Farming

Next year's National Ploughing Championships will take place in Ratheniska, Co Laois on Sept 15th, 16th, 17th and 18th.

Machinery giant John Deere has announced that it will not attend any international trade shows in Europe next year, due to Covid-19.

Dairygold has maintained its August Quoted Milk Price unchanged at 30.69cpl.

Workers at a meat plant where there have been 28 positive Covid cases are being bussed to work on a 50-seater coach, with “every seat filled and standing room only”.

A farmer who lost 20 acres of prime land to the New Ross Bypass has been informed by the ESB that they plan to erect power lines 100 metres from...

Leading figures in the Irish wool industry have met with the aim of charting a way forward for the wool sector with a specific focus on increasing the potential of...

The proposed Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) for grass-fed beef won't be a 'silver bullet' for the sector, but can be a significant help, according to the Minister for Agriculture Charlie...

The proposed Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) for grass-fed beef won't be a 'silver bullet' for the sector, but can be a significant help, according to the Minister for Agriculture Charlie...

The proposed Protected Geographical Indicator (PGI) for grass-fed beef won't be a 'silver bullet' for the sector, but can be a significant help, according to the Minister for Agriculture Charlie...

The impact of a hard Brexit on an economy already struggling with Covid-19 could be much worse than previously predicted, research has found.

Agri-food companies are being told to get 'ready for Brexit' by the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.

A bill aimed at preventing below cost sale of beef has made its way through the first stages of the Dail.

A bill aimed at preventing below cost sale of beef has made its way through the first stages of the Dail.

Five cases of African swine fever (ASF) found this week have been confirmed in wild boars in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, the Brandenburg state government said yesterday.

Five cases of African swine fever (ASF) found this week have been confirmed in wild boars in the eastern German state of Brandenburg, the Brandenburg state government said yesterday.

The mother of an inspiring teenager who passed away suddenly at the weekend said she "smiled like an angel" during her recovery from a horrific accident last year.

The HSE carried out 26 inspections in meat plants for Covid-19 in August, 25 of which were unannounced, according to the Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue.

A new website PineMarten.ie, which is tasked with educating members of the public about the endangered pine martens, has been launched by The National Parks and Wildlife Service (NPWS), in...

Farm organisation leaders have expressed their concerns about Budget 2021 in their prebudget submissions.

“Massive and immediate” aid will have to be made available to our farming sector in the case of a no-deal Brexit the ICMSA has warned in its pre-Budget submission.

Scientists in the U.S. and UK have created gene-edited pigs, goats and cattle to produce sperm with traits such as disease resistance and higher meat quality in what they say...

A bill aimed at preventing below cost sale of beef has made its way through the first stages of the Dail.

Marcus O'Halloran juggles working on his home farm, a mixed dairy and beef enterprise in Cloneen, Co Tipperary, with his full-time job as boss of Agri Aware, the Irish agri-food...

The price of an average new car would increase by upwards of €1,000 under a proposed overhaul of Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) ahead of the Budget.

Thousands of farmers will get an income boost this week after the Department of Agriculture confirmed it is set to issue payments under the Areas of Natural Constraints Scheme.

As a youngster I dreaded returning to school in September and although I'm very glad to see my own children reuniting with friends and experiencing a little more ‘normality' in...

A 16-year-old pedigree cow has made history, with her last-born calf becoming the most popular sire for crossbreeding on dairy herds.

“Will it be birdies or bullocks?” is the question Tom Crosse of GVM is asking as he brings the renowned 18-hole Ballykisteen golf course to the private treaty market. The...

Like many in rural Ireland, the staff of the Farming Independent should be gearing up to decamp to a field in Carlow this week.

The Kerry Co-op board is understood to have made a formal decision to advance the purchase of a 60pc majority share in Kerry Group's primary dairy business.

‘There's no sugar-coating this,” Foreign Affairs Minister Simon Coveney cautioned as he detailed his bleak assessment of the worst- and best-case Brexit scenarios for farmers this week.

Strong European retail sales are helping to underpin dairy commodity markets and the outlook for milk prices despite the uncertainty surrounding Brexit.

Donegal land made a record price last week when a 10ac plot at Gulladoo outside Moville sold for €360,000 or €36,000/ac. This is the highest per-acre price paid for land...

Ask any vet and they will tell you — there are no easy calvings any more.

These are fraught times — the return to school is as unpredictable and unsteady as a foal's first attempt to stand. Our new government is lurching from hiccup to crisis.

The Irish government needs to develop a Tariff Support Mechanism to protect farm exports from the catastrophic impact of Brexit, Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has insisted.

This year's disastrous grain harvest will cost cereal growers up to €85 million and hit farmer incomes by as much as 20pc.

IT'S five years since the abolition of EU milk quotas, but dairy expansion in Ireland is still going from strength to strength.

AS a young man Dan O'Donnell cut a striking figure. Standing six feet eight, he used to round up sheep on horseback and wear a ten-gallon hat as he roamed...

New tractor sales continued to recover in August, according to latest figures issued by the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association.