Dairy
Plan your future in dairy farming
EU quotas are being abolished and new dairy markets are opening up in China and India. The global dairy landscape...
Farming
Environment
Clare tops sea farming water quality league
“Some progress has been made on water quality but there is room for serious improvement by some councils,” according to...
Dairy
Dangers of 'addiction to feed' in dairy farming
Speaking last week at the Virginia Show Dairy Gathering Conference, Joe Patton from Teagasc gave a presentation on Feeding and...
Dairy
Building a road to better farming
In their latest dairy newsletter, Teagasc discuss the importance of roads and outline the questions that farmers should ask themselves...
Dairy
Efficient farming is key for profit, Grasstec
Efficient farm infrastructure is key for diary expansion. This is according to Grasstec’s Bertie Troy, guest speaker of a diary...
Rural Life
International year of family farming
A series of events related to family farming will be organised in Ireland and across Europe in the next year. This...
Rural Life
A flavour of farming in Fingal
The 2013 Flavours of Fingal County Show is taking place this weekend at Newbridge House and Farm, Donabate, North County...
Agri-Business
AgriAware Day a showcase of modern farming
Agri Aware Day at the Family Farm in Dublin Zoo last Sunday provided an opportunity for visitors of all ages,...
Agri-Business
Big surge in e-commerce farming sales
According to ECommerce Europe revenue of goods and services sold over the internet grew by 19 per cent to reach €311.6bn in...
Environment
Decimation of oyster farming in Carlingford
UPDATE: The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has confirmed an outbreak of Ostreid Herpes Virus, OsHV1-µvar, on one...
Rural Life
Farming is SoFAB
At the recent Social Farming Across Borders (SoFAB) conference held in Carrick-on-Shannon the large attendance of almost 200 heard about...
Agri-Business
No impact from salmon farming on wild stocks, IFA claims
On the publication of a peer-reviewed scientific paper claiming a lack of evidence of negative impacts on wild salmon stocks...
Rural Life
Social farming to help people in need
Social farming has the potential to offer solutions to public service provision in rural areas and to re-connect farmers with...
