Farming

As the prolificacy of a flock improves, the number of litters with three or more lambs increases. Some ewes are unable to rear three lambs.

Food giant Kerry Group has reaffirmed its full year 2019 guidance of adjusted earnings per share growth of 6pc – 10pc on a constant currency basis.

At what point does a dairy cow become a beef cow?

The INHFA has called for clarity in relation to overall Pillar 2 spending, with the farmer body claiming that the total underspend on the current CAP programme could be as...

Of the 106 inspections of agriculture workplaces including farms in 2018, some 43pc were found to be in breach of employment law.

THE ministerial road-trip all began so well.

A beef farm in the midlands is well on its way to reaching its aim of having cows out on grass 50 extra days than they were four years ago.

The ministerial road-trip all began so well but it took in angry farmers and disruptive protests before the day was done.

Patrick Quirke faces life in prison. Bobby Ryan was murdered. Lives are in ruins, there are no secrets - and all over a few fields. There have been many day-trippers...

"Mortified" students can't stomach the reality of modern farm life such as cows calving, according to a leading UCD professor.

The ministerial road-trip all began so well but it took in angry farmers and disruptive protests before the day was done.

“Looking at fairies on my farm is the same as looking at traffic in Dublin. But they don't come everyday.”

Funding of €500,000 for the roll out of a Lean Principles Programme for pig farmers has been announced by Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.

Over €25m in GLAS balancing payments to over 42,000 farmers in the GLAS scheme will commence this week.

The trend in larger farm sales seems to have slowed somewhat. As is the norm in agricultural transactions, 10ac to 50ac parcels are the constant sellers.

Semi-State forestry group Coillte delivered record earnings of €115m last year, up 35pc on the previous year.

A leading UCD professor has reported a drop in popularity in his Food Safety Masters students attending curriculum farm visits as they are "mortified" by everyday farm practices such as...

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar was greeted with chants of "where's the beef, ye vegan" when he arrived in Cork for a Cabinet meeting this morning.

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar has denied accusations by protesting beef farmers that he's a vegan.

TAOISEACH Leo Varadkar was greeted with chants of "where's the beef, ye vegan" when he arrived in Cork for a Cabinet meeting this morning.

In my article about dairy robots of two weeks ago I referred to the cost of establishing a 65-70 cow dairy enterprise.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency said on Tuesday that glyphosate, a chemical in many popular weed killers, is not a carcinogen, contradicting recent decisions by U.S. juries that found that...

Storm Powell spoke to farmers at Kilkenny Mart about the performance of the farming organisations and the meat factories' grip on the beef trade.

Farmers have called for a more consistent price for their milk after it was revealed that Kerrygold, has become the first Irish food brand to exceeded €1 billion in annual...

For those of you waiting for good news on the sheep price front, I'm afraid all I have to offer today is that the majority of prices are no worse...

Former Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) president, Patrick Kent has said he will be assisting MEP hopeful Mick Wallace in his election bid.

Even though May Day arrives tomorrow we were all basking in some real summer sunshine over the Easter season.

IFA President Joe Healy has hit out at transport sector emissions which have increased by 133pc since 1990 compared to what he called resource efficient on farm development.

Kerrygold, has become the first Irish food brand to exceeded €1 billion in annual retail value

Brexit has been blamed for the delay in introducing an amended Fair Deal nursing home scheme for farmers.

A successor has yet to be identified by more than half of farmers aged 41 or over, while more than a quarter of those aged 61 or over are in...

Sales of offal from beef, sheep and pigs is big business, with annual exports from cattle alone worth close to €230m, according to Bord Bia.

Farmers in Northern Ireland are reverting back to burning fossil fuels having lost trust in renewable energy following the RHI scandal, MPs have been told.

Co-op and meat processor-backed calf-to-beef schemes could potentially "eliminate" competition in the feed business, a group of independent grain merchants have claimed.

Factory prices are on the rise. Bullocks were reported as selling over the weekend generally for €3.75-3.85/kg, with some sellers unwilling to discuss anything below €3.90/kg.

Dairy farmers' incomes dropped by almost €25,000 on the average 100-cow herd last year due to lower milk prices and increased feed costs during last summer's drought.

MY Friesian cattle are now out to grass and the grazing season has begun in earnest, but our recent unpredictable weather has made grass management quite difficult.

Mistakes can be costly, as any farmer will know, and news that the Greenfield farm programme may be coming to an end is not good news for farmers.

An environmental group has brought a High Court challenge against the State over new regulations that allow for the industrial extraction of peat from bogs.

A FARMER who had 18 tonnes of fertiliser bags slashed on his farm by vandals is appealing to farmers to be vigilant against rural crime.