Farming

Brazil will take action if concerns about an increase in deforestation are confirmed, the agriculture minister said this week as Brazil faces environmental pressure under the terms of the EU-Mercosur...

Factory attempts to pull lamb quotes back to €5/kg have prompted an angry reaction from farm leaders.

MEP Mairead McGuiness has claimed that Ireland must resist the EU trade deal while details are assessed.

MEP Mairead McGuiness has claimed that Ireland must resist the EU trade deal while details are assessed.

A leading food economist has said the quality of Irish food has not been marketed in the right way in many instances.

Should you be free to choose whether to buy an Irish steak or a less expensive Argentinian one? Is it right that consumers of food, which includes everyone, pay more...

Fine Gael is at war over a controversial EU trade deal which farmers say will flood the Irish market with cheap beef from South America.

From vetting every Mercosur farm before its produce is allowed to enter the EU market to kicking farms and, ultimately, countries out of the agreement if they do not adhere...

Imagine broadband has partnered up with Macra as they search for Ireland's best Macra na Feirme club.

Sitka spruce is the most important crop in Ireland bar none from a climate change perspective, IBEC has claimed.

"The job is not getting any better," one factory agent told me this week.

Gardai and the Health and emergency services are attending the scene after a man's body was found on a farm in Roscommon.

Farmers are coming under pressure from all angles and there's no sign of a let up.

Ireland can use its environmental advantages to “thwart” a Mercosur deal, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said.

The Minister for Agriculture has said it is his responsibility to ensure everything is done to frustrate, mitigate and dismantle the ambition of the Mercosur deal and protect the Irish...

Think you have the best dairy cow in the country? Well, if you do there's a prize fund of €10,000 up for grabs in this year's Baileys Champion Dairy Cow...

Austria's lower house of parliament passed a bill this week banning all uses of the weedkiller glyphosate, the first time a European Union country has taken such strong action against...

The state has shelled out €29.1m to compensate turf cutters banned from cutting turf on certain bogs.

Gardai are investigating a farm accident which caused a woman to be airlifted to hospital on Monday.

Brazilian food processor JBS SA has been buying cattle from ranchers operating on deforested land in the Amazon that the government had said must not be used for grazing, a...

Brazilian food processor JBS SA has been buying cattle from ranchers operating on deforested land in the Amazon that the government had said must not be used for grazing, a...

Brazilian food processor JBS SA has been buying cattle from ranchers operating on deforested land in the Amazon that the government had said must not be used for grazing, a...

The Global Dairy Trade continues to fall, with its most recent auction seeing its price index fall by almost half a percent.

The Mercosur deal on the table is not a done deal, the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said.

There is potential for the pig industry to expand in Ireland it isn't for the faint hearted, Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has said.

There's a quote from American author Brenda Schoepp which succinctly captures the importance of farming: "My grandfather used to say that once in your life you need a doctor, a...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised to protect the interests of Irish beef farmers even if the controversial EU-Mercosur deal is ratified.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised to protect the interests of Irish beef farmers even if the controversial EU-Mercosur trade deal is ratified.

The EU-Mercosur deal – which opens the way for cheap South American meat imports – will signal the death knell for the already embattled Irish beef sector, the Dáil has...

Nearly half of the country's septic tanks and are failing inspections, posing risks to people's health and the environment, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has warned.

The Irish dairy and drinks industry could face increased tariffs as the US threatens an additional €3.5bn ($4bn) in tariffs on EU goods.

The Irish dairy and drinks industry could face increased tariffs as the US threatens an additional €3.5bn ($4bn) in tariffs on EU goods.

The number of 100 plus cow dairy herds has more than trebled since 2005, and these units now account for around half the country's cows and about one-third of the...

US hog farmers lost hundreds of millions of dollars in export sales to China and Mexico after President Donald Trump launched his trade wars last year.

Shares of Brazilian meatpackers rose sharply on Monday on prospects for stronger exports to the European Union following a trade deal reached last week with South American bloc Mercosur.

The ICSA has warned that further protests at meat plants may take place this week, as it enters discussions with Kepak Athleague.

The imposition of a mandatory 30-day pre-movement test for TB could cost €20m a year and will damage Ireland's crucial live trade, the IFA and ICMSA have warned.

International tensions over trade could have a positive outcome for agriculture by reviving efforts to reform the most ineffective of policies that distribute hundreds of billions of dollars to farmers...

Farmers are demanding answers from the Taoiseach as beef prices fall and the details of the Mercosur deal emerge.

Sitka spruce is the most important crop in Ireland bar none from a climate change perspective, Director of IBEC's Forest Industries Ireland Mark McAuley has said.