Farming

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

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is being urged to come clean on the "potentially disastrous" risks a no-deal Brexit poses to the UK's food supply.

Now that the autumn calving season is upon us, it can be worthwhile taking a few steps to minimise losses during this period.

So far this year, 58 new self-propelled forage harvesters have been sold in Ireland - an impressive 66pc jump on equivalent sales last year.

An attempt to transform the Irish landscape with nature's own carbon captors will see 22 million trees planted every year for the next 20 years.

The country's largest beef processor has warned it had exhausted all its stocks of fresh meat this week at two of its plants.

Gardaí were called to a meat processing plant in Co Cavan after a farmer allegedly damaged its outer walls with his tractor.

Bord Na Móna is preparing to auction up to 200 Lots of surplus to requirement machinery on Saturday 14 September, managed by Wilsons Auctions.

Veterinary Ireland is calling on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine and the Veterinary Council of Ireland to initiate an immediate investigation into the operation of a veterinary...

Lakeland Dairies is to make some 68 staff redundant as part of a plan for the adjustment of processing activities on its site in Monaghan.

A CHINESE trade delegation postponed a planned visit to a Cork meat plant as protesting beef farmers warned they are now willing to be jailed to trigger action over low...

A 'sinister' development at Dawn Meats Ballyhaunis has seen an illegal blockade stop sheep farmers selling their lambs, the company has said.

Peace has broken out at all Dawn Meats factories affected by the beef price blockade after the High Court heard today Friday that permanent orders restraining trespass and intimidation could...

Peace has broken out at all Dawn Meats factories affected by the beef price blockade after the High Court heard today Friday that permanent orders restraining trespass and intimidation could...

Coillte and Brookfield Renewable Energy Ireland have delivered brochures to landowners and households in Mushera, Ballinagree and other nearby townlands between Millstreet and Macroom, highlighting proposals for a wind farm...

China's commerce ministry said on Thursday it will seek to boost pork imports and also release frozen pork, beef and mutton from state reserves in “due course” to increase the...

European wheat prices hit a contract low in late trade on Thursday, pressured by hefty global supplies and a slight fall on U.S. markets.

Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the association which represents the meat processing sector in Ireland, has said this morning that the continued 'blockading' of beef processing plants across the country has...

The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has outlined the compromise proposals they have made to Minister Creed to help resolve the beef crisis.

Breeding sales are in full swing around the country as the sheep farming cycle begins again. We are preparing our Mule ewe lambs and hoggets for the premier sale in...

Q I would like some general advice about squatter's rights. About 30 years ago my uncle rented 25 acres to a neighbour. This man paid rent for a few years...

While bigger farms have been making much of the running on the property market of late, farms of 50ac and less guided at up to €500,000 continue to make up...

Suckler farmers and the beef sector are at breaking point. The Government must immediately take swift action to safeguard the sector.

Attention is turning to building grass covers for the autumn, followed by housing stock. The year has been favourable, and most farms have not had to rehouse stock since they...

A farmer faces the prospect of jail for his participation in unofficial beef protests, which have now entered their sixth day despite the arrival of Chinese inspectors.

The Beef Plan Movement has told the Minister for Agriculture that the only way to make progress is to ensure that there is full and open disclosure on the retail...

The owner of three beef processing plants has secured a temporary High Court injunction restraining protesters from blockading of its factories and from intimidating their staff and suppliers.

Roads around the ABP factory in Bandon are understood to be blocked this morning as cattle trucks seeking to offload stock are being stopped by protesting farmers.

Pamela Byrne remembers the moment she ordered a gourmet burger on her first trip to the US - and was aghast to find it rare pink on the inside. "I...

IRELAND "won't be doing business" with the South American countries involved in the Mercosur trade deal with the EU if they don't take part to international efforts to fight climate...

Farmers must break the habits of a lifetime in order to face climate change challenge, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and the Environment told farmers.

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ordered an investigation into widening prices between cattle and beef on Wednesday after a recent fire at a Tyson Foods Inc slaughterhouse in Holcomb, Kansas,...

U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue ordered an investigation into widening prices between cattle and beef on Wednesday after a recent fire at a Tyson Foods Inc slaughterhouse in Holcomb, Kansas,...

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) has reiterated that beef prices cannot be discussed in mooted talks to resolve an ongoing dispute between beef farmers and the meat industry.

The pillar banks have encouraged farmers to make early contact with them if they are in financial difficulty.

France is looking at introducing pesticide-free buffer zones around housing areas after a number of local mayors defied the government by banning weed killers such as glyphosate in their towns.

Farmers who have been carrying out unofficial protests at meat factories around the country may face jail as one of Ireland's largest meat processors, Dawn Meats, went to the High...

One of the Larry Goodman meat processing plants being picketed by farmers in the protest over beef prices was part of a group that recorded pre-tax profits of €3.12m last...

The High Court will tomorrow decide if a protesting farmer will be sent to jail in the first of what Mr Justice Senan Allen was told could be many applications...

One of the Larry Goodman meat processing plants being picketed by farmers in the protest over beef prices was part of a group that recorded pre-tax profits of €3.12m last...