Farming

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan came under fire from Irish MEPs on “Armageddon” Mercosur deal at the first meeting of the new EU Parliament Agri committee.

The sun wasn't shining in the South East but the place looked resplendent even in the misty day.

A proposal to create a national property register was introduced in the Dáil last week.

UK grocery sales fell by 0.5pc in the latest 12-week period, in their first decline since June 2016, industry data showed yesterday, sending shares across the sector lower.

Average dairy net margin in 2019 could be up 18pc per litre or 28pc per hectare, according to Teagasc's latest forecast.

China's pork imports in June surged from the previous year, customs data showed on Tuesday, as the world's top consumer of the meat stocked up on supplies after African swine...

European wheat futures in Paris fell on Monday as harvesting gathered pace across the Northern Hemisphere, tracking a similar setback in Chicago.

The numbers keep coming, with last week's kill at 34,817, enabling factories to further squeeze prices.

Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is facing a significant delay, due to uncertainty over Brexit and the future EU budget.

While it's very difficult not to be affected by the continuing stream of bad news surrounding our industry, inside our farm gates we have little to complain about this summer.

The debate about the proposed overhaul of Ornua should be welcomed and not seen as a distraction for those involved.

Despite reports of some positivity in the sale for better-quality stores, the trade for bullocks and heifers overall continues to plough downwards.

Smaller dairy co-ops will decide the fate of a radical plan to overhaul the governance and shareholder structures of Ornua.

Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is facing a significant delay, due to uncertainty over Brexit and the future EU budget.

The final cost of the Ash Dieback disease outbreak will top €800m, a forestry group has claimed.

The difficulties in the beef sector intensified this week as factories pulled prices across the board by 5c/kg or €15-20/hd.

With his Krone Big M 450 self-propelled silage mower cutting its way across the country on demonstration, we caught up with demo driver and Dublin native Ben Buckley (right) to...

'Tillage farming has changed so much. I think it's the way forward," says Graham Harris of his reasons for converting to organic farming on January 1 of this year.

Storm Powell travelled to Tullamore Mart last week to hear farmers' views on the sheep price slump and why farmers are exiting the sector.

A 34-year-old farmer who has sued after he suffered horrific injuries to his hand when it was sucked into a combine harvester has claimed for €1.65m in losses, the High...

The current TB eradication programme is not sufficient to eradicate TB by 2030, according to the TB forum, or even reduce the current incidence levels significantly.

In the perfect world, a paddock system would have uniform square areas, or at least 2:1 rectangle areas.

As a beef farmer for the past 35 years, I am beginning to wonder if the game is up? We are in the midst of the worst crisis in beef...

"It is the ultimate irony that the priest who led this service last year would himself die in a freak accident."

"It is the ultimate irony that the priest who led this service last year would himself die in a freak accident."

The anxiously awaited consultancy in-depth review of the beef sector for the IFA has been provisionally listed for discussion at the September Council meeting of the IFA.

Two solar power generating projects, one of which had been refused permission by the local authority, have been given the go-ahead by An Bord Pleanála.

France will ask the European Commission to bring forward the payment of 1 billion euros ($1.12 billion) of subsidies to help farmers cope with a hot spell that hurt crops...

Germany's Bayer AG welcomed on Friday a call by a U.S. judge to cut a $2 billion damages award to a Californian couple by a jury which found that its...

A non-residential farm of 84ac of quality Meath land is for sale by public auction at a guide price of €950,000.

Another milestone in his ambition as a sheep breeder to become best in class was accomplished by a Co Wcklow breeder at the 2019 Charollais Breed Championships.

German tractor maker Fendt has launched a tractor that sets new standards in the 200hp-plus tractor bracket. The new Fendt 900 Vario series is aimed at large farms and contractors...

The Irish Pig Society has said its members won't be taking pigs to any shows this summer due to the threat of African Swine Fever.

Limerick City and County Council has urged farmers and silage contractors to redouble their efforts to eliminate silage effluent spillages from crops amid “a particularly bad year for pollution so...

A superb residential farm on c153 acres at Ballygannon Beg, Glenealy, Co Wicklow, has come on the market at a guide price of €2m.

Brendan McLaughlin is "as good a farmer as you are going to meet in Ireland". That's what the judges said about him, when he won the REPS Farmer of the...

The cost of agri-biomethane has been massively overstated in the Government's recent Climate Action Plan, the industry body Renewable Gas Forum Ireland (RGFI) has claimed.

Is it only men that are restless? Is the predilection for gazing beyond the horizon waiting for the next adventure a man thing?

The progeny of a Dovea-bred Friesian sire proved the most popular choice with dairy breeders purchasing stock at the Celebratory Sale of 2019-born heifers and bulls from the Firoda herd...

The European Union is set for a larger wheat harvest this summer as a heatwave in late June which wilted some crops had a less severe impact than initially feared,...