World News
Video: Farm for lease for €1.30 a year includes free sheep flock!
Sheep farmers are being given the chance to lease a £1m coastal farm in Wales for £1 a year, in...
Farming
Rural Life
Video: The farming version of 'I took a pill in Ibiza' has become an internet sensation
One Galway man’s remix of the song ‘I took a pill in Ibiza’ is fast-becoming an internet hit as the...
EU
Commissioner Hogan to talk Brexit as he visits the North tomorrow
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, will be in Northern Ireland tomorrow, Monday May 9 on an...
N.Ireland
How to plan the best route to the 2016 Balmoral Show
Large crowds are expected at the 148th Balmoral Show which takes place in Lisburn next week from May 11 to...
World News
Video: This is why you don't block a farmer's gate!
Two women were left stunned and in stitches last weekend after they encountered a farmer driving a tractor down a...
World News
Watch the inspirational story of one-armed sheep shearer
A sheep shearer in Australia has managed to teach himself how to shear a sheep one-armed after an car accident...
EU
The future of EU farming lies in innovation - MEPs
Innovation can increase farmers’ income, create rural jobs and make EU farming more sustainable, MEPs from the Agriculture committee said...
Environment
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture overtake those from industry
Greenhouse gases from the agriculture, forestry and fishing sector have overtaken the emissions from industry, according to the latest statistics...
Agri-Business
Alltech to acquire Keenan following successful takeover talks
Alltech has agreed to acquire Keenan, the diet-feeder maker based in Borris, Co. Carlow, following successful takeover talks between the...
Rural Life
Video: Ploughing and sowing spring seed on a 12,000ac farm in the UK
Warter Priory Estate, a farm in the UK, has filmed its farmers ploughing, cultivating and harrowing the land as it...
Rural Life
Roz Purcell found out about insect farming on Big Week on the Farm
The penultimate episode of Big Week on the Farm was an eventful one, with guest presenter Roz Purcell tasting live...
World News
Farmer shoots 15ft alligator which he claims ate his cattle
A farmer in the US has shot dead what is claimed to be a 15ft long alligator after he believed...
Environment
'Flood risk group not meeting in 4 years a total insult to people affected'
A steering group that was to oversee a national programme for flood risk assessment did not meet during a four-year period, a new...
Rural Life
Farming traditions in the Burren to be celebrated
Farmers and ecologists will come together later this month to celebrate the Burren in Bloom festival, organised by the Burrenbeo...
Agri-Business
Tesco criticised by farmers for using 'fictional farms' in own branding
Tesco has been criticised by the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) for using fictional farms in its branding for it’s Everyday...
Agri-Business
A supermarket is growing its own vegetables - in the aisle!
Vegetables are being grown inside a supermarket in Berlin, Germany, where one space in the store is dedicated to a...
Dairy
Major survey on dairy farming to reveal expansion details
A major survey on the dairy industry in Ireland and farmers expansion plans is being undertaken by the University of...
EU
Pics: UK farmers take to the streets of London to protest
Hundreds of farmers from across the UK made their way to London today in protest against the low prices they...
