Farming

Anyone with an interest in moving to the west Cork Gaeltacht to savour the culture and delights of the place will have an interest in an 87ac residential roadside farm...

The simple message from the marts last week was “keep them coming” as yet again prices performed well.

Replacing later-calving cows will pay long-term dividends as they cost up to €150 per head more in winter feeding costs than earlier- calving cows.

Grass supplies were tight until the recent rain, and we decided to wean batches of lambs perhaps a week or two earlier than usual.

Greater transparency on sheep imports has been demanded by farmers following recent confusion around the number of stock brought into the country for slaughter.

Beekeepers in the southeast have been urged to be on the lookout for American Foul Brood (AFB) disease after an affected hive was identified in Waterford.

The future of traditional farming on the Shannon Callows is under threat if the river floods again this summer, according to one local farmer.

Bord Bia says it cannot insist on the use of Irish grain in its proposed grass-fed beef standard, and does not have a mechanism to exclude genetically modified (GM) feedstuffs...

The output on the average dairy farm has increased by 40pc since 2010, but the costs on farms have also increased, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey.

The Farm to Fork strategy which is part of the European Green Deal has set a target of reducing our chemical nitrogen by 20pc by 2030.

Glanbia Ireland will pay its member milk suppliers a base milk price of 29.68c per litre for June.

When trained chef Rebecca Scott decided to open her own catering business, she looked no further than the family farm on the Wild Atlantic Way in Kilbrittain, West Cork.

Irish gun owners could be forced to replace up to 210,000 guns if an EU vote to ban lead ammunition is passed. It is estimated that 110,000 of these guns...

Efforts to secure a renewal of the nitrates derogation from 2021 could see many more dairy farmers forced to apply for the measure.

To bull or not to bull? To pull or not to pull? To pull the bull is the question facing every dairy farmer this week, next week or maybe even...

The revelations about the new Minister for Agriculture's cavalier approach to the rules of the road have generated plenty of finger-wagging.

Prices are on the rise, with factories yesterday digging deeper into their cheque books to guarantee supplies ahead of the Muslim festival of Eid al-Adha.

Jack Charlton was the Englishman who held a mirror up to the Irish nation that said, 'you are good enough, now go and compete'.

I had a hospital appointment last week, my final session of post-operative physiotherapy and my first face-to-face meeting with the physiotherapist since the Covid crisis began.

I had a hospital appointment last week, my final session of post-operative physiotherapy and my first face-to-face meeting with the physiotherapist since the Covid crisis began.

Last week it was the meat industry's turn to face questioning in front of an Oireachtas committee on the Covid response in plants.

Embattled Minister for Agriculture Barry Cowen has said he is 'reflecting' on the future of the farm payment convergence process.

The output on the average dairy farm has increased by 40pc since 2010, but the costs on farms have also increased, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey.

In the annual results of the Teagasc National Farm Survey (NFS), the bottom-line story on farm income levels tends to draw most of the attention. However, the NFS contains a...

Eyrefield Lodge and Stud on 160ac at The Curragh - home to renowned known bloodstock breeder Sir Edmund Loder - is on the private treaty market with a guide price...

Last week it was the meat industry's turn to face questioning in front of an Oireachtas committee on the Covid response in plants.

Glanbia Ireland will pay its member milk suppliers a base milk price of 29.68c/L for June.

Four years ago, one of Ireland's most ancient cattle breeds, the Bó Riabhach, became functionally extinct.

Farmworkers heading out on an early morning shift made a frantic effort to save a man whose house had gone on fire.

The Irish nation learned with great sadness of the passing of Jack Charlton last weekend. Having played all his life with Leeds United he was the Englishman who held a...

Taoiseach Micheál Martin was told 10 days ago about the details which have led a Cabinet minister to now deny that he tried to "evade" a garda when he was...

A 1,090 tillage grass and forestry farm at Ballinla, Edenderry in Co Offaly is set to be the farmers' farm of the year.

Around 200 workers at a farm in Herefordshire have been quarantined following an outbreak of Covid-19.

Burning smokeless coal in household stoves is a major source of air pollution despite its apparent clean credentials.

The meat factories' representative body has been accused of 'stonewalling' questions on the Covid-19 outbreaks in meat plants around the country.

The boss of Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has said not all meat processing plants offer sick pay to their workers despite the clusters of coronavirus cases found at such settings.

Lakeland Dairies has announced a milk price for June – with the base price increasing.

European Council President Charles Michel said on Friday that EU talks with Britain on their new relationship were "not easy" and countries, regions and industries will face disruptions from 2021...

Euronext wheat rose for a third day on Thursday to its highest in almost six weeks, driven by uncertainty over harvest prospects in Europe and other parts of the world.

PLANS by Glanbia Ireland for a €140m new cheese manufacturing facility in Co Kilkenny have been approved by An Bord Pleanála following an appeal against the development by An Taisce.