Farming

IFA National Livestock Committee Chairman, Angus Woods, has called for all protests outside beef processing plants to stop to allow the cattle trade normalise and farmers move stock as they...

Gardai have been contacted after balaclava-clad protesters gathered outside a meat plant in Kilkenny.

TENS of thousands of farming fans will descend on Ballintrane in Co Carlow for day two of the National Ploughing Championships on Wednesday.

Both Brendan Egan of Castlerea Mart and Maurice Brosnan of Gortatlea feel that the factory protests are starting to have a noticeable effect on the mart trade.

Payments worth €168.5 million under the 2019 Areas of Natural/Specific Constraints Scheme and Areas of Specific Constraint (Islands) Scheme, have commenced issuing this week to almost 79,000 farmers.

Tell us a little bit about yourself/your background… you grew up on a dairy farm -were your parents also from farms?

It was recently revealed that subsidy cuts over the last decade for Ireland's top third of beef farmers have amounted to over €1/kg.

Boortmalt has declined to comment on claims that it has imported at least one shipload of malt over the last month.

Near-record prices were paid for pedigree Charolais stock at the dispersal sale of the Skidoo Herd on Saturday when leading breeders vied for some elite bloodlines, reports Martin Ryan.

Agriculture's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are now very much in the spotlight, with the need for a reduction stressed by the Climate Change Advisory Council annual report as well as...

A farmer who was protesting at Bord Bia today at the Ploughing Championships asked how can he ask his son to give up his job to go farming.

The fields were the place to be - where the golden stubble of corn stalks crunched underfoot and the ploughmen focused on carving smooth, chocolatey furrows through the soil.

Further cuts to farmers' EU subsidy payments could be on the cards as Germany signalled it wants less EU spending.

Beef could soon be off the menu, with restaurants warning they may run out of supplies, as the Taoiseach and Tánaiste both called on protesting farmers to end their pickets.

Demand for leasing land is continuing to rise, mainly driven by dairy farmers, according to auctioneers around the country.

The men with factory sheep to sell continue to encounter problems in getting their produce away.

Protests at meat processing plants are causing “immeasurable damage” to the beef sector and Ireland's reputation abroad, agriculture minister Michael Creed has warned.

TÁNAISTE Simon Coveney has issued an impassioned plea for beef farmers to end the boycott of factories before they do “irreversible damage to this sector”.

SUPERMAC'S founder Pat McDonagh has said that there has to be a compromise “on both sides” of the beef price debate – even if it means he's paying more for...

Knackeries around the country are to temporarily resume operations after talks between the Animal Collectors Association (ACA)and the Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has appealed to protesting farmers to lift their factory blockades immediately before a strong Irish industry is destroyed.

Exposure to dangerous gases in confined spaces such as in a grain silo, slurry pit or storage tank is a real risk in modern farming.

A group of farmers staged a small protest at the Bord Bia tent, forcing it to shut down to visitors during the incident, at the National Ploughing Championships.

The first day of the 2019 National Ploughing is in full swing as a record crowd is expected through the gates in Fenagh, Co Carlow.

Hundreds of people queued outside the gates of the Ploughing Championships after arriving early to avoid queuing in their cars to get to the Carlow site.

Horse ploughing, livestock and the retail area are among the top picks for this year's National Ploughing Championships, according to the organisers.

Horse ploughing, livestock and the retail area are among the top picks for this year's National Ploughing Championships, according to the organisers.

More than 350 people have been temporarily laid off at the ABP meat-processing plant in Cahir, Co Tipperary.

More than 350 people have been temporarily laid off at the ABP meat-processing plant in Cahir, Co Tipperary.

More than 350 people have been temporarily laid off at the ABP meat-processing plant in Cahir, Co Tipperary.

The age at which cattle are slaughtered is an important consideration for just one in eight beef consumers, a major survey has found.

Lower than normal conception rates in dairy herds are being blamed on high milk yields off grass this spring.

Bord Bia has confirmed that additional processors in Northern Ireland have been licenced by the marketing body to use various versions of the Bord Bia quality mark.

There were sharp exchanges between farmers at a meeting of Limerick IFA after it was alleged that "prominent IFA members" had broken picket lines placed by beef protesters on meat...

No government action is going to increase beef prices to the level farmers want, Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned.

No government action is going to be able to increase the price of beef to the level farmers want, the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has warned.

A highly successful record as a sales, service and parts dealer for Landini tractors in the west of Ireland has been rewarded with an expansion of the territory covered by...

AURIVO, one of Ireland's largest milk producers, said yesterday it has completed a €6m investment in Donegal that will double production and slash fossil fuel use at its milk processing...

The meat industry is set to ramp up pressure on the Government to ask the EU for money to support beef prices.

AURIVO, one of Ireland's largest milk producers, said yesterday it has completed a €6m investment in Donegal that will double production and slash fossil fuel use at its milk processing...