Farming

Thousands of birds have been culled on a farm in Co Monaghan amid an outbreak of avian flu.

A non-residential 109ac grazing farm has come on the market in Meath. The property is located at Killyon, Hill of Down, about 5km from Ballivor, 11km from Kinnegad and 15km...

A book of condolence will be opened in Crumlin tonight after the sudden death of a young farmer from Co Antrim.

The High Court has ordered the arrest of three siblings who have refused to comply with a court order to vacate their family home after possession was granted to a...

A radical cap on the price of land sold for housing and a referendum to alter property rights are understood to be on the agenda in government formation talks.

Members of one of the country's leading beef breeding societies were subject to intimidation in the run-up the society's AGM and council election.

Thomas Gormley is carrying on a tradition of pedigree Charolais breeding that dates back to 1985 when his late father Michael bought the family's first purebred Charolais at a sale...

Cattle shot by the Defence forces on a Monaghan farm were killed for 'health and safety' reasons, the High Court was told last week.

Dairy market sentiment took a hit this week as the impact of the coronavirus continued to reverberate through the global economy.

I see that Sionad Jones escaped with nothing more than a slap on the wrist recently for sawing down 250 trees and killing another 250 in a Coillte plantation in...

A surge in activity on farms across the country has been brought to a halt again by the heavy rains of the last few days.

There's no easy or quick solution to the housing crisis in Ireland - and you might wonder what the issue is doing on the farming pages.

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

Farmers in the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) face large fines if they are not compliant with the scheme's targets by October. The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) is...

While Tiger Roll, Honeysuckle and Envoi Allen dominate the headlines during Cheltenham week, the scene is set for a name to break out this year.

Glanbia boss Siobhan Talbot has given up her bonus, which last year was worth almost €1.2m in cash and shares.

Sinn Féin has described meetings with the with a host of farm orgaisations as constructive and detailed.

A farmer who dumped 12 carcasses from a 300 ft high ‘spectacular' west Clare cliff-top and left other animals in his control to die in excruciating pain has walked free...

WATER-LOGGED communities are on renewed flood alert amid fears more than 50mm of rainfall could hit parts of Ireland over the next 36 hours.

A dairy farmer tried to explain how he went into the fields to measure how blades of grass were growing. My poor-math thick skull had some difficulty in grasping this...

A "one in a million" cow has left a priceless legacy to her breeder after a lifetime of record-breaking achievement in production and in the show ring.

"There was high drama at Fairyhouse on Tuesday evening when the Camelot half-brother to Altior was hammered down to former Irish international and Premier League footballer Kevin Doyle for €155,000...

Strong demand for bulls led to a roaring trade at the opening show and sale of the season for the Irish Charolais Cattle Society at GVM Mart, Tullamore.

The granting of suspended sentences to criminals who have used violence and intimidation has been questioned by the INHFA.

A Waterford dairy farm has been sold to a businessman originally from Clonmel, Tipperary.

Irish farming is still very much a male domain, with the most recent CSO figures showing that just 12.4pc of farms are owned by women, even though they account for...

Sarah Wall knew she was taking a step into the unknown when she set up the Burren Flower Farm in 2015.

Despite the focus in 2019 on the dire financial straits of beef farmers and the large borrowings of dairy farmers, male farmers are exceedingly popular in the marriage stakes.

Wexford author and historian Nicholas 'Nicky' Furlong - whose re-published comic novel Young Farmer Seeks Wife is enjoying a new online global audience - was expected to marry "a good...

Have you ever wondered how contractors work out what it might cost to run a tractor and hedge cutter?

After trialling a couple of different farm systems, Daniel Moy hopes that he has found the farm system that works best for him.

The start of March usually means the end of the hedge-cutting season, but could it be that a derogation is on the way to allow an extra fortnight of cutting...

The start of March usually means the end of the hedge-cutting season, but could it be that a derogation is on the way to allow an extra fortnight of cutting...

Failure to invest in dairy calf-to-beef system health measures will hit farmers in their pockets, a Teagasc beef expert has warned.

Our lambing due date is March 9, which is 142 days since the first lot of ewes were served.

Last week I hosted a small group of beef farmers from the USA visiting some Irish beef farms. One of their main observations was the huge discrepancy between store prices...

There are growing concerns in the Irish dairy sector over the potential disruption to international trade as governments around the world impose measures to contain the coronavirus.

The old expression that "the farmer has to be an optimist or he wouldn't still be a farmer" came to mind when walking Sean Conway's farm in Sligo last week.

We are back to farming reality with a shudder here courtesy of the February deluge.

The battle against the weather is still far from over as evidenced in many parts of the country where rivers have broken their banks and substantial areas are under water.