Farming

It is hard to judge whether last week's farmer meetings with various sheep processors around the country has yielded anything tangible on prices for producers.

A 110ac non-residential farm at Whitefields, Beaufort, near Killarney in Kerry, sold at auction last week, making €1.925m or a strong €17,500/ac.

An EU farming review has raised concerns around the environmental benefits being delivered by Ireland's €300m Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP).

How Irish is 'Irish' whiskey? This is a valid question that our cereal growers have been asking for years. But nobody has been listening.

On a recent visit to a supermarket I was shocked at the sight of soft drinks being sold in gallon containers and giant packs of cheesy puffs that were as...

Young farmers involved in sectors such as Dairy, Drystock (beef and sheep), Land Mobility and Other Enterprises (including horticulture, pigs, poultry, tillage) are invited to enter and the winner of...

An estimated 1,500 vacancies has led to a crisis in recruitment of driver/operators of plant machinery in Ireland and a call by one industry leader to issue an appeal for...

Irish Water has confirmed a significant increase in pesticide exceedances detected in public water supplies so far this year.

Docks must be the most despised and best known persistent weed problem on many intensive grassland farms.

Fonterra, the large New Zealand dairy co- operative, which has long been admired by the Irish dairy industry, has issued a second profit warning in three months.

Curlews could be erased from their heartlands across Ireland and the UK within a decade because of intensive farming, which is destroying their wetland habitats.

The Brazilian government reported on Friday a case of atypical mad cow disease in an animal in Mato Grosso state, according to a statement from the country's Agriculture Ministry.

Lump sum payments for older farmers who permanently transfer their holding to young farmers has been suggested by EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan as a measure to improve the age...

Lump sum payments for older farmers who permanently transfer their holding to young farmers has been suggested by EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan as a measure to improve the age...

A Donegal breeder had a winning day out on the double at the Irish Charolais Cattle Society show and sale at Tullamore.

Brian and Catherine McNamara run a flock of 275 ewes in Achill, Co Mayo.

The successful Goldstar genes shone brightly for a Tipperary breeder, delivering the championship of show sash and the overall price topper at the Irish Charolais Cattle Society final bull show...

I can never remember a food come under more sustained attack than beef is undergoing at present and I firmly believe it is unjustified.

Last week found me in the Garden County. It was a lovely mild May day as I made my way from Roundwood towards Rathdrum and a traditional 73ac farm at...

Farmers really got into gear this month with a large amount of first-cut silage already made.

There's no doubt that there is an appetite for a greener and cleaner Ireland, but at what cost?

Lameness has been described as the most serious welfare concern facing the European dairy industry.

Seldom does a week pass that I do not get a query from a farmer about the matter of gifting a site to a family member and the possible tax...

THREE years ago Northern Ireland dairy farmer Adam Watson was not in a good place as stress from falling milk prices and his forthcoming wedding started to affect his mental...

Last week, I was talking to someone who spent time canvassing during the recent elections. She was amazed at how many door-knocks went unanswered. What was more gobsmacking was the...

Kevin Mulroe runs a hill sheep enterprise at Letterineen, Tourmakeady, Co Mayo. The farm comprises of 60 acres of 'green land' along with both fenced and unfenced commonage.

We've all heard of Kermit the Frog's lament that it isn't easy being green, but maybe that is because it is bloody expensive.

Agricultural traders will be among the winners as global ­temperatures warm, so long as policy makers ease trade rules to allow them to adapt the food supply to climate change.

A rural business is counting its lucky stars this morning after a JCB that was stolen from its yard and later discovered in Germany was returned to the business this...

Beef businessman Larry Goodman and his family, the Emirate Maktoum family and Bord Bia are all in receipt of hundreds of thousands of euro in EU farm payments, according to...

Singing till the cows come home could very well be the motto of one all-male choir that boasts a considerable amount of farmer members.

On one of the recent fine days I crossed the bridge at Killaloe, and with the car windows down I climbed the road from Ballina to Portroe in Co Tipperary...

New legislation will be needed to indemnify farmers who allow hikers on to land, Rural Affairs Minister Michael Ring has insisted.

A MAN charged with murdering an elderly woman has said that her death was "a genuine accident," a court has heard.

A farmer has told the trial of a former psychic charged with money laundering he “wouldn't have bought a matchbox” from the man who was helping him to secure a...

'Shearing on a day-to-day basis is a tough business and it's hard to get young people involved, but it is great that these championships are so popular," says Jim O'Dwyer...

Silage season 2019 has kicked off in earnest over the last week. Mowers are entering fields up and down the country and contractors are reporting big demand for both baled...

Hungry carnivores were forced to suck on peppers at a major climate change conference in Dublin after the organisers left meat off the lunch menu, writes Declan O'Brien.

The main crop of lambs at Lyons are 11 weeks old this week. This is an important juncture, because at this stage the lamb is starting to become more dependent...

The US will soon start to up its pressure on the EU to include agriculture in the ongoing trade talks, trade analysts have predicted.