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The European Commission will today step up its preparations for a no-deal Brexit as Brussels officials insisted the UK is not engaged in serious efforts to find a last-minute deal.

Evidence presented in the High Court last week by meat factories detailed the actions of some protesters over the past few weeks.

The European Commission will propose financial help for European Union businesses, workers and farmers if Britain crashes out of the bloc without any agreement, a document seen by Reuters said.

From a protest in Dublin in mid July to launching protests at factories a few weeks later, read our timeline on how the recent beef protests escalated.

As the Beef Plan tries to regroup, having disassociated itself from the current wave of protests, some harsh realities are coming to light in the beef sector.

A farmer died when he fell into a slurry tank on his holding in a tragic accident.

A Kerry farmer admitted he was astounded when one of his cows made history, by giving birth to five calves in a single delivery.

A farming organisation has warned shoppers to "stock up" on beef - sparking a swift denial from meat processors that the country is on the brink of a shortage.

Meat processors have denied the country is facing a fresh meat shortage, as one farming organisation calls on shoppers to ‘stock up' on beef.

Dawn Meats has been granted leave of the High Court to serve copies of motions seeking to attach and commit to prison 18 protesters at two of its beef plants...

A new farming organisation, a splinter group from the Beef Plan Movement, has formed to representing farmers who are still protesting at meat factory gates.

Dairygold has launched a guarantee known as 'Pastureland' which states that all of it suppliers' milk is sourced from grass-fed cows.

A TD, who interrupted High Court proceedings against a number of beef plant protesters today by claiming to make representations on their behalf, was told by a judge he had...

A MAN died in a freak farm accident in Kerry as he was apparently trying to rescue livestock.

TENSIONS at the meat factories continue to remain high as farmers continued a number of unofficial protests at meat plants around the country.

Kverneland has a number of new ploughs coming to the market, including some very intelligent ones. But it's not only ploughs that will impress farmers and contractors as Kverneland has...

'Cattle are coming earlier and are 50kgs heavier than this time last year," said Michael Harty of Central Auctions in Birr, Roscrea and Nenagh. Those are the positives at present.

With many factories blockaded again yesterday and supplies building in the system, are we in danger of seeing a tipping point being reached?

Cereal output will top 2.1m tonnes and could hit 2.2m tonnes if the strong yields recorded in the winter wheat and spring barley crops are maintained right across the country.

one of the recurring questions that is on people's minds in the midst of this beef crisis is: what are the alternatives? I'd be first to admit that there aren't...

The Beef Plan Movement protest has cost meat processors tens of millions of euro in lost production, legal fees and other costs.

Forestry planting this year is running 50pc behind target levels, despite the Government's insistence that expanding the total area under trees is a key element of its climate action strategy.

A man was arrested by gardaí at a farmer protest outside a meat plant in Co Cavan yesterday as tensions soared at pickets around the country.

The Beef Plan Movement potentially faces a multi-million-euro bill in damages demands from a meat processor seeking compensation for the costs of lost production during factory gate protests by farmers.

The average dairy farmer could save up to €1,000 per year on energy bills by switching their business from day-rate to night-rate electricity billing.

A study on to assess the social and economic impacts of forestry in County Leitrim has found that just over 30% of the forest owners were not resident in the...

A MAN has been arrested as protests continue over the price of cattle at a number of meat plants around the country.

AGRICULTURE Minister Michael Creed warned that the only resolution to the cattle price dispute will only be found around the negotiating table and not in meat plant protests or court...

A call has been made on the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed to establish a statutory Commission of Investigation into the beef sector to establish processor and retailer margins along...

A city in southern China is selling a limited quantity of pork at discounted prices to help consumers cope with soaring prices, as the world's top pork-eating nation deals with...

The Teagasc provisional cereal harvest estimate for 2019 is a production of approximately 2.1 million tonnes of cereals.

Q. What is your farming background?

Q. What is your farming background?

Cover crops have become increasingly popular in arable production, mostly due to the fact that it is supported under the GLAS scheme as a greening measure.

I was in Soloheadbeg last weekend, at the site of the attack reputed to mark the start the War of Independence. A few months ago I discovered the memorial to...

I was in Soloheadbeg last weekend, at the site of the attack reputed to mark the start the War of Independence. A few months ago I discovered the memorial to...

There were tense scenes at a Kildare meat plant yesterday where farmers protesting for a higher price for their cattle allege that trucks were driving into them and a child's...

British farmers are demanding UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson slap tariffs on EU dairy products in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

There were tense scenes at a Kildare meat plant yesterday where farmers protesting for a higher price for their cattle allege that trucks were driving into them and a child's...