Farming

Welcome to the 2021 Budget Blog from Independent.ie

Welcome to the 2021 Budget Blog from Independent.ie

Lakeland Dairies has announced a milk price for September with the base price increasing.

Welcome to the 2021 Budget Blog from Independent.ie

The UK's Environment Secretary has defended the Government's refusal to protect food standards in law and insisted a “prohibition” on chlorinated chicken or hormone-treated beef would not change.

A row over an alleged ‘infertile bull' between two north Clare landowners has been struck out in court.

The development of a specific brand for suckler beef has emerged as a major sticking point in the ongoing negotiations to secure farmer backing for a grass-fed beef PGI.

The potato trade has been warned to have all seed potatoes for next year's crop imported from Britain by December 31.

Tom Boyd was just 13 when some of the responsibility for running the family farm landed on his shoulders. Sixteen years later, he and his brother David are running the...

We need to keep a close watch on ewes for signs of liver fluke infection, after plenty of rain and warm weather in July and August.

A large-scale development is under way at the site of the former Greenfield dairy demonstration farm in Clara, Co Kilkenny.

And here we are again at Budget day. That annual chance for the Government to curry favour among voters during the good times.

Q I'm a small farmer in the west of Ireland and I have no one to take over the farm. I have a couple of nephews, but none of them...

No matter where we turn the anti-agriculture agenda seems to be lurking. On RTE recently we had ‘What Planet Are You On' telling everyone to steer clear of meat and...

Teagasc has said it is confident that its eProfit Monitor complies with data protection laws over concerns were raised over the use of farmers' data.

Teagasc and private farm consultants have netted 40pc of the payments made so this year under the Knowledge Transfer (KT) scheme.

A large-scale development is under way at the site of the former Greenfield dairy demonstration farm in Clara, Co Kilkenny.

Today's Budget is framed against the backdrop of the unprecedented economic damage being caused by Covid-19 and the increasing prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

Is anyone else slightly unnerved by the revelations about banned growth hormones popping up in animal feed from an Irish mill?

Farmers will today be presented with a ‘roll over' Budget as schemes and taxation measures remain, for the most part, unchanged under the 2021 Budget.

Today's Budget is framed against the backdrop of the unprecedented economic damage being caused by Covid-19 and the increasing prospect of a no-deal Brexit.

When Andrew Bergin ploughed up a field on his farm outside Athy, Kildare, in the mid-1990s he found it had not gone black, but the stubble from the previous year...

Farmers will today be presented with a ‘roll over' Budget as schemes and taxation measures remain, for the most part, unchanged under the 2021 Budget.

Irish beef processing companies are being urged to stay loyal to Irish beef after the UK's exit from the EU in January.

Irish beef processing companies are being urged to stay loyal to Irish beef after the UK's exit from the EU in January.

In the spring of 2013, Sligo farmer Nigel Flannery lost one calf after another. A run of bad luck during calving season is demoralising for any farmer, but for Nigel,...

Bank account issues and poor knowledge of the running of the farmer are the most common reasons why applicants fail inspections under the Young Farmer Scheme.

A gang of cattle rustlers vanished in a panic at the weekend when they were challenged as they tried to hide six valuable stolen animals they had stolen days earlier...

"We're on €3.60/kg, not €3.65 for bullock's.... heifer's maybe," the agent at the other end of the phone announced before continuing "It's heaps enough when you see what's been given...

The cost of petrol and diesel will rise are set to rise after tomorrow's Budget due to a €7.50 increase in the carbon tax to €33.50 per tonne.

It isn't every day you hear of a Kerry family making a big-screen debut, much less on German TV.

The British government will use an “obscure” rule to deny lawmakers a vote aimed at blocking imports of chlorinated chicken and hormone-fed beef, The Independent newspaper reported late on Saturday.

Anyone venturing outside this week is being warned to wrap up well. Night-time temperatures are set to dip close to zero as an autumn chill takes hold.

Yes, we know animals don't often talk back. So, there are limits to comparisons between the coordinated cross-border response to Foot and Mouth Disease (FMD) in 2001, and the current...

Inspectors have been appointed to carry out a statutory investigation at well-known international aid charity Bóthar.

The stream of smaller properties coming to market shows no sign of abating with quite a number of sales scheduled for this week.

Another year is yawning itself into winter — a winter bringing many portents of discontent.

France's health and environment agency on Friday announced restrictions on the use of weedkiller glyphosate in farming but stopped short of a blanket ban due to a lack of viable...

Sinn Féin has committed to introducing a Suckler Cow Scheme which includes payment rates of up to €300/cow.

I recently conducted an annual review for a client who has been finishing young continental bulls for the under-16 month system.