Farming

President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he had urged the Justice Department to look into allegations that the meatpacking industry broke antitrust law because the price that slaughterhouses pay farmers...

Drivers of farming machinery and vulnerable road users to share the road safely as roads are much busier with pedestrians and cyclists because of Covid19 restrictions

Climate change shares a critical feature with the Covid pandemic: it does not lend itself to narrow, country-by-country policy responses. The virus is unaware that humans have constructed national political...

What a difference a week makes. Seven days ago factory prices for bullocks and heifers were floating between €3.40-3.45/kg, with only tentative signs that a lift was in the offing.

Solicitors are reporting a surge in the numbers of people seeking to make wills and have existing ones changed.

ESB and Irish-owned renewable energy firm Harmony Solar have entered into a multi-million euro partnership to develop ground-mounted solar projects in Ireland.

TRIBUTES have been paid to an elderly man who was killed after being gored by a bull which attacked him from behind as he tended to cattle on his family...

Some of the country's 82 marts may close over the impact of Covid-19, it has been warned.

AN ELDERLY man has died after being gored by a bull on a farm in Cork.

AN ELDERLY man has died after being gored by a bull on a farm in Cork.

Chances are that if you have eaten scallions bought in a supermarket recently, they were grown by Paul Carroll. These past few months, he has started work at 6am and...

Jenny McNally, her husband Patrick, and their five children - Aoife, Niamh, Sarah, and twins Stephen and Patrick - work together at McNally Family Farm in Balrickard in North County...

The south-east faces a hit of around €45m after it was confirmed this year's National Ploughing Championships is the latest major event to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic.

The south-east faces a hit of around €45m after it was confirmed this year's National Ploughing Championships is the latest major event to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic.

The south-east faces a hit of around €45m after it was confirmed this year's National Ploughing Championships is the latest major event to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic.

The south-east faces a hit of around €45m after it was confirmed this year's National Ploughing Championships is the latest major event to fall foul of the coronavirus pandemic.

The summer is here, the days are hot and I am out putting up sheep wire on our hill farm with my father. Fencing, that ancient act, is nothing new...

It has been confirmed that the National Ploughing Championships which take place each year in September has been cancelled.

Euronext wheat futures rose on Thursday to their highest in more than a week as the risk of frost damage to U.S. crops put attention back on weather risk.

Brazilian beef exports in 2020 will likely set a new record in terms of volume and value despite the novel coronavirus pandemic, Antônio Camardelli, president of beef group Abiec, said...

Buying a €400,000 piece of machinery demands a lot of consideration about the investment payback required and Mark Troy is well qualified to do the sums involved.

Teams from Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party finally sat down for formal government formation talks 89 days after the General Election.

There is no room on the range for cattle, as shuttered slaughterhouses across North America due to the pandemic leave farmers nowhere to ship their animals.

There has been a high-profile discussion raging in the US about the place of the meat-processing industry during coronavirus.

EU Trade Commissioner Phil Hogan has said it will take at least the next four years for European economies and trade, including Ireland's, to recover in the wake of the...

The squeaky wheel more usually gets the grease. It's an unlovely political metaphor and the Green Party politicians and activists will not be happy at being described as "squeaky".

Advanced planning is required to provide a sufficient amount of good-quality silage for the winter ahead.

A new school curriculum in New Zealand that tells students how to tackle climate change deniers and advises them to eat less dairy and meat has upset its farming community,...

A 52-year-old farmer was arrested by gardaí arising from a property dispute with a brother on the day his mother was buried, a court has heard.

Dairy farmers struggling in the face of the coronavirus lockdown will each be able to access up to £10,000 of support, the Government has announced.

GARDAÍ believe a steal-to-order gang were behind a farm raid which included the theft of five cylinders of liquid nitrogen.

He does what he can. Pat Naughton sprints up and down the hallway of his bungalow in Nenagh, cycling through the movements of the long jump, high jump, shot put,...

Green Party Mr Eamon Ryan revealed he received commitments on reducing emissions by 7pc per year on average over the next 10 years in Government formation talks.

Convenience foods producer Greencore yesterday would not be drawn on reports it is in talks to acquire British company Adelie in a rescue takeover.

Convenience foods producer Greencore yesterday would not be drawn on reports it is in talks to acquire British company Adelie in a rescue takeover.

Tractor sales fell sharply last month as farmers put off investing in the midst of ongoing Covid-19 uncertainty.

Many dairy farmers are currently operating 36-hour paddocks. There are benefits from a labour point of view, it makes life easier for first calvers and there may be a potential...

The slump in calf exports this spring has the potential to create a long-term cattle glut and seriously hit beef prices in the coming years, farmers have been warned.

It's slowly starting to hit home that the Covid-19 pandemic is going to drag out for months if not years. I was one of those who was too optimistic at...

After all the rain since September, I was delighted with the dry conditions for the spring crops.