Farming

Fianna Fáil will continue the convergence of EU direct payments while the CAP reform negotiations take place if the party is returned to government after the next election.

Before Christmas, it was apparent that the factories weren't quite sure how many fit cattle were in the system. Bullocks then were generally on a base of €3.50/kg, with a...

A spectacular coastal West Cork residential farm extending to 127ac is on the private treaty market and guided at €850,000. According to John Hodnett of Hodnett Forde auctioneers, it is...

It was a year of conflict and strife, dominated by the beef protests. Years of frustration over market returns to farmers finally came to a head, with the resulting farmer...

Farmers could effectively be priced out of the renewable electricity market by multi-national wind and solar energy companies.

Every farming year is characterised by an event or occurrence which will be etched it in the memory of the wider agricultural community for years to come. The drought of...

Winter housing of stock began on the Conway farm in mid-October when the lightest batch of contract-reared dairy heifers were housed, followed two weeks later by the heavier batch of...

The Labour Court has recommended that a provision of a 2013 collective agreement between Rosderra Irish Meats and SIPTU, which provides for pig-sharing between two plants, should not be altered,...

Last year saw the 9th consecutive year with temperatures above normal (2010 being below normal).

Last year saw the 9th consecutive year with temperatures above normal (2010 being below normal).

Proposals by Fine Gael to introduce methane reduction targets as damaging to Ireland's rural economy and global climate emissions, IFA Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney has said.

Proposals by Fine Gael to introduce methane reduction targets as damaging to Ireland's rural economy and global climate emissions, IFA Environment Chairman Thomas Cooney has said.

The European Commission has been asked to investigate turf-cutting on protected bogs after the Government's own reports admitted the practice was continuing.

The European Commission has been asked to investigate turf-cutting on protected bogs after the Government's own reports admitted the practice was continuing.

The €5m fine imposed on the State for the Derrybrien wind farm fiasco is set to at least double before the problem is rectified.

The €5m fine imposed on the State for the Derrybrien wind farm fiasco is set to at least double before the problem is rectified.

The €5m fine imposed on the State for the Derrybrien wind farm fiasco is set to at least double before the problem is rectified.

Bushfires across Australia's east coast are set to pile on more pain for the country's dairy industry, already hurt by a prolonged drought, as processors in one of the world's...

Bushfires across Australia's east coast are set to pile on more pain for the country's dairy industry, already hurt by a prolonged drought, as processors in one of the world's...

Bushfires across Australia's east coast are set to pile on more pain for the country's dairy industry, already hurt by a prolonged drought, as processors in one of the world's...

Fine Gael Members of the Climate Action Committee, have called for Ireland to follow New Zealand's example in their approach to a Net Zero emissions target by 2050, while recognising...

Spiralling insurance costs are continuing to put severe pressure on marts and could ultimately force some livestock sales centres to close, a leading mart executive has claimed.

Across snow-covered North Dakota, U.S. farmers are stuck with fields full of weather-damaged corn - a crop they planted after the U.S.-China trade war killed their soybean market.

Spiralling insurance costs are continuing to put severe pressure on marts and could ultimately force some livestock sales centres to close, a leading mart executive has claimed.

Fine Gael Members of the Climate Action Committee, have called for Ireland to follow New Zealand's example in their approach to a Net Zero emissions target by 2050, while recognising...

Brexit has taken a welcome back seat over the past few weeks, but now that we're back to business as usual, some of the concerns of the last two years...

As water shortages, high temperatures and rising greenhouse gas emissions threaten food production, countries around the world are looking somewhere new for solutions - the soil.

Colette Deegan is very well known in sheep-farming circles - she has been crowned Queen of the Shears on nine occasions.

The Beef Plan Movement has stood down its National Committee following what it described as 'alleged serious disciplinary issues' brought to their attention.

ICSA sheep chair Sean McNamara has urged dog owners to be mindful of where their pets are at all times as he again deals with the after-effects of an attack...

For Kerry Group, 2019 was almost the year it truly hit the big time, but management at the food giant will now start 2020 with more questions than answers. In...

Loss of access to UK waters because of Brexit would wipe out a third of Irish fishermen's incomes, totalling some €500m a year, minister Michael Creed has warned.

Loss of access to UK waters because of Brexit would wipe out a third of Irish fishermen's incomes, totalling some €500m a year, minister Michael Creed has warned.

Loss of access to UK waters because of Brexit would wipe out a third of Irish fishermen's incomes, totalling some €500m a year, minister Michael Creed has warned.

Loss of access to UK waters because of Brexit would wipe out a third of Irish fishermen's incomes, totalling some €500m a year, minister Michael Creed has warned.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has pledged huge investment in wind and solar power to more than double the volume of energy from renewable sources over the next decade.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has pledged huge investment in wind and solar power to more than double the volume of energy from renewable sources over the next decade.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has pledged huge investment in wind and solar power to more than double the volume of energy from renewable sources over the next decade.

The family of a Kerry man killed in a tragic farm accident on Christmas Eve have paid tribute to a man they described as a 'great uncle'.

A farmer is preparing to stay overnight with his flock of sheep until dogs that have attacked them twice in the last two weeks, are caught.