Farming

A FATHER-OF-FIVE who raised over €50,000 for a children's hospital has been named the AXA Farm Hero.

BEEF farmers have called off their pickets outside of meat processing ABP Cahir, they confirmed this evening.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that that he is "very worried" for the future of the Irish beef industry and that continuing blockades are "making a bad situation worse".

A farmer whose five in calf cows were electrocuted and killed by fallen cable wires on a farm in Co Clare this week has said he was shocked when he...

Over €2m of local beef is caught up in illegal blockade at Charleville facility, according to Dawn Meats.

Last week I had a little whinge about feeling overwhelmed with the workload on the farm.

At least 12 meat plants are still blockaded by protesters as they ignore calls by seven farming organisations and a range of politicians to end the ongoing protests.

The 'Hail Mary' has been named Ireland's favourite prayer after a landslide victory.

The Hail Mary has been named Ireland's favourite prayer after a landslide victory.

Finding love can be difficult for farmers according to love expert Mairéad Loughman, but in the last three years, the Westmeath woman has set up almost 5,000 dates.

IT was second times a charm for the winner of the National Brown Bread Baking competition at the Ploughing Championships.

Liffey Meats has said it has seen no evidence that blockades at its plants are set to cease.

Ireland's agri-food reputation has been damaged by the recent blockades, the Minister for Agriculture has said.

PUNTERS at this year's National Ploughing Championship have been giving it welly in a record-breaking boot throwing contest for charity.

There are reports a new farming group may form, of the farmers who remain at the picket lines at meat factories.

The killing of an innocent neighbour who appears to have been mistaken for an intruder by his friend, an elderly farmer, is ultimately a tragic consequence of the scourge of...

A man was shot dead by his friend in a remote townland in Co Mayo after being mistaken for an intruder, gardaí believe.

The ongoing meat factory protests rank among the most widespread, prolonged and bitter disputes that the farm sector has experienced in recent years.

Ireland is currently seen as a tiger economy in the global dairy industry, with one of the fastest growth rates on the planet. Since the lifting of the quota regime...

Brexit and poor prices didn't dampen the confidence of beef farmers when, along with the local GAA club, they shared the spoils at the auction of a 216ac Wexford farm...

Protesters lifted a blockade at Dawn Meats' Slane plant yesterday, with a statement from the Independent Farmers saying it hoped farmers throughout the country would follow suit.

Today will see a number of ploughing classes take place in the Fenagh fields, including the special horse plough and junior classes.

Down at the bandstand, an impromptu hooley had erupted, the crowd rocking and jiving as Derek Ryan sang two firm favourites - 'Wagon Wheel' and the Saw Doctors' hit 'I...

The mood amongst beef farmers is currently at a low ebb and many are looking at possible alternatives. Could dairying on a small scale be an alternative?

Kepak Group his this evening issued a stark warning over the implications of any further increase to the backlog of cattle and sheep caused by the prolonged illegal blockades of...

Kepak Group his this evening issued a stark warning over the implications of any further increase to the backlog of cattle and sheep caused by the prolonged illegal blockades of...

FIANNA Fáil has attacked the government's record on helping farmers as the Dáil debated the party's motion aimed at highlighting the crisis in the beef sector.

FIANNA Fáil has attacked the government's record on helping farmers as the Dáil debated the party's motion aimed at highlighting the crisis in the beef sector.

Protesting farmers lifted a blockade at Dawn Meats' Slane plant today, with a statement from the Independent Farmers saying they hoped farmers throughout the country at other pickets would follow...

Protesting farmers lifted a blockade at Dawn Meats' Slane plant today, with a statement from the Independent Farmers saying they hoped farmers throughout the country at other pickets would follow...

The Tanaiste Simon Coveney has reiterated his call for protesting farmers to end their pickets, saying “we need to be really careful this does not split farm families and farm...

“You swirl the glass, take it in your mouth, swish it and suck in” - that's the correct way to taste milk, according to the world's first milk ‘sommelier'.

The backstop is not a ‘makey up' problem Ireland is using to frustrate Brexit with, the Tanaiste Simon Coveney has said.

I have had occasion to spend a lot of time in west Waterford of late, practically a county in its own right it prides itself in the quality of its...

Dawn Meats is considering legal proceedings against Hugh Doyle, Chairman of the Beef Plan movement.

Dawn Meats is considering legal proceedings against Hugh Doyle, Chairman of the Beef Plan movement.

THE hunt is on to find out Ireland's favourite prayer - and there's a frontrunner in the race already.

As Marty Morrissey took to the National Dairy Council stage at the National Ploughing Championships stage for 'Grá Island', a tumultuous roar could be heard across the grounds in Fenagh,...

As Marty Morrissey took to the National Dairy Council stage at the National Ploughing Championships stage for 'Grá Island', a tumultuous roar could be heard across the grounds in Fenagh,...

Fonterra, the world's biggest dairy exporter, will face off this month with farmer shareholders angry about the New Zealand company's ill-fated foreign expansion and resulting poor returns.