Farming

China, the world's top pork consumer, imported a record 400,000 tonnes in April, up nearly 170% from a year earlier, customs data showed, as buyers took advantage of low prices...

While putting this week's report together different factory agents used different analogies to describe how they now see trade.

A plant-hire company owned by Kerry politician Michael Healy-Rae made a profit of almost €175,000 in 2019 during a bumper year for the business, according to newly filed accounts.

Fire up the barbecue and break out the suntan lotion as Ireland is set to rival Lisbon for balmy temperatures this week.

A farmer accused of involvement in a ‘chop shop' of high-value stolen cars being run by an organised crime gang on his land was refused bail yesterday.

There is no typical compensation or accommodation works for a CPO acquisition. The range is vast, and landowners need to seek advice from an experienced agronomist valuer in each particular...

The government formation talks are going well, according to most people involved in the negotiations.

The cream candlesticks of horse chestnut blossom hung thickly where saplings once were planted as a weather shield in a monastery garden.

Tributes have been paid after a farmer died in a tragic accident at his Co Antrim farm.

The High Court has ruled that the bankruptcy of a Co Monaghan farmer whose cattle were shot by members of the Defence Forces in 2016 should be extended.

Covid-19 could cost Irish farmers up to €1.6 billion in terms of reduced incomes this year Teagasc has warned.

The EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategy launched this week by the EU Commission, marks an advance on what many Irish farmers are already doing, but also sets out...

The EU Farm to Fork and Biodiversity strategy launched this week by the EU Commission, marks an advance on what many Irish farmers are already doing, but also sets out...

As the country slowly starts to open up, it is interesting to note that March was the busiest month on record in terms of grocery sales in Ireland, with over...

Wool prices in Australia, the world's dominant exporter, have fallen more than 25% since early March after trade routes were abruptly cut amid the coronavirus pandemic, leaving Chinese wool mills...

Government formation talks centred on farming and agriculture, yesterday as the EU announced a new agriculture strategy with a significant focus on the environment.

The first quarter of 2020 saw a modest fall in Irish agricultural land values after a relatively stable opening three months to the year.

Boston Dynamics four-legged robot ‘Spot' has been taught to herd sheep after its developers teamed up with New Zealand robot operations software platform “Rocos', to up-skill its robodog.

Fonterra said the coronavirus pandemic was “like nothing we've experienced before” as the world's largest dairy exporter cut the price it pays farmers for milk for the upcoming season with...

It is important to achieve maximum value for every lamb produced and presented for sale or slaughter.

The European Commission said on Wednesday it planned to increase organic farming and cut agricultural chemical use to protect the environment, proposals welcomed by green groups but which farmers said...

As sports fans mourn a lost summer of action due to Covid-19, an enterprising tennis fan from Co Galway is ensuring it's game on as he swaps his regular court...

A Co Clare farmer arrested by gardaí on the same day his mother was buried - arising from a property dispute with a brother - is now charged with causing...

The phone was hopping as soon as the signs went up for the sale of a 114ac dispersed residential farm at Caggle and Tully near Strokestown in Co Roscommon, writes...

Irish groups have welcomed an EU plan aimed at preventing the further decline of nature and protecting it from harmful agricultural and industrial practices.

A west Clare farmer arrested by Gardai the same day his mother was buried arising from a property dispute with a brother is now charged with causing significant structural damage...

Teagasc is looking for sheep farmers to detail their challenges and needs as part of a survey into the European sheep sector.

Dawn Meats is to re-start is burger production in Waterford ahead of the re-opening of some McDonald's fast food outlets today in Ireland and European McDonald's in Europe to reopen...

84 complaints were about the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with the Ombudsman upholding ten of the complaints, new figures from the Ombudsman show.

Some 60pc of meat factory workers who tested positive for Covid-19 in recent weeks have now returned to work, according to Meat Industry Ireland (MII).

President Donald Trump said on Tuesday the United States should consider terminating trade deals under which it imports cattle as he looks to help U.S. ranchers hit hard by the...

The coronavirus crisis must prompt a rethink of the conditions in which some people from Eastern Europe work in the farms and food industry of Western Europe, Romania's labour minister...

The European Commission is mulling targets to cut fertiliser use in the European Union over the next decade to bring the agriculture sector into line with its climate policy aims,...

Farmers caught illegally burning land were docked an average of €1,000 each in subsidies last year - a fraction of the cost of the damage caused in many cases.

Farmers caught illegally burning land were docked an average of €1,000 each in subsidies last year - a fraction of the cost of the damage caused in many cases.

Dairygold has announced that it will cut its April base milk price to suppliers by 1c/L.

The United Kingdom announced a new post-Brexit tariff regime on Tuesday to replace the European Union's external tariff, maintaining a 10% tariff on cars and levies on agricultural products such...

Miriam and Rachel Hastings were each just four years old when they helped lamb their first ewe. The sisters, who are both teachers, were born and raised on a sheep...

In 2015 the management at the Salesian Agricultural College, in Pallaskenry, Co Limerick realised that their farm infrastructure was inadequate for its herd of 250 cows.

In 2015 the management at the Salesian Agricultural College, in Pallaskenry, Co Limerick realised that their farm infrastructure was inadequate for its herd of 250 cows.