EU
European farmers warn Hogan new CAP could be a bureaucratic monster
The reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could become a bureaucratic monster the new EU Agriculture Commissioner Hogan has been warned. European...
Farmers
N.Ireland
Northern farmers spending less on feed
The latest animal feed statistics, released by Department Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland (DARD), have indicated a general...
N.Ireland
Northern farmers spending less on feed
The latest animal feed statistics, released by Department Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland (DARD), have indicated a general...
EU
‘Today’s farmers are new Renaissance men’
“Today’s farmers are new Renaissance men: they must possess the right mix of science, economics, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness to...
Dairy
'Dairy farmers must move their focus beyond that of milk price’
Milk production levels on many farms may be at an all time high and the market is returning better prices,...
Agri-Business
BoI approval rate for farmers expansion running at 80 per cent
Bank of Ireland is open for business for farmers looking to expand. At yesterday’s Bank of Ireland ‘Agri and Food...
Agri-Business
Deficit in the level of training for young farmers - IFMA
“We’re not training the primary industry, farmers are soon going to struggle to find staff,” according to John Fitzgerald, secretary...
Rural Life
This week's farmer of the tweet: Fieldstown Farm
Farmers Feed Families launched a social initiative this summer to raise awareness of daily life in farms across Ireland. Each...
Agri-Business
'Farmers are in the health business'
Associate Professor of Public Health at University College Dublin Patrick Wall told delegates attending today’s Global 500 event that dairy...
Agri-Business
Biomass plant in Offaly aims to add €7m pa in revenues for farmers
Farmers across the Midlands could be in for a windfall of up to €7m a year in additional revenue after...
