Rural Life
GIY Gathering offers food for thought
Talks, debates, demos, Q&A sessions and workshops, will be served up this weekend for the Grow Your Own (GIY) Ireland...
Latest Stories
Dairy
Pregnancy Scanning can be a vital - Suckler Cows
The View from Teagasc: To scan or not to scan? That is the question facing many suckler farmers at present. In...
Dairy
Robotic Milking sales reach 10,000 for DeLaval
DeLaval reach 10,000 in Robotic Milking sales. The Voluntary Milking System (VMS) was recently sold to Glenirvine Farms in Ontario...
Agri-Business
Calf births decline for first time in three years
According to Bord Bia, calf births are on the decline for 2013 compared to last year. Over the past few...
Rural Life
This week's farmer of the tweet
This weeks Tweeting Farmer is Dolores Harris from Cavan. She has been farming organically since 1999. About the farm… I...
Agri-Business
FSAI warns of Hep A in frozen, imported berries
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has advised consumers to boil all imported frozen berries for at least one...
Machinery
Lely, the next-generation
Machinery giant Lely is launching its next-generation products in its Yellow Revolution in Amsterdam next week and farmers in Ireland...
Agri-Business
Latest anti-crime farm advice from the gardai
Here is the latest anti-crime farm advice from the gardai. What can farmers do to protect their tractors / property?...
Arable
Dairygold calls for minimal costs and paperwork in new pesticide regulation rollout
Dairygold is calling for minimal costs and paperwork in Ireland’s rollout of new compulsory pesticide regulations. Farmers, distributors, inspectors and...
Beef
Comparison of early- and late-maturing suckler bred bulls
The View from Teagasc: Suckler bull production systems were traditionally based on high concentrate diets. Lowering the cost of suckler bull...
Arable
Compulsory pesticide training for farmers, distributors, inspectors, advisors
Farmers, distributors, inspectors and advisors across Ireland are set for compulsory pesticide training and pesticide registration by the Department of Agriculture over...
Other
AgChatIRL : The value of rural community
Each week AgChatIRL will review its debates on social media with AgriLand. Those involved and interested in agriculture and food...
Arable
Tillage think-in: Variety trials, maximising profit, grain market outlook
More than 350 people across Ireland attended the Teagasc-organised National Tillage Crops Forum 2013 in the Keadeen Hotel in Newbridge,...
Agri-Business
17 enforcement orders served on food businesses in August
Some 15 closure orders and two prohibition orders were served on food businesses during the month of August for breaches...
Agri-Business
Cootehill Mart reopens after 12 years, business booming
Cootehill Mart in Cavan reopened yesterday after 12 years, under a new name, Station Road Mart. Speaking to AgriLand, one of...
Rural Life
Family farm finance think-ins, 13 locations nationwide this month
Teagasc is running 13 workshops nationwide this month to focus on family farm finance. Entitled The Options Workshop, its aims to...
Government
Minister: clawback fines must be paid, hope of early SFP, coupling non-committal
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney TD has insisted overpayment fines issued to more than 4,800 farmers amounting to €1.4m must be...
National Ploughing Championships
Ploughing 2013 in numbers, interesting facts and stats
With just three weeks to the staging of this year’s National Ploughing Championships, preparations are in full swing. Some of...
