Farming

Tillage farmers are facing an "impending disaster" due to the continuing drought, Teagasc has warned.

There is a growing recognition that comparing greenhouse gas emissions from livestock to, for example, emissions from transport is a case of apples and oranges - this development is being...

Colin Marry's 800-sow unit would be classified as an average-sized pig farm, but he's anything but an average farmer.

Garry Walsh took the plunge into the agricultural contracting business in 2010 when he saw a silage harvester for sale and decided to go out on his own, having spent...

Selling your own beef is not for the faint-hearted, but John Commins is adamant that not making changes or looking for new opportunities is as big a risk for suckler...

Proposals by Bord Bia to launch a grass-fed beef standard should be welcomed, but it seems the devil could be in the detail of any such scheme.

I'm longing for the road. Before the virus struck, these early summer mornings would find me at the front door, travel mug and car keys in hand, my satchel over...

Sinn Féin is committed to placing the family farm model at the heart of Ireland's future agriculture sector.

More than €480 million has been invested on Irish farms over the last five years in infrastructure and equipment which is partly funded under the Targeted Agricultural Measures Scheme (TAMS).

The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) assertion that there is no evidence of a pricing 'cartel' in the beef sector has been labelled a "whitewash" by the IFA.

The hard work of rearing spring-born calves is over - they are weaned off milk, eating lots of concentrate and are out on lush green pasture.

It seems like we are right back in 2018 again. Back then it took forever to get ground dry enough before we could get sowing in the final weeks of...

A November 2017-born Simmental heifer, due to calve in August, made the top price for in-calf entries at the Irish Simmental Society online commercial heifer sale at Roscommon Mart when...

A generation of farmers could be lost to forestry as a result of the treatment of plantation owners in the wake of the ash dieback disease disaster.

'You're as lucky as a black cat," Tipperary beef farmer John Commins was told by his wife a few weeks ago when the country was basking in perfect barbeque weather...

ScIentists in west Cork have reported significant results from trials using red seaweed to reduce methane emissions in cattle.

The recently released Irish Farms Accounts Co-operative (IFAC) report raises some serious questions about government policy, particularly the long-standing focus on 'output' as the dominant measure of progress.

Energy costs are one of the highest fixed costs on dairy farms, but savings of up to €1,800 per annum can be made by adopting simple energy-efficient technologies.

Hereford bulls met with a very weak trade at the final Irish Hereford Society bull sale of the season, which was held online in conjunction with GVM Marts at Kilmallock.

A day is coming when ash trees could face extinction in Ireland. That is the shocking prediction of Offaly farmer Tony Garahy, whose plantation became infected with ash dieback late...

Proposals by Bord Bia to launch a grass-fed beef standard should be welcomed, but it seems the devil could be in the detail of any such scheme.

Energy costs are one of the highest fixed costs on dairy farms, but savings of up to €1,800 per annum can be made by adopting simple energy-efficient technologies.

Despite the change in weather over the past few days there was relatively little relief from the grip of the conditions, which have varied considerably up and down the country.

More than €480 million has been invested on Irish farms over the last five years in infrastructure and equipment which is partly funded under the Targeted Agricultural Measures Scheme (TAMS).

The hard work of rearing spring-born calves is over - they are weaned off milk, eating lots of concentrate and are out on lush green pasture.

THE switch to online selling for pedigree stock is proving a 'very sticky' trade as breeders and potential buyers get to grips with the new way of doing business.

Lambs at Lyons Farm were weaned last week at an average age of 81 days or just over 11 weeks. This is approximately three weeks earlier than normal for us...

The gradual slide appears to have halted: factory quotes for what hoggets are left in the system have stabilised at last week's price of €4.90/kg plus bonuses, with cull ewes...

Colin Marry's 800-sow unit would be classified as an average-sized pig farm, but he's anything but an average farmer.

SINN FÉIN'S plans for the farming sector are "alarming", the Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has claimed.

Paddy Stokes' retirement plans have been stolen from him by ash dieback. Already past pension age, the Tipperary farmer was looking to his ash plantation as his pension plot, but...

With the rapid evolution in homeworking brought on by the Covid-19 emergency, auctioneers are witnessing a significant increase in interest in properties with more space and more distance from the...

A man in his mid 70s has died following a farm accident in Co Galway.

A man in his mid 70s has died following a farm accident in Co Galway.

Data compiled by Bord Bia shows that the across the EU the 25th of April appears to have been the nadir as far as beef prices were concerned.

A west Limerick farm extending to 160ac at Shanrath on the outskirts of Newcastlewest sold by private treaty recently.

A west Limerick farm extending to 160ac at Shanrath on the outskirts of Newcastlewest sold by private treaty recently.

Former Kilkenny hurler Lester Ryan Senior, an uncle of modern-day hurling star Lester Ryan, was killed in a cycling accident near his home in Gowran yesterday.

A farmer has denied claims he told people to break into a house as part of a campaign to obstruct a Revenue-appointed receiver.

The ultimate policy wonk is in his element. The Green Party negotiators wanted detail so Fine Gael rolled out Richard Bruton.