Farming

The price of a no-deal Brexit for Irish shoppers will be spelled out today with a warning that they face an immediate rise in the cost of many staples.

The price of a no-deal Brexit for Irish shoppers will be spelled out today with a warning that they face an immediate rise in the cost of many staples.

There were steak shortages in some restaurants over the weekend with reports of supply chains shuddering under the change of demand.

Competition for rented land and smaller holdings for purchase has cranked up a gear ahead of tighter regulations around nitrates coming into force from January 1, 2021.

Teagasc prediction of a 7pc fall in milk prices next year has been described as 'premature', by Gerald Quain, Chairperson of ICMSA's Dairy Committee.

A 'mad' amount of money is being spent on eradicating TB according to Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue.

Over 90pc of farmers are not ready for the new Nitrates rules coming into force from January 1, and the Department should suspend inspections, an IFA webinar on the issue...

Uncertainty has emerged over the ownership and intellectual property rights on the looming ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef' trademark, the Farming Independent has learned.

After 30 years in politics, Barry Cowen says his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine last June was “the honour of a lifetime”.

After 30 years in politics, Barry Cowen says his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine last June was “the honour of a lifetime”.

A man has been found guilty of the deception of Ireland's oldest drover, 95-year-old Eugene O'Sullivan, after he led Mr O'Sullivan to believe the banks were not safe to hold...

After 30 years in politics, Barry Cowen says his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine last June was “the honour of a lifetime”.

Ireland needs to start substituting imported hardwood with home-grown timber, a Teagasc forestry webinar was told.

After 30 years in politics, Barry Cowen says his appointment as Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine last June was “the honour of a lifetime”.

‘I'm just feeding a lock of cattle here now,” Connacht star Shane Delahunt says ahead of our early morning chat about he manages farming and rugby life.

Christmas always comes as rush to many with its arrival springing something of a surprise upon those who are busy farming all day and every day. Despite the 12 months...

Uncertainty has emerged over the ownership and intellectual property rights on the looming ‘Irish Grass Fed Beef' trademark, the Farming Independent has learned.

IFA has been asked to consider recouping exit payments that some previous presidents received upon leaving office.

A west Clare farmer who escaped jail for animal neglect earlier this year has been fined €2,500 concerning a marked oil offence.

Dried wheat prices hit €215-220/t this week, while barley topped €190/t out of the store, as stronger demand on global markets brought some pre-Christmas cheer for embattled cereal growers.

Farming is in his blood, so it was an easy decision for Michael Gorman to turn his passion into his business. Based in Kilmessan in Co Meath, he runs a...

While there is a huge environmental cost to the grains grown in recently deforested Amazon rainforest that we can buy for less than the cost of production in Europe, there...

France will give financial aid to farmers who agree to halt use of glyphosate, the farm ministry said on Monday after President Macron said he had failed with efforts to...

The factories appeared to be like a good football team “gearing up to close out the game” as Christmas approaches, one source told me.

The European Union's chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier was "rather downbeat" about the prospects of sealing a new trade deal with Britain in a briefing for the bloc's national ambassadors...

Behind the walls of a hulking industrial compound in rural China, top pig producer Muyuan Foods is trying to raise more hogs on a single site than any company in...

One source told me that with just over two and a half weeks to go to Christmas the factories appeared to be like a good football team “gearing up to...

Dairy farmers continue to be the primary customers for land, even in areas without a dairy tradition.

Mineral and vitamin supplementation is vital for the health and performance of all livestock.

I got my come-uppance earlier this year when I went to have a go at buying some mountainy land in the West.

While the weather has been quite wet on Michael Duffy's farm in Kerrykeel, on Donegal's Fanad Peninsula, it has not dampened the mood.

I got my come-uppance earlier this year when I went to have a go at buying some mountainy land in the West.

Apparently many of us wake in the night and obsess over things we can do nothing about.

Apparently many of us wake in the night and obsess over things we can do nothing about.

I got my come-uppance earlier this year when I went to have a go at buying some mountainy land in Mayo.

“I've a few lame ewes, what will I give them?” This seems like a simple question and most farmers asking it of their vet are looking for a simple answer:...

The UK's Environment Secretary George Eustice has acknowledged there will be “some impact” on food prices if the UK fails to get a trade deal with the EU.

Eoin Sharkey has managed to sell all of his free-range turkeys in this Covid-shrunken Christmas market, but his profits have still been hit hard by the pandemic.

The “loyal and faithful” people of Offaly have become Barry Cowen's “greatest source of encouragement” over the last six months.

The “loyal and faithful” people of Offaly have become Barry Cowen's “greatest source of encouragement” over the last six months.