Farming

A 517ac holding with 425ac of mountain grazing, 60ac of pasture and six residential units on five individual sites on the shores of Lough Mask is sure to attract a...

There's good news and bad news for beef farmers this week.

Could a dairy farming philosophy developed on the grasslands of east Cork be as successful in the drumlins of Cavan?

Urgent Government action is required to protect thousands of jobs in the peat-based Irish horticulture sector, an industry report has claimed.

The European Green Deal is the flagship proposal of the current European Commission. It is a growth strategy that aims to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050 and to decouple economic...

A young husband-and-wife duo discovered the makings of a tasty new business when they unknowingly reactivated a wild seed bank on their small horticulture farm.

I made my first venture into the world of online shopping during lockdown. The product I was attempting to purchase was close to my heart: an assorted steak pack.

The current system of calculating carbon emissions from agriculture discriminates against a food exporting country such as Ireland, and because it fails to encourage carbon-efficient food production, it is also...

There is more political focus on than ever before on agricultural sustainability, at both national and European levels.

The European Green Deal is the flagship proposal of the current European Commission. It is a growth strategy that aims to make Europe climate-neutral by 2050 and to decouple economic...

The recovery in milk prices has gathered pace over the last fortnight, with futures markets for dairy commodities continuing to harden.

This year's turkey chicks arrived in the middle of the night last Thursday. The day-old chicks are loaded into what look like big pizza boxes with four compartments and a...

Could a dairy farming philosophy developed on the grasslands of east Cork be as successful in the drumlins of Cavan?

A farmer who accused his neighbour of mistreating his sheep by not watering them in scorching hot weather was found to be the real culprit.

A surge in British beef prices and reduced factory production here have led to a major resurgence in the live export trade to Northern Ireland.

Sunday being Father's Day I eventually got the television to myself - when you've three teenagers in the house during lockdown, that's an achievement.

It could cost at least €65 million to carry out a baseline biodiversity survey on every farm in the country.

More than eight out of 10 male farmers are overweight or obese and are three times more likely to have a heart attack or stroke than the general population.

I am a slow reader. I like to attribute this to the fact that I write for a living and so I value every word. Others might have a different...

With a €10m price tag the biggest arable farm to go on sale in the country for some time will be sold at public auction in August.

Irish beef is to be sold to retail in the Philippines for the first time this week.

With or without China, world wheat stocks are set to reach a new high by mid-2021, though record demand should prevent supplies from becoming too burdensome.

The recovery in milk prices has gathered pace over the last fortnight with futures markets for dairy commodities continuing to harden.

Wexford property continues to make good money and is generally found at the upper echelons of the land price stakes every year.

A few years ago Padraig Moroney decided there had to be a better way of rearing his Holstein bull calves and getting real cash for them instead of derisory prices...

At the start of the Covid crisis the closure of the entire hospitality sector accompanied by a huge spike in unemployment had the potential to push both the Irish and...

Shoppers put price way above climate concerns when choosing what food items they buy, a survey has found.

Since the increase in the standard Stamp Duty rate to 7.5pc in Budget 2020 the value of the two special Stamp Duty schemes for farmers has come in for more...

Ireland's campaign for a better share of the €750bn EU post-coronavirus economic recovery aid package will be fought to a finish next month.

Whether it was climate change or a lack of air conditioning, the President's Hall in the Law Society in north inner city Dublin was roasting. The high windows were open,...

The Government has backed Irish EU Commissioner Phil Hogan for the post of director-general of the World Trade Organisation.

Two investigations are underway following the death of a man in a farming accident.

Two investigations are underway following the death of a man in a farming accident.

Brought to Spain on a special flight amid the coronavirus lockdown, some 250 Uruguayan sheep shearers race against time to shear millions of Spanish sheep as the sweltering summer temperatures...

Britain warned the European Union on Thursday that it would be difficult to conclude a Brexit free trade deal by the end of the year unless broad agreement had been...

New research has found that 74pc of male farmers have four, or more, risk factors for cardiovascular disease.

One million people have signed a petition calling for laws to prevent future trade deals leading to food imports that would be illegal to produce in the UK, farming leaders...

France wants to organise a conference with other European countries this autumn on how to reinforce “food sovereignty” following the novel coronavirus outbreak, its agriculture minister said on Thursday.

For his working life at least, it's been business as usual during lockdown for arable farmer and former Ulster Rugby player Simon Best.

"I'M satisfied that this Programme for Government is a good one for Irish Agriculture."