Farming

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

What do current Irish cattle prices have in common with Leeds United? Answer: they are both on the way up! After sixteen years away from the top table of English...

EU leaders were making progress on Monday after three days of haggling over a plan to revive economies throttled by the COVID-19 pandemic, but Dutch Prime Minister Mark Rutte warned...

A motorcyclist was killed and a second biker was left with potentially life-changing injuries after a horrific accident with a tractor and trailer in Tipperary.

The level of access of cattle to rivers and streams can have a significant impact on water quality with implications for human and animal health, according to a new report...

THE Farrell family have been steeped in pedigree Hereford breeding for generations. Breeding the best, showing the best and buying the best is a formula that has seen the herd...

Barry Cowen was sacked as a Cabinet minister in the controversy over his drink-driving ban. The saga is by no means over. Cowen is pursuing a number of legal routes...

Ample supply and a knock to consumption in the event of a global recession threaten to produce a “market shock” as food prices tumble, the U.N.'s food agency and the...

One major soy industry group representing traders said it shuns purchases from farms identified by Brazil as problematic.

We had a very scary incident on the farm recently. One evening, I was going out to the field to do the last check-up of the cows closest to calving...

Two smaller positives have emerged from the Barry Cowen debacle: first is that Micheál Martin can again "show his nose in Ballina".

Britain publishes plans on Thursday to keep trade flowing freely between its constituent nations when regulatory powers are reclaimed from the European Union at the end of the year and...

Elanco Animal Health has won U.S. antitrust approval to buy Bayer AG's animal health business on condition that it sell assets to treat three ailments, two in dogs and one...

China is facing outbreaks of a debilitating virus in cattle that causes a condition called ‘lumpy skin disease', following an incident on a farm in the eastern province of Zhejiang...

Two smaller positives have emerged from the Barry Cowen debacle: first is that Micheál Martin can again "show his nose in Ballina".

Two smaller positives have emerged from the Barry Cowen debacle: first is that Micheál Martin can again "show his nose in Ballina".

CLIMATE Action Minister Eamon Ryan has defended government plans to quadruple carbon tax over the next decade insisting people at risk of fuel poverty will be protected.

Kerry Group has announced it will pay suppliers 30.5c/L (Vat inc), up from its May milk price of 29.5c/L.

Taoiseach Micheál Martin has nominated Fianna Fáil deputy leader Dara Calleary to replace Barry Cowen as Agriculture Minister.

Wicklow Fire Services tackled a serious tractor fire over the weekend near Rathdrum.

A 77-acre farm in the Ferns area has sold for more than €1 million at auction. The property, with an address at Ballyorley Lower, carried a guide price of between...

The High Court has extended to eight years the bankruptcy of Co Monaghan farmer John Hoey whose cattle were shot by members of the Defence Forces in 2016.

The High Court has extended to eight years the bankruptcy of Co Monaghan farmer John Hoey whose cattle were shot by members of the Defence Forces in 2016.

Barry Cowen is gone as Agriculture Minister after less than three weeks in office. His successor Dara Calleary will now be tasked with getting to grips with a hugely important...

Barry Cowen is gone as Agriculture Minister after less than three weeks in office. His successor will now be tasked with getting to grips with a hugely important portfolio.

Barry Cowen is gone as Agriculture Minister after less than three weeks in office. His successor will now be tasked with getting to grips with a hugely important portfolio.

A farmer has appealed a ruling that will allow for a second prosecution against him over the death of a boy who fell from his tractor.

The dithering minister has turned into the Terminator Taoiseach as Micheál Martin got blood on his hands. Barry Cowen's position as Agriculture Minister was "terminated" after he refused to clarify...

A farmer has appealed a ruling that will allow for a second prosecution against him over the death of a boy who fell from his tractor.

The word first emerged from Offaly. WhatsApp messages among Fianna Fáil figures in the county said Barry Cowen had been sacked as Agriculture Minister.

Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Agriculture Minister Barry Cowen has been sacked by Taoiseach Micheál Martin.

Former Fine Gael minister Michael Ring has hit out the "poor" ventilation and "substandard" catering facilities at the temporary Dáil venue in the Dublin Convention Centre.

Former Fine Gael minister Michael Ring has hit out the "poor" ventilation and "substandard" catering facilities at the temporary Dáil venue in the Dublin Convention Centre.

The Ornua Board today approved two changes to the Ornua Purchase Price Index.

Bord Bia has revised ithe scope of its proposal for grass fed beef to allow young bull beef into the new standard, which it plans to roll out from the...

TAOISEACH Micheál Martin has come under fire over the Barry Cowen drink-driving incident in the Dáil.