firms, and at weekends he treks the 500 miles to his native Roscommon to tend his...

Raymond Higgins spends weekdays working as an architect in one of London's most prestigious firms, and at weekends he treks the 500 miles to his native Roscommon to tend his...

The last month at Lyons has focused on selecting lambs for slaughter and setting up for breeding for lambing in 2020. This year we tried a new rearing approach with...

British plans to exit the EU at the end of October represent an unprecedented challenge for the Irish beef industry.

The recent improvement in weather has allowed some hedge cutting and cleaning of drains to be completed on our farm ahead of the winter.

Over the summer/autumn there is a lot of movement of sheep on farms, be it either drafting lambs for sale to factories/marts or, with breeding sales, the movement of breeding...

Amid uncertainty over the planned reform of the CAP, the current programme is set to be rolled over for another year.

The Farmers' Union of Wales says it is prepared to challenge any failures by the UK Government to properly enforce customs controls in a way which allows a ‘back-door' for...

Australia's east coast will swelter through at least three more months of hot, dry weather, the weather bureau said on Thursday, a dire forecast for the struggling agricultural sector.

Harvest 2019 is all over for us. Although we heard about yield records being broken, we didn't have any record yields. We are happy enough with all crops compared with...

Planting conifers won't help biodiversity on farms, Teagasc countryside management Specialist, Catherine Keena has warned.

Saturday found me in Longford, the land of my in-laws, to visit a 191ac residential farm between Edgeworthstown and Longford town.

New Zealand's Fonterra, the world's largest dairy exporter, reported a record annual loss on Thursday, and unveiled a new strategy to phase out overseas “milk pools”, cut debt and focus...

The latest hominid to be declared extinct, you may have heard, is homo economicus, that ultra-rational creature that always acted in its own self-interest. Perhaps it existed in great-grandfather's buttoned-up...

The last time you heard from me I was reseeding the land I bought and hopefully as you are today I will have it almost grazed.

"What's to be done about the beef protests?"

The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has moved to defend Bord Bia after sustained criticism of the semi-state body in recent days.

'What is called for is a consistent departure from plantation forestry and a radical shift towards a management that treats the forest as an ecosystem and no longer as a...

A superb 101ac grass farm at Leamlara, near Cork City, with accommodation for up to 150 cattle, is on the market at €11,500/ac. The holding comes with farm payments of...

A farmer is lobbying to have the land around her farm protected as an official offline black spot to boost off-grid tourism.

Applications worth less than €80m have been received for the €100m Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) announced by the Government in advance of Local and European Elections earlier this year.

The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has again called for the EU's ambitions in relation to climate action to be matched by an appropriate CAP budget.

Ownership of practices has "no influence on veterinary services" and is "not a concern” for the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI), its CEO Niamh Muldoon has said.

Meat processors are 'stonewalling' a new beef farmers' producer group set up by the Beef Plan Movement, opposition TDs have claimed.

Arriving at the site of the Ploughing Championships early last Wednesday morning I was struck by the big 191- and 181-reg 4x4s queuing in the exhibitors' gate.

Eirgrid won't need consent from farmers when they start the design and testing on the controversial North-South Interconnector, a spokesperson for the company has confirmed.

The difficulties created by the beef blockades for sheep farmers and sheep processors continue to linger.

Brookville House is back on the market with increased acreage. Originally for sale with 180ac, the residential farm outside Edenderry and with an address at Carbury, Co Kildare, is now...

Ornua is receiving upwards of 1,000 queries a week on sustainability from consumers and suppliers.

President Michael D Higgins has insisted he did not stray from his constitutional role in recent interventions on Defence Forces pay and the beef crisis.

Sheep farmers are facing losses of up to €400,000 as a result of the factory protests. Close to 70,000 lambs have backed up on sheep holdings in recent weeks due...