Rural Life
Man released without charge over €100,000 livestock theft
A man who was arrested yesterday (October 1) in connection with the theft of livestock to the value of €100,000...
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Dairy
Flat rate dairy payment with top-up for young farmers on the cards
Ireland’s €13.7m in targeted support for dairy farmers looks set to be distributed by means of a flat rate payment...
EU
Reduction in levels of EU dairy product put into storage and intervention
The amount of EU dairy product being put into private storage aid and intervention reduced last week, figures from the...
World News
Non-farmers are buying more land than farmers in the UK
Non-farmer buyers have overtaken farmers as the main type of buyer of farmland in the UK, according to Savills. It...
Dairy
Expansion can challange herd health which can 'make or break a farm'
The health of a herd will be challenged during expansion which can either make or break the farm. Smooth expansion...
EU
A case of BSE has been identified in Wales
A case of BSE, also known as ‘mad cow disease’, has been identified in a dead cow on a farm in...
Rural Life
Man in Donegal arrested in connection with €100,000 livestock theft
A man in his 30s has been arrested in Donegal by An Garda Siochana in connection with the theft of...
EU
Unease in France over 'insufficient' EU aid package
France is to receive €62.9m from the €500m direct aid support package from the European Commission, the second highest envelope in...
Dairy
'Very good dairy farmers have little room to make cutbacks'
Ireland’s best dairy farmers have very little room to make cutbacks during a difficult milk price year, according to Michael Brady...
Dairy
Northern Ireland milk production up 3.1% as milk price falls 31.6%
Milk production in Northern Ireland in August 2015 was 180.15m litres, up 3.1% year-on-year, statistics from the Department of Agriculture...
Agri-Business
69-year-old man dies from fall on farm in Cavan
A 69-year-old man had died in an accident on a farm in Co. Cavan today. The man fell off a...
Dairy
Tesco to increase number of British dairy farmers on direct contracts
Tesco UK has announced that it will increase the number of farmers on direct contracts by a quarter by spring...
Dairy
What does pasture really cost you as a farmer?
It has been suggested recently that as a feed, pasture is more expensive than supplements, but DairyNZ developer Sean McCarthy disagrees...
Agri-Business
Fatal tractor accident leaves elderly man dead
A fatal road traffic accident has occurred in Wicklow of a man in his 80s, after his tractor was involved...
Beef
Strong US Dollar impacting beef trade - Rabobank
Global economic conditions, such as the appreciation of the US dollar and the depreciation of the Yuan, are having an impact on...
Arable
‘UK cereal growers now using glyphosate up to six times in the same season’
Significant numbers of UK tillage are using glyphosate to tackle grassland weeds up to six times in a single season,...
EU
88 confirmed cases of bluetongue in France, 2.2m vaccines available
There are now 88 cases of bluetongue in France, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed. Of the...
Agri-Business
New 'name and shame' policy helps reduce number of BVD PIs on farms by 42%
New measures introduced last year have had a major impact on reducing the numbers of BVD Persistently Infected (PIs) animals alive...
