Farming

The United Kingdom is planning to cut tariffs on U.S. agricultural imports to advance progress on a free trade agreement, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

According to thatsfarming.com, Both the Association of Farm & Forestry Contractors (FCI) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have expressed their concerns about reports of silage pits being excessively...

Ballymaloe Foods will start supplying its relish to Australian supermarket giant Coles later this month.

A rural community in Donegal is in mourning following the tragic death of a 10-year-old girl in an accident on a family farm.

The heartbroken husband of a woman who died alongside her three-year-old daughter on a quad bike was just yards away from his family when the horrific crash occurred.

One of the founders of the Blackrock Clinic has been accused of engaging in "bad faith" litigation after issuing legal proceedings in the US challenging the sale of his shares...

A farmer/fisherman is challenging the decision to grant a licence for the Irish leg of the project for a transatlantic sub-sea cable system, connecting northern Europe and the US.

Investigations have been launched following the death of a girl (11) on a farm in Co Donegal this afternoon.

Investigations have been launched following the death of a girl (10) on a farm in Co Donegal this afternoon.

A west Clare farmer arrested by Gardai the same day his mother was buried last week arising from a property dispute with a brother is set to face a new...

The Department of Agriculture has today launched a new app for registering calves online.

Lakeland Dairies has announced a 1c/L cut in the milk price for April.

Fine Gael Senator Tim Lombard has called for co-ops to show solidarity with hard pressed farmers by not dropping the price of milk and 'shoulder' some of the pain of...

In many parts of the country, the silage season is already upon us.

U.S. corn farmers are facing steep losses this year as prices collapse to the lowest in more than a decade after they had purchased seeds and fertilizers and started planting...

A young mother and her child died in a two vehicle crash in Co Antrim on Tuesday afternoon.

Five Irish processing plants have been approved to supply Mexico with pork, it was announced today.

Glanbia has cut its milk price for the second month in a row, cutting 1c/L off its price for April milk supplies.

Covid-19 continues to make a mockery of our plans for 2020. Few could have predicted a summer without the GAA or the Ploughing.

The cancellation of the National Ploughing Championships has been described as a "major blow" to the Carlow region and to trade exhibitors at the event.

Olly Nolan, a landscaper by profession, didn't have any intention of starting his own honey business when he bought a house in the Dublin Mountains. Almost eight years later, however,...

Amid the Covid-19 pandemic, a resurgence of health expert opinion (welcome, among other reasons, in view of the impact of anti-vaccination attitudes…) contrasts with the debate around food.

The wool trade has collapsed as Covid-19 restrictions in Britain pile pressure on what were already record low prices for the fabric.

Cattle going out to grass in the springtime often have to deal with very challenging weather conditions. But I can't remember ever seeing my cattle looking so happy and content...

Machines all over the country are roaring into action with the 2020 silage campaign kicking off.

It's a welcome sight and sound for many - the hum of a silage mower opening up that first field of grass.

We are having a wonderful run of weather which gave us excellent growth and ground conditions for the past month.

Farming wasn't his choice of career when he left school, but late starter Niall O'Meara is thriving in the beef game.

Is it time to talk about a carbon trading scheme for farmers? A proposed annual 7pc reduction in carbon footprint for the agricultural sector is a far cry from the...

'Factories," a sheep man from the east of the country declared on Saturday evening, "are buying sheep and time.

Listen carefully to the advice of those who have learned from their mistakes in the past. That's the message from JJ Farrell, a renowned breeder with the Trillick Hereford Herd...

Fungicide options for winter wheat are like a revolving door: as we gain some exciting new products, we are losing many more. But while the products may come and go,...

Even on a breezy day the ventilation slits on my windows can cause the wind to moan menacingly, creating sounds that wouldn't be out of place in the opening scene...

Lakeland Dairies' management have set a precedent for the rest of the dairy industry by sharing in the financial hit from the current milk price downturn.

The way cattle are sold is changing, with more and more marts responding to the Covid restrictions .

Steadier global dairy markets and intense lobbying by the farm organisations is piling pressure on dairies to hold April milk prices.

Smaller suckler cows can breed heavier weanlings, a new analysis of the BEEP scheme data has found.

A worker at Northern Irish meat producer Moy Park has died after contracting Covid-19, a trade unionist said.

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has dismissed a farmer's claim that his bankruptcy over a €1.48m debt should be set aside.

A planned shipment of live exports to Algeria, due to sail this Friday, has been postponed it's understood.