Farming

A sheep farmer in West Waterford has lost almost half his flock after they were attacked and killed by dogs.

A sheep farmer in West Waterford has lost almost half his flock after they were attacked and killed by dogs.

Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year even with a Brexit trade deal, as a shortage of...

Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year even with a Brexit trade deal, as a shortage of...

Shipments of meat, such as lamb, bacon and sausages, between Britain and the European Union will be disrupted next year even with a Brexit trade deal, as a shortage of...

Love them or hate them, there's no denying that Brussels sprouts make for a growing business, especially for local producer Paudie Hanafin and his wife, Mary, who operate out of...

Serious logistical disruption to exports cannot be avoided in January even if a Brexit trade deal is concluded, an Irish parliamentary committee has heard.

Serious logistical disruption to exports cannot be avoided in January even if a Brexit trade deal is concluded, an Irish parliamentary committee has heard.

Serious logistical disruption to exports cannot be avoided in January even if a Brexit trade deal is concluded, an Irish parliamentary committee has heard.

Each dawn, sheep farmer Thomas Carrick works the land through freezing winter rain and snow, 2,000 feet up in the bleak Cumbrian fells.

Each dawn, sheep farmer Thomas Carrick works the land through freezing winter rain and snow, 2,000 feet up in the bleak Cumbrian fells.

Each dawn, sheep farmer Thomas Carrick works the land through freezing winter rain and snow, 2,000 feet up in the bleak Cumbrian fells.

A farmer who sold lands in Co Donegal at a “remarkable” €204,000 an acre at the height of the property boom is not entitled to an order requiring a property...

The Government has stepped up work on a Brexit support package for farmers as Irish meat bosses in the UK warn the sector faces a ‘resourcing crisis'.

A Burren farmer was fined for felling trees on his lands without a licence, despite the court hearing the farmer “would consider some growth to be scrub as opposed to...

New research in UCD Lyons estate has found that high output dairy systems can be both profitable and environmentally sustainable.

The Government last week announced its most radical plan to reduce the environmental footprint of Irish farms.

The 48,000 farmers in GLAS will receive instructions this week on the procedures to follow to roll-over their participation in the agri-environment scheme.

The ICBF has recently updated the gestation length figures based on insemination and calving data recorded over the past number of years.

Farmers have been advised to secure as much fertiliser as possible at current prices amid warnings that costs could harden by €30-40/t in the spring.

Over two Monday nights I watched that excellent two-part television programme, The Hunger: The Story of the Irish Famine, broadcast on RTÉ and written by Ruán Magan.

Let there be no mistake — there are significant environmental changes coming to farming. It's just a case of when and to what extent these changes will arrive and how...

The transition to low-emission farming as outlined in the Ag Climatise Roadmap will result in higher food prices, ICMSA president Pat McCormack believes.

Tough new measures to cut emissions on farms announced last week are only a first step, Green Minister Pippa Hackett told supporters last week.

Tough new measures to cut emissions on farms announced last week are only a first step, Green Minister Pippa Hackett told supporters last week.

Tough new measures to cut emissions on farms announced last week are only a first step, Green Minister Pippa Hackett told supporters last week.

The risk of a no-deal Brexit is still very real after EU and UK negotiators completed another day of talks yesterday.

“The thin layer of soil covering the Earth's surface represents the difference between survival and extinction for most terrestrial life.”

Public servants working at the Department of Agriculture's Forestry Service received pay rises this year, despite the forestry sector being plunged into a state of national crisis over licencing backlogs.

A widow whose husband was killed, along with his close friend and neighbour, in a tragic farm accident has secured some €282,500 under a settlement of her High Court action...

Payments under the 2020 Beef Data and Genomics Programmes have commenced.

Denmark's coronavirus-driven mink cull has put the fur business in a spin, with industry officials expecting fashion houses such as Louis Vuitton, Dior and Fendi to snap up fox and...

The following exchange from last week gives an idea of how stress levels are building as Brexit looms:

The following exchange from last week gives an idea of how stress levels are building as Brexit looms:

Introduced in 2019 to provide compensation to beef farmers for market price cuts, the BEAM scheme offered a payment in return for future compliance requiring a 5% overall reduction in...

As things stand, Brexit will mean that vehicles imported from Britain will attract a hefty tariff under WTO rules.

Ireland is working on a financial support scheme to help food exporters maintain their share in the British market in the event of a 'no deal' exit for Britain from...

A CO CORK horse breeder, who dishonestly induced a 95-year-old Kerry man into withdrawing €70,000 of his savings from his bank account, was today given a two-year suspended jail sentence.

Ireland is part of a small club that includes the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom and Australia in which consumers spend less than 10pc of their income on food....

The Irish coastline is home to a huge number of uninhabited but habitable islands.