Farming

Disgruntled beef farmers in the midlands brought a number of meat-processing facilities to a standstill yesterday following a second wave of unofficial protests.

PLANS are in train for a significant expansion of an Offaly meat processing facility understood to be backed by Chinese investors.

Like many young farmers, 21-year-old beef farmer Robert Lally studied dairy business with an eye toward possibly converting into milking cows in the future, but unlike many of his peers,...

Feelings of worthlessness and no confidence that plagued farm contractor and Macra member Andy Nolan from Luggacurren, Co Laois through most of his 20s culminated in the young man's battle...

A year on from opening up to the nation about his battle with depression and burnout on The Late Late Show, dairy farmer Harold Kingston urges farmers that even when...

The 26th of July, 2016 started out like most days for me. I had always been blessed with good health so I rose without an ache or a pain.

Mart health-check screenings means that farmers don't have to scrub up - and it could save their lives, Dr Noel Richardson of the National Centre for Men's Health in IT...

The Healys achieved success by embracing modern practices years ago, and they are still adopting new ideas

The change from summer to autumn brings a change in the weather and with it, a change in grass growth. This brings with it some cattle health issues that are...

There was 90pc clearance of stock at the recent Charolais bullock and heifer sale in Elphin mart, Co Roscommon.

THIRTY bales of silage have been slashed in the parish of Dromin-Athlacca in the second such disturbing incident to occur in County Limerick.

A no-deal Brexit will result in serious disruption of the British cheddar market which is worth around €310m to Irish dairy processors each year.

A farmers' group has rejected the outcome of talks last week aimed at securing better beef prices.

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The booby trap bomb on the border last weekend is a stark reminder of how things were in the past and, even more tragically, how things will be in the...

Meat Industry Ireland has confirmed that protests by beef farmers have resumed at a number of beef processing sites across the country.

Meat Industry Ireland has confirmed that protests by beef farmers have resumed at a number of beef processing sites across the country.

One of the highlights of the Tullamore Show every year is the National Inventions Competition, an event that attracts the curiosity in all of us and it's become a must-visit...

One of the highlights of the Tullamore Show every year is the National Inventions Competition, an event that attracts the curiosity in all of us and it's become a must-visit...

AN IRISHMAN has been jailed for 20 months in the UK for his part in a massive £500,000 (€546,000) scam targeting farmers across the country.

With all the negativity surrounding farming presently, it is heart-warming to hear of a good news story.

Farming households now pull in almost half of their income from other activities, tax figures have revealed.

Gardaí are investigating the sudden death of a man in his 40s following an accident on a farm in Co Limerick on Saturday night.

Gardaí are investigating the sudden death of a man in his 40s following an accident on a farm in Abbeayfeale, Co Limerick last night.

Gardaí are investigating the sudden death of a man in his 40s following an accident on a farm in Abbeyfeale, Co Limerick last night.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson is expected to tell European Council head Donald Tusk that the UK will only pay 9 billion pounds (€10 billion) instead of the 39 billion...

Britain joined Germany on Saturday in criticizing French President Emmanuel Macron's decision to block a trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur group of southern American countries to...

European leaders on Friday threatened to tear up a trade deal with South America, reflecting growing international anger at Brazil as a record number of fires in the Amazon rainforest...

Pat Clarke has created a multi-million business from humble beginnings, writes Darragh McCullough

US President Donald Trump on Friday lashed back at a new round of Chinese tariffs by heaping an additional 5% duty on some $550 billion in targeted Chinese goods in...

Young farmer Nigel Daunt has transformed his family's long-standing suckler farm into an award-winning dairy enterprise in the space of two years.

My father, Patrick Fitzgerald, of Wilton Hill, Rathkeale, Co Limerick, died 50 years ago on August 10, and I spent the morning of his anniversary walking the Cullahill Mountain Loop.

In the Devonshire countryside, sheep farmer Bryan Griffiths is trying to beat the Brexit countdown clock.

Less than 2pc of Ireland's grassland area is reseeded annually despite grass being our dominant feed source, recent research has found.

On a recent trip to Meath, I happened to find myself at a traditional farm at Milltown, near Kilmainham Wood, not far from Kells.

The Irish Grain Growers Association have called on the Government to consider an Embargo on Brazilian grains.

Tributes have been paid to a "fierce nice" County Limerick farmer who tragically passed away after falling from a roof.

Following on from my article last month, where I challenged some of the rhetoric surrounding the debate of the credentials of red meat, I would like to examine this in...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar's relationship with farmers in 2019 has been rocky to say the least and it all began with an off-the-cuff remark on his efforts to protect the environment.

Back in 1995 prior to the divorce referendum I wrote an article for this paper on the likely impact of the proposed divorce legislation on farm families.