Farming

Another week, and yet more gloomy headlines surrounding the coronavirus outbreak. For business travellers, it's more of the same limbo. Airlines that had drastically reduced schedules to mainland China up...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will dash from Leinster House this evening to crucial EU budget talks leading a rearguard action to stave off 19pc cuts in farm funds which could cost...

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar will dash from Leinster House this evening to crucial EU budget talks leading a rearguard action to stave off 19pc cuts in farm funds which could cost...

Thousands of angry Dutch farmers have converged on The Hague in the latest protest against the government's plans to rein in emissions of nitrogen oxide.

For all the relief felt in other parts of eastern Australia as torrential rain in the past few weeks doused wildfires and filled reservoirs, the tiny township of Murrurundi, one...

A recently released study found that climate change may cause bumble bees in North America and Europe to become extinct. Researchers analysed the data collected from 1900 to 2015 on...

A turf cutter has vowed he will be back cutting turf on EU protected bogs in East Galway next month - weather permitting - after efforts by the State to...

Calf prices fell by €20/hd in the marts over the last week as a combination of bigger numbers and weather-disrupted shipping schedules saw the trade ease back.

The losses at IFA over recent years cannot continue and the organisation is "going to have to meet this situation head-on" the membership have been told.

Kerry Group spent €17.6m on its failed, secretive, bid for the nutritional arm of US rival DuPont, the Irish Independent understands.

Kerry Group spent €17.6m on its failed, secretive, bid for the nutritional arm of US rival DuPont, the Irish Independent understands.

Farmers should be made to prove their farms are bee-friendly before getting support payments, scientists have said.

Irish food giant Kerry Group as reported a 12pc jump in trading profit of €903m for 2019.

This week is the start of negotiations for the future of the CAP and what supports farmers will receive over the coming years.

An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has conceded that Ireland faces an uphill task to protect the budget of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

A new grass-fed dairy standard, being launched by Bord Bia, is set to pose significant challenges for milk processors operating in Border areas.

This week is the start of negotiations for the future of the CAP and what supports farmers will receive over the coming years. Such a move would see a potentially...

The wet and cold weather is piling pressure on both arable and dairy farmers across the country, and there is no sign of an improvement in sight.

Up to 5,000 intensive dairy farmers could have to be trained in grass measurement by the end of next year in order to meet strict new qualifying criteria for the...

Glanbia/Kepak Twenty20 Beef Club is expected to surpass its 2020 target of rearing 20,000 under the programme.

Farmers could be facing welfare issues on their farms with fallen animals over the coming weeks, if knackeries close as a result of an ongoing dispute over operating costs.

'It's like this - come the autumn, those who are paying the big money now could be out protesting, while the men currently selling could still be in the pub,"...

Dairy expansion is a significant factor in increasing bovine TB levels in Ireland, the Department of Agriculture has stated.

The banks have been accused of undermining the security of rural dwellers by deciding to sell off sections of their ATM networks.

The vast majority of farmers that were members of the Knowledge Transfer Scheme are set to ditch their discussion groups with no payment now on offer as the scheme has...

A local authority chairperson has turned down an all-expenses-paid trip to New York for St Patrick's Day because he is too busy calving cows.

Like many, I was surprised at the suddenness of the decision by the Dawn group to reduce the number of days required to qualify for the Bord Bia Sustainable Beef...

Last years beef protests were not behind the closure of a Clare meat factory, Clare Beef Plan representative, Joe Woulfe has said.

A Missouri jury's $265 million award to peach grower Bill Bader in his lawsuit against herbicide providers Bayer and BASF has raised the stakes for the two companies as at...

A host of well-known Agri-food names make it into this years 'Sunday Independent Rich List'.

Calf prices fell by €20/hd in the marts over the last week as a combination of bigger numbers and weather-disrupted shipping schedules saw the trade ease back.

Farmers have said the have lost all confidence in the Government's forestry programme with afforestation figures now showing that farmer planting under the current programme has declined by 67pc.

Farmers have said the have lost all confidence in the Government's forestry programme with afforestation figures now showing that farmer planting under the current programme has declined by 67pc.

They say that Clew Bay in Mayo has an island for every day of the year and, indeed, anyone who has seen the bay from Croagh Patrick on a fine...

Ireland was battered by "bomb cyclone" Storm Dennis as torrential rainfall and winds gusting to over 120kmh caused power cuts, flooding and travel disruption.

Kenya's livestock herders planting chilli peppers, Pakistan's mountain farmers rearing fish and tropical fruits in Sicily - farmers around the world are already shifting what they grow and breed to...

A business dispute between the disgraced billionaire Batista brothers in Brazil and the heir to an Indonesian pulp and paper fortune is throwing a wrench in meatpacker JBS SA's plans...

If the real winner of the General Election - for exceeding all expectations - was Sinn Fein, then the real loser must surely be Fianna Fail.

Farmers have described a proposal to cut the EU budget for farm subsidies as a 'devastating blow'.

The shape of the first grand coalition in the history of the State between Fianna Fail and Fine Gael was emerging last night.