Farming

Half the used UK imports whose history was checked by potential buyers had warnings and alerts attached, startling new figures show.

July was the hottest month measured on Earth since records began in 1880, meteorologists have said.

With a CAO journey that started with Performing Arts and ended in a thesis on farming and a degree in Psychology and Irish Studies, Grace Vaughan is testament to how...

South West Beef Plan Movement Chairperson Dermot O'Brien said he is hopeful talks can resume with Meat Industry Ireland in the coming days, and he feels "progress has been made"...

Euronext wheat futures were higher on Thursday, lifted partly by a weaker euro which boosted the outlook for exports with a large crop this year now largely harvested.

The noxious weed ragwort is rearing its bright yellow head in greater numbers this year.

Farmers who hold shares in Kerry Co-op have voiced concerns that a new board of directors will not be elected after its advisory committee elections take place in October.

Some 30 species of bees face extinction in Ireland despite the Government spending €1bn on a scheme designed to increase biodiversity, improve water quality and combat climate change.

A huge entry of nearly 1,000 animals competed in 13 livestock classes at the largest-ever FBD National Livestock Show at Butterfield Estate, Tullamore on Sunday where some of the best...

The most profitable sheep farmers are the ones who breed their own replacement lambs and don't have to buy in any from elsewhere.

There is a strong demand for small plots of good Meath land, which is selling for an average of €10,000 to €11,000/ac says auctioneer Aidan Heffernan of Sherry Fitzgerald Royal,...

Farmers will pay a nominal charge for factories to provide a lairage weighing service for live cattle, according to a draft document from the ongoing beef discussions between farming organisation...

Farmers will pay a nominal charge for factories to provide a lairage weighing service for live cattle, according to a draft document from the ongoing beef discussions between farming organisation...

The CAO points required to study Agricultural Science courses have dropped for most universities and third level institutions, with UCD seeing a 26 point decrease in study requirements for its...

Farmers say serious accidents could have been caused following the theft of a number of electric fences last week in the Tarbert area of Co Kerry that left livestock and...

The Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) will open for applications from Monday, August 19.

Pitches from the GAA's farm in north county Dublin could be in use at major sports stadiums across Europe in the coming years.

Beef farmers farmers are bracing for further cuts to their income, as some meat factories plan to slash the price offered by as much as €20-a-head of cattle.

Boardroom politics and 'a wait your turn young fella' attitude are some of the reasons young people cited for putting them off getting involved in co-operative boards, according to a...

Driving through any part of the country over the past six weeks, it is obvious how much hay has been made.

AN 'All-Ireland agri backstop' is worth exploring, but there are likely to be political issues that make the idea a non-runner, says ICMSA president Pat McCormack.

I asked Stephen Hannon of Ballymote to gaze into his mart crystal ball over the weekend.

The beef kill was down some 57pc on throughput seen prior to last week's protests, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture.

Ireland's European Commissioner Phil Hogan has said that any alternative proposals from the UK on its future relationship with the EU will be given “appropriate consideration”.

The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said there are 'no easy answers' to avoiding huge disruption to the All Ireland agri economy in the event of a no-deal Brexit.

The INHFA has questioned why the polluter pays principle is not being applied in relation to greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the national cattle herd, reports Declan O'Brien.

Finally, a dose of reality is entering the Brexit debate. The report on BBC's Newsnight programme last week that up to 45,000 dairy cows would be culled in the North...

Weanling prices are between €100-150/hd lower than last year on the back of the continuing downturn in the beef sector, Patsy Smith of Dowra Mart has claimed.

Kerry Group has cut its milk price for July supplies, the third major processor to announce a price cut.

As farmers blockade beef processing plants around the country, the ramifications are starting to move along the food chain, as it were.

A no-deal Brexit will cause serious difficulties for both the sheep and pig slaughtering sectors, as well as for the dairy industry.

The architect of Britain's Vote Leave Brexit campaign and the senior advisor to Boris Johnson has been labelled 'a hypocrite' after it emerged a farm he co-owns received more than...

A period residence on c171ac at Ballyconlore and Coolnagloose, Inch, Gorey, Co Wexford, is being offered for sale at a guide price of €1.9m.

Intel Ireland has requested An Bord Pleanála to use rarely used powers to dismiss what it claims is the ‘vexatious' appeal by farmer, Thomas Reid against its planned $4bn investment.

The Beef Plan Movement has said it's disappointed after talks with Meat Industry Ireland, and has not ruled out further protests.

The Board of Lakeland Dairies met today and set a price for July milk, cutting it by 0.5c/L on its June price.

The Irish Cooperative Society (ICOS) has hit out at meat processors over the Quality Payment System and what it called 'unreasonable restrictions' on animal movements.

A farmer has been warned he may face imprisonment for serious animal welfare issues, which a judge described as "grotesque and barbarous".

YESTERDAY saw a gradual return to normality after a very difficult seven days where a number of dual-purpose plants - factories that slaughter both sheep and cattle - either closed...

Angry farmers have lashed out at the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC), calling its rules and enforcement structure "a joke".