Farming

A top-class 57ac farm has come on the market by private treaty with Waterford agent Brian Gleeson Property.

Sometimes March comes in like a lion and goes out like a lion too. The weather in early spring is volatile - you can be lucky or very unlucky.

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that it remains open for business, to ensure producers and processors can continue to operate effectively and keep supply lines...

A dispute between the foundation that owns Russborough Estate in Co Wicklow and a local farmer has put the Kaleidoscope Music and Arts Festival next June at risk, the High...

Conservationists are planning to return grazing livestock to a Co Antrim bay after almost half a century.

The European Union's new deal with Brexit Britain envisages a tight trade and security relationship, according to a draft seen by Reuters on Friday, despite London saying it is seeking...

Imagine you have been a respectable, hard-working chicken farmer for the past 25 years.

Marts across the country are urging farmers not to attend unless the have direct business to be there as the attempt to reduce the risk of coronavirus spread on their...

Marts across the country are urging farmers not to attend unless the have direct business to be there as the attempt to reduce the risk of coronavirus spread on their...

Marts across the country are urging farmers not to attend unless the have direct business to be there as the attempt to reduce the risk of coronavirus spread on their...

Fancy farming on an island? Auctioneers Colliers International have two islands on their books.

'From farm to pharmacy' has been the name of the game for Noel and Bridget Duggan as they diversified into growing medicinal herbs on their Tipperary holding.

It's 1pm at the Cheltenham festival and the party is in full swing in the famous Guinness village beside the majestic Prestbury Park course.

The coronavirus is about to ask questions of most of us we have probably never been asked before.

The countries livestock marts are set to remain open despite the rapid spread of the coronavirus and expanded restrictions on the public announced by the Government today.

A rural GAA club in Meath is teaming up with its local shop to ensure no vulnerable members of its community are left short of vital supplies amid the outbreak...

A rural GAA club in Meath is teaming up with its local shop to ensure no vulnerable members of its community are left short of vital supplies amid the outbreak...

An interesting test of the hope value of farm land near the town of Ashbourne in Co Meath will be provided with the sale of the 241-acre Killegland Farm.

The Department of Agriculture has cancelled a number of upcoming public meetings in light of the coronavirus emergency measures.

A second person has died from the Covid-19 virus, Independent.ie has learned.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has confirmed that schools, colleges, childcare facilities and other public facilities are to close and restrictions put in place on public gatherings in a bid to counter...

The number of people with the new coronavirus in the republic has jumped to 70 after another 27 people were diagnosed with the infection.

Decisions on the amount and shape of key farm subsidies next year need to be urgently taken the General Secretary of the Department of Agriculture has warned.

They may look like regular cows, but a herd of Friesian dairy cattle at a British farm are internet pioneers and they are enjoying the benefits of 5G connectivity before...

Over double the average rainfall is expected in some areas this week - compounding the misery of farmers across the country whose land is unable take cattle or machinery following...

There is a definite stretch in the evenings and in a normal year we would be out sowing beans and getting fertiliser out.

For some, especially those with cattle sold, the Cheltenham Festival getting the green light to go ahead as planned this week is the only news that matters.

There are bigger issues facing beef producers than alleged collusion, but the lack of transparency just exacerbates the issue, according to the recently published Power report into the beef sector.

An updated Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme (BEEP) for suckler farmers is set to be announced tomorrow with a maximum payment of €90/cow

A cow described as “faster than it looks” is wanted by US police after avoiding capture for over a month.

Lakeland Dairies has announced a milk price for February supplies with the base price being held.

Glanbia and Lakeland Dairies have announced their milk price for February supplies.

French poultry farmer Isabelle Leballeur is fed up with European trade agreements that allow low-cost chicken into France and is determined to stop post-Brexit Britain getting that kind of deal.

A farmer up in court over the maintenance of his farmyard said he would “sell the cattle today if he could”.

The majority of farmers will be coming to the end of their current GLAS contracts in 2020 and 2021.

Sales got bigger last week as the traditional surge in numbers at this time of year began. The effect was that prices for bullocks, which the previous week had taken...

Painkiller addictions are one of the hidden consequences of farm accidents, says farm safety campaigner Norma Rohan.

Teagasc has said that farmers using protected urea should adopt the same safety precautions as with any other fertiliser.

Calving is now in its third week with everything going to plan. The new arrivals are healthy and lively and the cows have an adequate milk supply.

The Ides of March falls on the 15th of the month and is remembered primarily as the date on which Julius Caesar was assassinated in 44BC.