Farming

Aurivo today announced its April milk price, saying it will pay a base 30.5c/L - the same as for March milk.

The National Parks and Wildlife Service has teamed up with Coillte to tackle wildfires using drones.

Irish beef bound for Japan will no longer be bound by an under 30 month rule, after the terms of exports health certificates were changed.

Bayer AG is confident its appeals of recent court rulings that its glyphosate weed killer Roundup caused cancer will be successful, a senior executive said on Thursday, amid a steep...

The much welcome spate of warm weather is soon coming to an end, according to Met Eireann.

American demands for the UK to accept chlorinated chicken and use of hormones in food is to “appeal to aspects of the domestic audience” rather than a workable trade negotiation,...

A local dairy farmer outbid two others to buy a 25-acre non-residential farm at Powderlough, Dunshaughlin, Co Meath at a sensational price of €675,000 or €27,000 per acre.

There is an unusual silence around the farmyard these mornings, with the bawl of a newborn calf or the odd rattle of a feed barrier having been replaced with the...

The distribution of a new aid package for beef farmers has been greeted by some with concerns raised that factory owned feedlots may have access to the supports.

Farmhand, the Krone distributors for Ireland, claim to be 'mowing the country' with their huge demonstrator BigM450 self-propelled mower.

Rural Ireland is fast becoming the winner from the local and European elections.

Dairygold has announced that it is cutting its April milk price to 30.69c/L.

A CORK City Council election candidate who has fearlessly campaigned against illegal dumps and unlicensed refuse collectors had her home targeted in a vile attack.

A Co Tyrone farm accident survivor has issued a stark warning on farm safety.

A Co Tyrone farm accident survivor has issued a stark warning on farm safety.

Hennessy Auctioneers of Laois held a retirement auction on behalf of a local retired dairy farmer last Saturday. Almost 200 farmers registered for a bidding number, with a huge array...

Kerry Group has announced its base price for April milk supplies at 30.5c/L (VAT inclusive).

A week out from crucial local and European Elections, former Fine Gael Minister and now EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has announced that beef package of €50m for under pressure...

A week out from crucial local and European Elections, former Fine Gael Minister and now EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has announced a package of €50m for under pressure beef...

New legislation proposed by the EU means farmers could have to pay millions of euro to replace obsolete guns.

New legislation proposed by the EU means farmers could have to pay millions of euro to replace obsolete guns.

The ICSA has slated calls for a coupled payment on suckler cows and called instead for the factories to pay more for beef and for the return of a 'REPS-type'...

Heifers continued to improve last week building on their steady performance of two weeks ago. Fourteen days ago the majority of heifers on our Ringside table saw small price improvements.

Improving quality of calves coming off the dairy herd won't happen overnight, Head of Glanbia Beef Martin Ryan has said.

Farmers are refusing to take on "snowflake" veterinary students who do not have a farming background.

The man in the farmyard has a very simple set of questions for the two visiting politicians: "How much is a pint?"

Farmers are refusing to take on "snowflake" veterinary students who do not have a farming background.

A MIDDLE aged man has died in a farm accident in Cork.

KBC Bank is seeking an injunction against the family at the centre of the Co Roscommon eviction controversy.

A farmer cut off his own leg with a pocket knife after it became trapped in a piece of machinery on his isolated land.

The Twenty20 Beef Club offering by Glanbia and Kepak is a “strait jacket” on farmers and anti-competitive, Fianna Fail TD Jackie Cahill has stated.

The squeeze on supplies continues with last week's kill reaching just 29,641. The general run of quotes yesterday morning saw bullocks on €3.90/kg, with heifers at €4.00/kg.

Chinese authorities have agreed an accelerated process for inspection and registration of a further tranche of beef plants, as well as an inspection visit to progress sheepmeat access, Minister for...

Minister for Climate Action Richard Bruton has given his strongest indication yet that farmers will be faced with difficult changes under new climate action plans being developed by Government.

It's sun hats at the ready with crowds of 120,000 expected over the next four days of the Balmoral Show.

A row between shareholders in Kerry Co-op is escalating as share price of Kerry Group plc broke through the €100 barrier for the first time in its history this month...

The ICSA presidential battle looks likely to be a south Munster contest between Edmond Phelan and Dermot Kelleher.

Meat Industry Ireland (MII) have said engaging with the Department of Agriculture and Teagasc would be the 'first step' to reviewing possible changes to the QPS grid.

The most active class of land sellers are executors or others making probate sales, according to a new report.

Fire crews battled 20-foot-high flames from a gorse fire as a Status Orange fire-risk warning for the rest of the week was announced.