Farming

'A little bit of everything and not a lot of anything" replies Philip Higgins when asked how the lambing went this year.

Twenty years of sterling service to the administration of the Irish Angus Cattle Society was recognised at the National Hall of Fame Awards at Athlone on Sunday night where the...

Irish milk output is soaring, with 2019 likely to be another record-breaking year. But is this huge increase in production putting unsustainable pressure on the environment?

A brain tumour diagnosis and the death of his two parents before he was 30 meant that newly crowned Macra Mr Personality John Martin Carroll has had to show plenty...

One of the largest VMS V300 robotic milking systems in Europe has been installed on a Co Waterford estate.

A brain tumour diagnosis and the death of his two parents before he was 30 meant that newly crowned Macra Mr Personality John Martin Carroll has had to show plenty...

Beef farmer Pat Hennessey's decision to plant forestry on his farm in Laois was thought of as peculiar by his neighbours in 1991 - now almost 30 years on, he...

Cloneyhurke House near Portarlington in Co Offaly is a beautiful two-storey over basement Georgian house fully restored and standing on 56ac of land.

Nestle plans to launch a new line of baby formula in China this year under an existing brand, targeted at smaller cities, as the world's largest packaged food company tries...

The hazards of farming were brought home to John Skehan this time last year when both he and his father, John Snr, were involved in farm accidents on the same...

At the end of this column I am going to do something that I'd never have thought possible.

Cloneyhurke House near Portarlington in Co Offaly is a beautiful two-storey over basement Georgian house fully restored and standing on 56ac of land.

We are continuing to keep track of how our lambs are growing - and in ­particular our pedigree Bluefaced Leicester lambs. They were weighed last week while we had them...

The recent report by family law expert Dr Geoffrey Shannon on divorce in Ireland makes a pretty compelling case for reform - not just of our divorce laws, but also...

Key divorce reforms called for by the country's leading family law expert are being parked by the Government - and may not be acted upon for years.

AFTER something of a false start in recent days it appears summer is - finally - set to arrive.

Miscanthus yields are back around 40pc this year due to last summer's drought.

It's ironic that beef farmers are the poor relations compared to their dairy brethren these days.

Dairymaster's MooMonitor+ is one of the most accurate systems to monitor cows behaviour, according to two new studies conducted in the US and Ireland.

Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed said he is open to discussing possible “failings” within the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) and issues farmers have with the Irish Cattle Breeding...

PRESIDENTIAL runner-up Peter Casey is locked in a battle with Fianna Fáil for a MEP seat in the Midlands-North West constituency.

Brexit and its likely impact, continues to be "a major source of uncertainty for FBD", Irish farmers and Irish businesses, the insurer has said.

A farmer accused of breaking his neighbour's cheekbone in a row over a straying cow has been found not guilty.

The European Union intends to keep agriculture off the agenda in its trade talks with the United States and continues to support rules-based, open and predictable international commerce, the EU's...

I read with interest some results that came out of the Gene Ireland test centre in Tully on dairy-bred bulls.

'We were running an intensive dairy farm at the time and I needed a change," says Ernest Mackey about his move in the late 1970s from Meath to run a...

The IFA has urged farmers to engage with the loan service provider Pepper, which will take charge of all former ACC Bank debt.

Producers should not put weight on lambs that they are not going to get paid for, according to Michael Geoghegan, general manager of Kepak, Athleague.

A farmer was awarded nearly €16,000 in damages when a court ruled he had been sold an infertile bull.

Hundreds of beef farmers have protested against “corporate greed and factories hanging them out to dry” at a beef meeting where Minister for Agriculture and major industry professionals are speaking...

Milk processors right across the continent are paying a higher price for their farmers' milk with the three major Irish companies languishing in the ‘relegation zone' of the European Milk...

The land market in Ireland saw increases in values, on average, of 12pc in the past 12 months, with long term leasing becoming more prevalent, particularly for younger entrants to...

It is unclear whether farmers who made applications for grant aid under the last tranche of TAMS will get funding in the current round.

A Co Galway farmer was today awarded nearly €16,000 in damages when a court ruled he had been sold an infertile bull.

The auction season continues to get busier, albeit at a steadier pace than recent years. This week sees a number of smaller properties go to auction in the Leinster region.

The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has said that less of an understanding in the EU of the immediate issues facing beef farmers.

Do we care what happens to our money once we have handed it over to the Government in taxes? It often seems we don't, and that in the public consciousness...

Parents of residents of a Kerry care home are urging the religious order who once ran the facility to halt its plans to sell its 110 acre farm as they...

The year really is flying by and with silage crops bulking up, it won't be long before the smell of cut grass fills the countryside where there will be a...

The year really is flying by and with silage crops bulking up, it won't be long before the smell of cut grass fills the countryside where there will be a...