Farming

Over the last two months, base prices for bullocks and heifers have climbed, plateaued and climbed again.

EVERY summer Colin Doherty swaps some of the best land in the country in Adare, Co Limerick, for land with some of the best views in Ireland.

IT was getting close to harvest and I headed off to get some spare parts.

After a lull of four years, the Land Rover Defender is back with us once again. Despite the many niggles that often accompanied owning one, the vehicle built up a...

I received a call during the week from a dairy farmer to attend a cow having difficulty calving. I delivered a smashing Hereford bull calf from a specimen of a...

The current surge in demand for Angus cattle at home and abroad is "phenomenal" says leading Angus breeder, Padraig O'Connor.

SIZEABLE parcels of Dublin land in the county or within the city limits rarely feature on the land market.

THE company behind the National Ploughing Championships last year recorded a pre-tax loss of €413,396 in spite of bumper crowds at September's event.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar and Minister Eamon Ryan have launched the Jobs Stimulus at Dublin Castle this afternoon.

Executive ministers are set to discuss how to significantly increase the wearing of face coverings inside shops in Northern Ireland.

Ireland will pay over €3,200 to the EU for every man, woman and child in the country over the next seven years, representing the personal burden of our net national...

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will introduce an annual bovine tag threshold for herd keepers ordering official bovine identification tags from today, the 22nd July 2020.

Bayer AG failed to persuade a California appeals court to overturn a verdict favoring a school groundskeeper who claimed its Roundup weed killer caused his cancer but reduced the amount...

After five days of bitter haggling EU leaders have all dubbed their €1.8tn funding deal "historic". But how relevant is it for ordinary people? And how much will Ireland get?

The EU budget deal was met with immediate derision farm organisations who say it could result in significant reductions in farm payments.

Fianna Fáil Cllr John Francis Flynn is calling on the authorities to enforce tougher laws on dog snatchers given the anguish and pain it causes people.

Stock were put out earlier than expected this year after a spell of very dry weather in early spring, so you could expect cattle to be ahead of where they...

We have all the lambs weaned now and divided up into three main groups.

The failure of Government agencies and meat processors to respond to trade union warnings last March about risks to worker health was a factor in the high level of Covid-19...

Building wheeled loaders has been the business of Kramer since 1973 when it ceased production of tractors and concentrated on the construction market.

Looking back on the day a farm accident changed his life in 2005, Philip O'Connor says that cutting corners and rushing jobs was definitely a factor in what unfolded.

A massive increase in land designations under the EU Biodiversity Strategy represents a serious threat to farming communities in the west of Ireland, the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association...

When Ivan Curran started growing potatoes in the late 1970s, he had 80-100 pickers employed to harvest his crops by hand.

STUDENTS hoping to attend agricultural colleges this September have to accept their place before they have received their Leaving Cert results.

'If you have to cut if off, take it off, I'm alive," is what Ben Ryall told surgeons before they operated on his arm following a farm accident.

A significant lift in TAMS funding for the latest tranche of the farm investment scheme will be required to prevent a backlog of applications and serious delays to on-farm investment.

On average, the National Rehabilitation Hospital (NRH) in Dun Laoghaire treats four patients who have suffered life-altering injuries in farm accidents per year. The average age of these patients is...

WHEN Bernard King was growing up, there were years when his father could pay the year's bills with the annual wool cheque.

Intense competition for cattle at the marts is continuing to lift beef prices.

It's amazing the things you forget or just grow so accustomed to that they simply don't register as significant. Farm accidents and the like.

Brian Mahon dealt with the aftermath of numerous farm accidents during his time as Offaly County Coroner between 1997 and 2018. And what worries him most is that while the...

I rang my better half just after lunch last week.

Farmers could lose control over the shooting rights on their land under current Garda guidelines for firearms.

The early stages of the winter barley harvest season have kicked off in most regions, with yields and quality reported to be respectable.

Moyleabbey organic farm in Ballytore, Co. Kildare is one of the 11 farms participating in MOPS - a European Innovation Partnership (EIP) project that is co-funded by the Department of...

"I had hoped to lead a Department," said a disappointed Dara Calleary following his omission from the Cabinet just three weeks ago. By now the new Agriculture Minister will have...

KERRY Co-op shareholders will not be liable for taxes on patronage shares issued to milk suppliers following a landmark ruling last week.

With the harvest about to start there is one final check for farmers to carry out - pre-harvest intervals (PHI) after pesticide use.

The area of potatoes grown in Ireland has been decimated over the last 30 years. Even more striking is the reduction in the number of potato growers in that period.

Camelina is still a relatively unknown product in Ireland, but it is highly-prized in many countries across the globe. Jack Rogers is trying hard to raise its profile here.