Farming

Badger setts which cause subsidence to local roads cannot be removed due to restrictions placed on the Department of Agriculture, it was revealed at a recent municipal district meeting.

To draw down payment in respect of your BPS entitlements, you must have an eligible hectare to accompany each entitlement.

Slurry is an extremely valuable source of nutrients on livestock farms and farmers must make the most of it, according to respected fertiliser specialist Stan Lalor.

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan will today unveil a new €1bn cheap loan scheme designed to boost the number of young farmers staying in the business.

Andrew Doyle, Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced that 4,248 forest owners have received their annual forest premium payments in their bank...

The 6pc fall in Glanbia's share price during the week coincided with news that more than a fifth of shareholders had voted against the new remuneration package for chief executive...

Bayer shareholders on Friday cast a vote of disapproval of the German drugmaker's top management amid anger over a stock price slump as litigation risks mount from the $63 billion...

Changes must be made soon to allow fines to be imposed for breaches in competition law, the Fianna Fail spokesperson on Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Deputy Billy Kelleher has said.

A typical spring barley grower in Ireland will spend €90/ha on fungicides. This increases to €135/ha for a winter barley grower and further increases to €190/ha for winter wheat.

Met Éireann has thrown cold water over hopes that Ireland will bask in a three-month long heatwave following the UK's promise of a 28C “Spanish plume”.

Fine Gael ministers believe they must press ahead with the €3bn National Broadband Plan (NBP) to avoid a drubbing in the upcoming local and European elections.

Yes, it will be dear - but let's finally get on with it. Increasingly you can hardly bless yourself, or wash your face, without downloading some kind of a dooda...

EU Commissioner Phil Hogan will today unveil a new €1bn cheap loan scheme designed to boost the number of young farmers engaged in staying in the business.

Locals in the Black Valley, Co Kerry, have had to get used to the delayed arrival of new technology.

One of the country's most senior civil servants has warned Cabinet ministers that the €3bn National Broadband Plan does not represent value for money for taxpayers, the Sunday Independent can...

A massive clean-up operation began yesterday after Storm Hannah's gusts which topped 120km/h hammered coastal areas, knocked trees and left thousands of homes without power.

Do you ever wonder how machinery companies manage to make their wearing parts tough enough to withstand years of work in difficult soils?

Processors have been accused of ignoring the plight of struggling pig farmers by failing to pass on the full benefit of market improvements in recent price increases.

From the age of 16, Queen of the Land Louise Crowley knew she wanted to become a farmer. With this in mind, she decided against filling out a CAO form...

The EU Parliament wound up its current term in office last week by backing voter-friendly moves to improve food quality and pesticide approvals. But the future of the Common Agricultural...

He didn't grow up on a farm, but David Butler always had an interest in poultry and when the opportunity presented itself, he took the plunge into organic farming.

Safety was the main reason behind farmer Padraig Moran's decision to install a 70-unit suckler shed on his farm which he runs in partnership with his wife Nuala and son...

There is nobody in Ireland who believes that any home, regardless of location, should be without electricity. That belief is what drove the politicians of the last century to deliver...

You have to make a profit to survive in the beef business is Robert Watson's simple message to the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, and he is certain that "most...

Phil Hogan made a passionate intervention at the last meeting of the Agricultural Council where ministers had an opportunity to discuss the proposed new green architecture in the Commission's legal...

Hot, dry summers are fanning an unprecedented outbreak of bark beetles that are destroying vast swathes of central Europe's spruce forests which define the region's landscape.

Farm consultants are waiting up to two years for payment from the Department of Agriculture for their work on the Knowledge Transfer (KT) scheme.

A 72ac section of the Kilmurry Estate at Thomastown, Co Kilkenny, is coming to auction. The property includes pasture, woodland and a fully renovated two bedroom gate lodge, which can...

Fertilizer maker Yara International and IBM plan to launch digital farming services later this year to help boost crop yields, eventually targeting 100 million hectares, or close to 7 percent...

Breeders came out in strength as a packed ringside delivered a very good trade for quality bulls at the Irish Charolais Cattle Society Show and Sale at GVM Mart, Tullamore...

In the modern era plough requirements are constantly changing because of the latest tractor designs.

The collapse of the Asda-Sainsbury's merger has saved local farmers from "unacceptable" price pressures, the Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) has said.

Food innovation dominates an online list of '10 Irish Inventions that Changed the World'.

Lambing is now drawing to a close and it was a pretty success-free and easy lambing season for me. It wasn't without it problems, mistakes made, lessons learned, but a...

Employees of a creamery in Co Tyrone have been dealt a blow after being told the plant will close in just over a month.

Some banks are giving preferential treatment on farm loans to the largest borrowers, the IFA has claimed.

A farmer whose whole life changed forever when he was bitten by a tick that caused him to catch Lyme disease has warned the farming community that they are the...

Ireland has the potential to deliver 20pc of renewable gas into the national grid by 2030, and to increase that share to over 50pc by 2050.

Car-value expert Aidan Timmons and Gillian Keogh teams up with Motoring Editor Eddie Cunningham to help you make the right choice with your next purchase. Gillian is Editor of a...

The first lesson of agricultural economics is that farmers are price takers not price makers.