Farming

All eyes will be on Ornua's board meeting today to see if Aaron Forde will remain as chairman.

One of Kerry's most successful businessmen has come to the rescue of a charity by paying close to €2m at auction for a prime farm in the Kingdom.

Unsettled weather has halted silage cutting in many parts of the country, but last week west Limerick agricultural contractor Michael Barrett and his crew (pictured) were at work at Salesian...

Young farmers will be tied to the land for at least six years if they want the State to subsidise their parents' nursing home fees.

Met Eireann projections indicate that the eastern half of the country will have 1.7 to 2.0 times average rainfall this week.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Thursday the Mercosur bloc of South American countries will soon sign a trade deal with the European Union, and he thanked Argentine President Mauricio...

A former psychic has been convicted by a jury of the theft and money laundering of €1.6m.

Extra funding has been made available to a unique autonomous arable farming project aiming to deliver 'hands-free' harvesting.

Land prices in the West of Ireland have fallen for three consecutive years, according to new data from Sherry FitzGerald Research.

Land prices in the West of Ireland have fallen for three consecutive years, according to new data from Sherry FitzGerald Research.

CLAIMS and counter claims continue about the merits of Kerry Co-op Creameries Share Redemption Scheme continue this week ahead of a crucial vote in the Brandon Hotel, Tralee on June...

The news from the Duffy farm in Donegal continues to be good. While there was the normal 'ups and downs' of farming life during the spring, lambing went well and...

A Meath estate on 358ac of grass and tillage was withdrawn from auction during the week after being bid to €9.5m.

There has never been a spring planting season like this one. Rivers topped their banks. Levees were breached. Fields filled with water and mud. And it kept raining.

The minister responsible for fisheries has said he will not ask Irish fishermen to leave waters around Rockall, despite a renewed threat of enforcement action by the Scottish authorities.

As spring barley is still the largest single arable crop grown in Ireland, maximising its yield potential will have a significant impact on profitability on most tillage farms again this...

Live exports should be phased out due to their "unethical nature", Green Party agriculture spokesperson Pippa Hackett has said.

First place in the Inventions in Agriculture Class last year went to Seamus Hession of Connacht Agri for his solar-powered feeder invention, the Solar 1200 Feedsman.

Two years after flying in thousands of dairy cows to beat a trade embargo, Qatari milk producer Baladna has made its first exports.

The Irish dairy industry recently got a sharp reminder that Brexit is not its only area of vulnerability. Fonterra, the huge New Zealand dairy cooperative that has long been admired...

The overhaul of the Fair Deal scheme to make it easier for farmers and small business owners to pay for nursing home places will apply retrospectively.

The overhaul of the Fair Deal scheme to make it easier for farmers and small business owners to pay for nursing home places will apply retrospectively.

Could a move to pay unprofitable farmers to stop farming solve a number of problems?

Running a successful farm business is a balancing act between risk and reward.

While questions were raised last week whether the farming community had actually voted for the Green Party, newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett is certain that they did as, after...

The notion of having a house with a few acres on the outskirts of the city is the dream of many a Dublin resident with roots in the land.

Jack and Theo Kirwan are the brothers behind Sprout, which they set up three and a half years ago. Their first branch on Dawson Street in Dublin, a favourite with...

John Garvey doesn't believe his new app FarmHedge is online shopping for farmers - he feels it goes beyond that and is game-changing for both farmers and suppliers.

Depopulations were a nightmare for dairy farmers in the late 1980s, but one such traumatic event 32 years ago proved to be a blessing in disguise for the one family...

There is an onus on the Department of Agriculture to treat customers with fairness as well as upholding the applicable regulations when carrying out an inspection and applying penalties.

Let the games, sorry, exams, begin! I will breathe a sigh of relief when I drop our daughter Sarah to school tomorrow, as she joins 60,000 or so others in...

It's been another excellent month for farming. Dry ground, growth matching and slightly exceeding demand, some grass bales made, some reseeding completed, pit silage on target for early June, breeding...

LacPatrick Dairies (NI) Ltd pleaded guilty and was fined £2,500 plus £15 Offenders Levy at Coleraine Magistrates Court today for causing a polluting discharge to enter a waterway.

Following a meeting of the Board of ICOS, Jerry Long has been elected as President succeeding Michael Spellman who has completed his term of office.

Draft details of the €50m EU beef fund have been revealed from the European Commission, which state that the measures taken by Ireland will be aimed at reducing production as...

Draft details of the €50m EU beef fund have been revealed from the European Commission, which state that the measures taken by Ireland will be aimed at reducing production as...

A farmer required medical attention after he was overcome by fumes while mixing slurry.

A farming couple who have reared almost 1,000 goats that have been sent to African families as part of the Bothar charity have been honoured by their local community.

The farming sector faces "massive challenges" in reducing its level of work-related fatalities and injuries, Teagasc director Gerry Boyle has warned.

The dairy industry has strongly denied that processors have put a quota on further milk expansion by accepting that carbon emissions from agriculture must be capped at current levels.