Dairy
EU milk producers will opt to 'pay back debt' rather than chase output
Dairy farmers may well opt to pay back debt, rather than chase extra litres, on the back of the recent...
Dairy
Dairy farmers may well opt to pay back debt, rather than chase extra litres, on the back of the recent...
Machinery
Claas has unveiled two new models of its forage harvester, the Jaguar 980 and 970, which will replace current models...
Rural Life
Two farmers from Co. Armagh have been jailed following convictions for a range of animal welfare offences. Martha Toal from...
Environment
The number of public water supplies affected by pesticides that was noted in 2014 continued to increase last year, according...
Dairy
EU milk production decreased by 1.9% in August 2016 compared to August of last year, the latest figures from the EU...
Beef
Ken Gill began to make the transition from conventional suckler-to-beef farming to organic production two years ago. Since then he...
Agri-Business
Today’s planned EU-Canada summit has been cancelled as talks in Belgium last night failed to see the country reach agreement...
Agri-Business
Of all the food samples collected in the EU in 2014, 97% were free of pesticide residues or contained traces that...
Beef
The trade for Irish organic beef has come under pressure since the UK public decided to leave the European Union,...
Rural Life
This great footage from the US shows the wheat harvest, on over 2,000ac, on one family farm in Osborne County, Kansas....
Agri-Business
The EU should place mandatory limits on industrially-produced trans-fatty acids (TFA) which may increase the risk of certain health problems...
Sheep
Formal approval by the European Commission of Ireland’s €25m Animal Welfare Sheep Scheme is expected “by year end”, the Secretary General...
Dairy
Irish farmgate milk prices could increase sequentially through to the end of March next year, according to IFA Dairy Committee...
Grass
Swards that were grazed prior to being closed off are producing silage of a significantly higher quality than those which...
Sheep
The North’s Department of Agriculture has invested £825,000 (€921,666) in a new sheep housing and handling facility at the College of Agriculture...
Rural Life
To date this year, 4,610 deer hunting licences have been issued by the Department of Arts, Heritage, Regional, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs....
Sheep
A Blackface ram lamb sold for £85,000 (€95,500) at the annual sale in Lanark mart in Scotland on Friday, October...
Agri-Business
The Belgian Prime Minister Charles Michel has announced that Belgium is “not in a position to sign CETA“, meaning that...