Farming

A surge in cattle numbers in the marts is forecast this week as the lifting of the factory blockades feeds back along the supply chain.

The weather last week was idyllic, but many farmers, especially in the west of the country, are still feeling the effects of a very dull and wet month of August....

As time moves on into Autumn 2019, a common theme amongst farmer clients is 'where has this year gone', the Latin phrase 'tempus fugit' or time flies comes to mind.

Dozens of tractors and other machinery owned by Bord na Mona went under the hammer at a recent auction at the company's Blackwater site in Co Offaly.

A war of words has broken out between Community and Rural Development Minister, Michael Ring, and Fianna Fáil deputy leader Dara Calleary over claims of underspending on rural schemes.

"This has been our Brexit" said one factory/farmer agent I met at the Ploughing last week. He was referring to the fallout from the recent factory protests, where trade at...

The fact of the matter is that diesel is still the only way forward for the vast majority of farmers - in the medium term at least.

A residential farm near Ballyjamesduff in Cavan is on the market with a range of equestrian facilities and 26ac of good grazing ground with road and river frontage.

The final blockades at meat factories across the country were lifted over the weekend, but facilities are running at a reduced capacity this week.

It's hard to see any light at the end of the tunnel, other than from several oncoming trains, in the beef sector at the moment.

Serious labour shortages at the country's meat slaughtering plants is curtailing the beef industry's capacity to return to full production in the wake of the recent farmer protests.

The sun shone for the three days of the Ploughing last week - a welcome relief for everyone after Storm Ali caused carnage at last year's event. Farmers, for the...

Declan O'Brien canvasses the contenders' views on three burning issues facing the beef sector

Glanbia Ireland, has confirmed its harvest 2019 grain pricing (see table below) .

Meat Industry Ireland (MII) today confirmed that all pickets have now been removed from its members beef processing facilities throughout the country.

North Cork Creameries Co-operative Ltd received the benefit of the Probation of Offenders Act following a guilty plea on two charges under fisheries and local government legislation at a sitting...

Let yourself be transported for a few moments to a desert somewhere, or perhaps the dust-strewn plains of the American Midwest. The sun is beaming, there's an oven-baked wind skirting...

Cattle ranchers in Argentina, which recently edged out neighbor Brazil as the top exporter of beef to China, are hoping to build on that status by getting more local meatpacking...

The death of an 87-year-old woman killed by a herd of "berserk" cattle must lead to greater awareness of the dangers cows can pose, a coroner has said.

Northern Ireland beef farmers have lost more than £27.5m in income due to a "perfect storm" of challenges in the last nine months, according to the Ulster Farmers' Union.

Border checks will be an inevitable consequence of a no-deal Brexit, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has said.

Beef protests affecting Liffey Meats facilities in Cavan and Galway have been stood down.

Dale Orr, an organic beef and sheep farmer from Strangford, Co Down, was "shocked" at how "depressed" farmers were in the South when he attended a recent farm walk in...

Brexit politics are still in turmoil, but assuming that the referendum outcome is not reversed, there are only two options to consider for businesses in the agri-food sector. Either the...

At a group discussion meeting I recently attended, the focus centred on news of another cut in milk price. Needless to say, the co-ops were the bogeymen in this discussion,...

At this time of the year the Wicklow Mountains are looking their best, with thousands of sheep grazing among the vibrant heather across much of the 54,000 acres of this...

Sir - While any amount of deals may have been done by the time my letter is published, I'm writing it on Monday, just after the 9 o'clock news -...

The old saying 'be careful what you wish for' sums up the markets and income situation on tillage farms.

Are the best of intentions causing the decline of our rural towns and villages?

Why would bachelor farmers with no successors continue to fwork difficult hill farms, even when it is uneconomical to do so?

Whatever the outcome of the beef protests, there can be no doubt that many farmers will be very reluctant to buy calves next spring for calf to beef systems. The...

My smartphone guidance system plans the shortest distance between two points, taking me on roads less travelled through towns and villages I have only seen on signposts and maps.

When it comes to protecting the future wellbeing of farm families, succession planning is vital.

Are the best of intentions causing the decline of our rural towns and villages?

The lifting of further blockades over beef prices has been welcomed.

A farmer who appeared in a DUP election broadcast has said he now regrets voting to leave the EU.

A west Clare farmer who grew cannabis on his land for the first time this year believes that the cultivation of the plant could be the saviour of small rural...

I was born in rural Ireland; I live in rural Ireland; I love rural Ireland. Now I fear for rural Ireland. The pillars on which the social fabric of life...

Beef farmers called off their pickets outside a number of meat processing plants yesterday evening.

A 42ac holding at Assey, Bective, near Navan in Co Meath is what one might call a property with class and charm. It comes for sale by public auction with...