Farming

The Department of Agriculture, is to start providing personalised Herd Test History Statements and Reports to cattle farmers in the coming days, to help them to reduce the risk of...

Not quite a case of "with one bound our hero was free".

After dairy farming for over 30 years in Carrickboy, Co Longford, David Burns was faced with the immense pressure to either expand or diversify, and he chose to diversify.

"We need a teetotal cocooner as the next Minister for Agriculture. He might last 10 weeks," said a texter to Marty Whelan on Lyric FM yesterday.

I was saying more than my prayers last Sunday morning when I got to the turkey house.

It might be a reflection of the interesting times we are all living through, but I find myself sometimes wishing for a little less drama and a little bit more...

There are around a million cubic metres of saw logs tied up in a backlog of felling licences due to appeals, according to Forestry Industries Ireland. Mark McAuley, director of...

PROGRESS is often a case of focusing on detail rather than making huge leaps and it is a practice Grimme has adopted to good effect over the years.

After dairy farming for over 30 years in Carrickboy, Co Longford, David Burns was faced with the immense pressure to either expand or diversify, and he chose to diversify.

In addition to general farm management, there would appear to be two separate, but complimentary, strands emerging in the drive to apply digital technology to agriculture and agricultural machinery in...

Agricultural Science teachers claimed this week that major changes to the subject's curriculum will need to be made for the coming year's Leaving Certificate students due to Covid-19.

"We need a teetotal cocooner as the next Minister for Agriculture. He might last 10 weeks," said a texter to Marty Whelan on Lyric FM yesterday.

A substantial residential farm in east Limerick extending to 126ac is coming to the market by public auction. The executor sale by EJ Mitchell and Sons auctioneers will see the...

'We need a teetotal cocooner as the next Minister for Agriculture. He might last 10 weeks," said a texter to Marty Whelan on Lyric FM yesterday.

Auctioneers are hoping that the latest version of the Covid-19 restrictions will allow them to continue transacting business under the gavel and in the presence of the public.

It might be a reflection of the interesting times we are all living through, but I find myself sometimes wishing for a little less drama and a little bit more...

Fianna Fáil's foremost spokespeople on agricultural issues, Charlie McConalogue and Jackie Cahill, are among the top contenders to replace Dara Calleary as Minister for Agriculture.

Competition from Northern buyers at marts looks set to continue as finished cattle supplies are forecasted to remain tight in Northern Ireland over the next few months.

The second cyclonic storm to hit Ireland in as many weeks is threatening to turn this year's embattled grain harvest into a salvage operation.

Over the years in my role as an agricultural expert witness I have encountered many cases of unfair treatment of family members or trusted support people who had a legitimate...

The head of the ICBF has moved to reassure farmers that its Economic Breeding Index (EBI) is working at farm and industry level, after it confirmed in recent weeks the...

Peter Sweetman is not opposed to forestry, he says, he's opposed to the Government “getting around EU legislation”.

I was saying more than my prayers last Sunday morning when I got to the turkey house.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will appoint a new Minister for Agriculture next week after anger among the opposition and farm leaders at plans to hold off on the decision for three...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin will appoint a new Minister for Agriculture next week after anger among the opposition and farm leaders at plans to hold off on the decision for three...

Designing a new agri-environment scheme that attracts dairy farmers to participate will be critical to the government's plans to step up Irish agriculture's environmental performance.

Motorists have been urged to exercise caution as Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow and Orange rainfall warnings ahead of intense rain and heavy winds brought by Storm Francis.

ABP Cahir and Clones remain open as the company confirmed it is carrying out Covid-19 testing of all staff at both plants, after a number of positive cases.

Earlier this week, I received a call from a very distraught farmer. He was ringing to postpone his herd test that was due to take place the next day.

I remember once being out in the US on the edge of a gravel road chatting with an old farmer in Iowa and he spoke about the number of harvests...

AS factories and farmers sat around the negotiating table this week last year in the hope of bringing the beef protests to an end, base prices for bullocks and heifers...

The view, gazing up from our city streets, has never looked so good. In the middle of urban chaos, wildlife has sprung to the forefront, with throngs of quirky plants,...

An 86ac holding at Feathallagh, Johnswell on the outskirts of the Kilkenny City sold under the hammer of Pat Gannon last week making €1.36m or €16,000/ac.

I remember once being out in the US on the edge of a gravel road chatting with an old farmer in Iowa and he spoke about the number of harvests...

As factories and farmers sat around the negotiating table this week last year in the hope of bringing the then beef protests to an end, base prices for bullocks and...

Somehow it was hard not to picture the orphans in Oliver! singing Food, Glorious Food. For a brief moment, a soup kitchen in Soho seemed poised to become the best...

The UK's Express newspaper is reporting entirely accurately on Ireland, the EU and Phil Hogan. That's how bad things have got.

Imagine what our European cousins are going to think? Another Council of Ministers meeting and another Irish Minister for Agriculture has to introduce themselves.

Post-Brexit trade talks between the UK and EU are approaching deadlock, with progress “frozen” as both sides refuse to back down on the key issues of fisheries and state aid.

Following the resignaiton of Dara Calleary as Minister for Agriculture calls have been made for a replacement Minister to be appointed “immediately”.