Farming

For more than 20 years Noel Kiernan, has been the last line of defence for the native Roscommon Sheep.

A few weeks ago, EU commissioner for agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski said he didn't "think we can allow imports of cereals made with banned pesticides into the EU".

The prevalence of clusters of Covid-19 in the meat plant sector will be discussed tomorrow by the Oireachtas Special Committee on Covid-19 Response in Leinster House.

A man has been pronounced dead following a farm accident in Ballycarney , Co. Wexford.

A five year old highland cow and bull calf fetched an impressive €2,310 at Dowra mart, Co Cavan on Saturday.

A 65-YEAR-OLD North Cork farmer has spoken of the hugely positive response she has received after going on RTE's Liveline to tell the country how she has started to transition...

Stretching back six generations, the Hamilton family farm, located near the picturesque shores of Strangford Lough in Co Down, today has produce on supermarket shelves across Ireland and the UK.

A west Clare farmer has told a court that he wants a will concerning a family property dispute challenged.

Dutch police detained about 50 farmers who blocked a road with their tractors on Wednesday in protest against new environmental pollution rules which they say threaten their livelihoods.

Tesco, Britain's biggest supermarket group, has given suppliers until July 10 to agree price reductions as it prepares to step-up its price battle with discounters Aldi and Lidl, an industry...

The head of the banking lobby group has denied that banks were caught “spoofing” the Government on the charging of interest on mortgage payment breaks.

A significant rise in dairy commodities at the Global Dairy Auction yesterday is likely to heap further pressure on milk processors to boost returns to farmers.

Gardaí are urging all dog owners to ensure they keep their pets under control following a big sheep kill in the Adamstown area - which saw the dog killed on...

Supermarket chain Aldi has vowed to never sell chlorinated chicken or hormone-injected beef amid fears they could be imported under a potential UK-US trade agreement.

It isn't often an auctioneer gets to handle the sale of 'the home place' and when it happens it can represent a tug of war between the heart and the...

Concerns that Boortmalt will limit intakes of malting barley from contracted growers to 1.7t/ac have been expressed by tillage farmers.

Sales of protected urea remained at low levels compared to other fertilisers, despite claims it could provide the single largest emission reduction potential for Irish farmers.

The IFA and ICMSA have expressed deep concern regarding proposed changes to Ornua's Purchasing Price Index (PPI) which could adversely affect returns to dairy farmers.

A third of all GLAS payments in 2019 went to farmers in Connacht, figures released by the Department of Agriculture have confirmed.

Is it possible that the millions being spent on rebranding Irish suckler beef as grass-fed is a waste of time?

THE progress of legislation that would reduce Fair Deal nursing home costs for farm families has been delayed by Covid-19, the Department of Health has said.

With the recent rainfall, grass growth at UCD Lyons Farm has improved dramatically, with growth rates ranging from 63 to 92kgDM/ha/day.

"Cough etiquette" is one of the phrases that has defined 2020 for me so far. Not a day goes by that I don't hear about how coughing into my elbow...

The ongoing pandemic has focused the minds of all medical professionals on the challenges to public health posed by infectious disease.

The strong factory kills continue: 37,292 for the week ending June 28. Add to that around another 1,100 that went North that week for immediate slaughter, out of the 1,701...

Farmers are facing increases in commission charges as the majority of marts move to install online bidding systems.

GRAIN yields are forecast to fall 22pc this harvest, with overall tonnage of cereals expected to drop by around 400,000t compared to 2019.

It was a week of two halves. Anyone keeping an eye on public life in the country was certainly taken to the heights of history as the two post-Civil War...

Dawson auctioneers of Tullow will sell three Carlow farms totalling 188ac at an outdoor event to be held on one of the properties later in the month.

Nursing homes have been in the news a lot lately and for all the wrong reasons. In the fullness of time, the State and wider society will have to come...

A number of weeks ago the ICSA's Sean McNamara put out a press statement critical of sheep imports from Northern Ireland undermining factory prices here in the South.

Hennessy Auctioneers of Laois recently held their Monthly Machinery Auction at the old mart in Portlaoise, with 100 online bidders helping drive prices that saw 85pc clearance of machinery.

How much should a slice of meat cost? More than it does now, according to German Agriculture Minister, Julia Kloeckner.

It was on a long early morning journey back from having his lambs killed at the meat factory that Nick Cotter Sr decided the families sheep enterprise needed to change...

The north-west lost a leading farming figure last week with the passing of Joe Gilfillan of Kilmore, Carrick-on-Shannon.

Striving to find a better way of doing things has been the mantra of brothers Jack and Nick Cotter for success on the family farm in Abbeyfeale, Co. Limerick.

An on-going experiment a Moorepark is finding a significant disparity in the performance of once-a-day (OAD) versus twice-a-day (TAD) milking.

Production of timber products and other construction materials has surged as sites reopen. So have plastics as thousands of firms erect anti-virus screens in their premises and vehicles.

Working from home is set to fuel a wave of decentralisation as more people explore leaving Dublin in search of better value homes outside the capital.

Working from home is set to fuel a wave of decentralisation as more people explore leaving Dublin in search of better value homes outside the capital.