Farming

Kiltennel House at Ballymoney, Gorey in Co Wexford is a palatial property on five acres of gardens and parkland. A three-bedroom lodge is also part of the package. The five-bedroom...

There has been a recent surge of interest in hemp production globally. Industrial hemp can be legally grown in Ireland under licence from the Department of Health for a range...

The finer details of the Common Agricultural Policy post 2020 are still to be agreed between the European Parliament and the Council. Flexibility and greening are the buzzwords - but...

A California judge on Thursday reduced a $2 billion jury verdict, slashing the award for a couple who blamed Bayer AG's glyphosate-based weed killer Roundup for their cancer to $86.7...

European farmers will be able to receive a higher percentage of their advances on direct payments and payments for rural development due to new measures announced by the European Commission...

SALES within Northern Ireland's food and drinks processing hit £5bn last year, according to initial estimates by the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).

A man has been hospitalised after he was struck by a cow that escaped from a mart in Ennis, Co Clare yesterday.

Farm Contractors Ireland has welcomed the outcome of a court case involving an FCI member, who was convicted of having no insurance as the prosecuting Garda claimed that he had...

The U.S. government will pay American farmers hurt by the trade war with China between $15 and $150 per acre in an aid package totaling $16 billion, officials said on...

European wheat futures in Paris edged higher on Thursday, boosted by a diminishing crop outlook in top exporter Russia, although gains were limited by talk that harvests in France and...

The recent spell of warm and humid weather has suited almost everyone - an abundance of hay and silage has been saved with a resulting re-growth of high quality grass.

Galmoy in the northern reaches of Co Kilkenny and near the county boundary with Laois is associated with mining but is also home to plenty of good elevated farmland.

Fortune continues to shine on the Belclares for the Miley brothers whose flock at Knockcroghery, Co Roscommon keeps on setting and breaking records with their progeny which have become the...

The IFA is calling for a change in the Budget to stop investors availing of agricultural relief on farmland.

Close to a quarter of the winter barley crop has been cut in south Tipperary, Kilkenny and Cork despite progress being hampered by widespread rain.

A member of a gang, which stole €4,600 worth of jewellery from a house in Co Meath last year, was later chased by cattle into the arms of two waiting...

James McDonnell farms a few miles from the picturesque village of Glenarm on the Antrim coast.

France's agriculture minister Didier Guillaume said France would not ratify a provisional trade deal with the Mercosur group of South American countries in its current form.

Corkman Jerry Sweetnam is heading a group from the county seeking government aid to help it generate €400 million a year to create thousands of jobs in the equestrian industry...

Last week was Farm Safety Week, an initiative run by the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) and supported by the Health and Safety Authority (H.S.A).

A "wholesale" legal ban preventing enforcement action over unlicensed large scale peat extraction activity has been lifted by the High Court.

A 71ac residential farm in picturesque countryside between Kilmallock and Kilfinane in Co Limerick is coming to the market with a guide price in the region of €700,000.

The UK may revert to its former cheap food policy in a no-deal Brexit situation, with Northern Irish agriculture the big loser, according to economist Con Lucey.

In the past few weeks, we have seen a dramatic increase in the numbers of calves and cows coughing.

Sheep flocked in to save the day at the weekend when a popular pig race was cancelled due to African Swine Fever (ASF) concerns.

A farmer who sued after suffering horrific injuries when his hand was sucked in to a combine harvester as he tried to free grain clogging up the machine has settled...

A car dealer alleged to be giving the Revenue the "runaround" in its efforts to recover a €4.95m tax judgment obtained 10 years ago has received a two-month suspended sentence...

I attended the recent Moorepark open day and viewed with considerable interest the research results delivered at the event.

Details of the Nitrates Derogation were announced today by the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.

The national herd should be cut by 23pc, to reduce agricultural emissions, despite experts warning it could make matters worse.

The national herd should be cut by 30pc, to reduce agricultural emissions, despite experts warning it could make matters worse.

The Government needs to take “urgent action” if Ireland is to meet its national and international climate change targets, including cutting the national herd by up to 1.5m head of...

The Climate Council has said a reduction in the national suckler herd would be a cost-effective way of tackling Climate Change.

Increased ANC funding of €50m and a €38m increase in funding for suckler cow farmers are among proposals from the IFA in its pre-Budget submission.

NUI Galway is to to carry out the first study in Ireland investigating the background level of exposure to the herbicide, glyphosate among families.

THIS time last year, I talked about the impact a new EU directive would have on roadworthiness testing (basically the NCT and CVRT).

A decision to grant planning permission for what would be Ireland's largest solar farm - located in Clongeen and Foulksmills in Co Wexford - may go to judicial review.

His neighbours in North Tipperary were mystified when they saw that Paul Slattery had put a Piemontese bull with his large herd of Holstein-Friesian cows in the middle of the...

A Myshall man was ordered to pay out €2,500 in compensation after a St Bernard dog went rogue and caused “devastation” to local farmers when he killed over 40 sheep.

The Government has signed off on changes to Employment Permit Regulations, which will make it easier for certain businesses in the agri-food sector to source workers from outside the EEA.