Thursday 21 June 2018
A UK dairy farmer has described it as the "worst night in my 20 years of dairy farming daylight has broken to 54 dead cows".
There will be no unspent CAP monies available to fund a €200/hd suckler cow support scheme, the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, will tell the Joint Oireachtas Agriculture Committee today.
A 101ac residential farm on the outskirts of Cork city sold for €5.8m or €58,000/ac at auction.
Surveying a field of 50,000 green peppers, Daniel de Almeida proudly explains how he "produces" all the water needed by crops and livestock on his farm on the outskirts of Brasilia, a city about to end water rationing after a severe drought.
Six animals were killed by loose dogs close to Rathdrum last Thursday.
The Kerry Co-op board has committed to communicating with all A and B shareholders in the coming weeks to solicit their views on the future direction of the organisation.
The Ombudsman received over 3,000 complaints about public services including Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, including one where a man complained to the Ombudsman when the Department of Agriculture imposed a penalty on his application for a Basic Payment in April 2016.
Serious issues relating to the operation of livestock B&B, commonly used by hundreds of farmers, are now threatening the future of the practice countrywide.
In the modern world of work, it's not just millennials who have multi-faceted careers.
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has announced a new action plan which aims to address a series of labour and human capital issues facing the dairy sector.
China will scale up its dairy firms and look to improve overall product quality in a bid to rejuvenate a sector hit by food safety scandals, according to a government plan released on Monday.
I spoke to one sheep factory representative yesterday and after our conversation on the trade concluded, I asked if he was he watching the World Cup. "No," he replied, "hurling is my thing, and more so since we're sailing the top of a wave down here with Davy Fitzgerald."
Animal rights Group Compassion in World Farming Ireland is to target key ferry operators in their latest bid to halt live exports.
A cultural change is needed to encourage herdowners to rely more on a breeding index rather than relying on a high level of feeding to estimate the genetic potential of bulls.
A farmer received a refund after a €27,550 penalty was imposed on him in relation to a Rural Environmental Protections Scheme (REPS) payment.
A High Court dispute arising out of an alleged failure to count votes in elections for positions on the national executive of the Irish Country Women's Association (ICA) has gone to mediation.
Both Dairygold and LacPatrick have announced their May milk prices with a difference of almost 2c/L between the two processors.
An agricultural course with a difference is calling on entrepreneurs to apply with the aim of unlocking a new generation of agri-tech innovators in Ireland.
New undercover footage from a Polish farm shows workers smashing baby chicks on metal to kill them.
With the school holidays for primary school children only around the corner, we've compiled a list of farm activities for all the family to enjoy over the summer period.
Planning applications have been made for two multi-million solar farms in Co Longford.
Ireland’s second biggest dairy market, China is putting in place a strategy to improve the quality of its dairy products and improve the reputation of the industry.
Leaders of South American trade bloc Mercosur pushed for trade deals with Asian and other Western Hemisphere countries during a summit on Monday, as roadblocks remained in talks with the European Union (EU) despite optimism earlier this year.
Rainfall in most of the country is well below normal levels, according to Met Eireann, and Teagasc is advising farmers to manage drought conditions by holding rotation lengths.
EU Agriculture Ministers are sceptical as to the capacity of the new CAP to deliver genuine simplification for national authorities and farmers.
A farmer who sold his eggs as expensive and free range may face jail due to fraud charges.
A man is putting a planned €5m sale of lands in Co Meath at risk by claiming adverse possession over part of them, a developer has claimed before the Commercial Court.
Agri services company, Origin Enterprises has reported robust performance despite unseasonal weather having an adverse impact on growing conditions worldwide
The Government could be forced to restrict farming expansion if Ireland is to avoid massive EU fines for not meeting its targets on emissions reduction.
President Donald Trump’s tariff battle with key buyers of US apples, soybeans and corn threatens the support of some of his biggest backers with some US farmers now seeing their livelihoods in jeopardy.
Milk intake at Lakeland Dairies is set to increase by 22pc to almost 1.45 billion litres by 2022.
In the words of Ger Dineen, who was awarded the Beef Grassland Farmer of the Year in 2017, “the more grass I grow, the more money I make”.
The southern winter is a glorious thing with chilly nights and warm days, dust in the air and lungs, the harvested maize stalks withering in stooped ranks, the chapped lips and static in the air, the smell of fires at dusk and the skies that go on forever. And the land burned gold and brown in the absence of rain. The land. Begetter of life and instigator of tragedies.
Many businesses and organizations possess what is known as a mission statement, which is essentially a written statement, to say why the business exists, its values, where the business is going in the future and what it hopes to accomplish.
A South-East Clare farmer is using a novel way to protect his sheep grazing on the Ardnacrusha head race canal from being injured or killed.
Farmers are to demand more income support if sterling drops further, amid fears over the lack of progress in the Brexit negotiations.
Only last month we were looking for dry weather and now we are looking for rain. Last week thunder showers went all around us and fell as close as a mile away, but didn't reach us.
Additional Irish meat plants have been approved to export their product to China.
A Kildare stud farm on 93 acres is expected to attract significant interest from the equestrian world, and from investors and developers when it goes for auction on July 5 next.
Temperatures are expected to reach highs of 22 degrees this week - but not before spells of continuous rain in certain parts of the country.
A father and son are recovering in Altnagelvin Hospital after being overcome by slurry fumes at a shed on their farm near Claudy in Co Derry.
The Health and Safety Authority and the Irish Primary Principals Network (IPPN) have issued a joint appeal to primary schools to promote a strong farm safety message to children before they break for the summer.
We can say what we like about 2018, but for me it was simply the year when we not alone got no spring but every day appeared to bring some new problem or challenge.
Increasing food production through intensive farming will not necessarily end world hunger, experts said on Thursday in a finding that flies in the face of established policy.
Cavan-based Lakeland Dairies will continue as the exclusive supplier of ice cream for Supermac's.
The government needs to hold an emergency Cabinet meeting to prove to the people of rural Ireland that it is serious about supplying broadband nationwide, Irish Rural Link CEO Seamus Boland has urged.
I'm blue in the face giving out about the EU farm subsidy regime. Anybody who has been willing to listen to me in recent years will have heard why I think the payments system is a complete farce.
Moorepark Farm at Garristown in north Dublin is a 203ac block of land typical of the large farms on the market at the moment. The sale is being guided pre auction at €10,000/ac.
A new milking parlour is the next priority for Oisín Gill as he continues his redevelopment of the home dairy farm in Hollymount near Claremorris, Co Mayo.
Some regard mushrooms as a delicacy but for those trying to make money from them they represent a delicate business.
The Louth Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (LSPCA) say they are delighted there has been a 'happy ending' for the animals rescued from a former petting farm in north Louth.
China has fired back in a spiralling trade dispute with US president Donald Trump by raising import duties on a $34bn list of American goods including soybeans, electric cars and whiskey.
While many of his friends were out enjoying themselves on New Year's Eve in 2016, west Wicklow dairy farmer Clive Williamson was thanking his lucky stars to be alive after a close encounter with a bullock left him nursing several broken bones in a hospital bed as the clock struck midnight.
Brexit and the potential for a trade war between Europe and the US are dominating the economic headlines, but labour shortages could well prove the most immediate threat to our booming economy.
The winner of the grassland farmer of the year in 2017, says “you need two things to make beef farming profitable; good grassland management and excellent breeding”.
A series of information meetings will take place in the coming days for sheep farmers interested in supplying 'Atlantic Hill Lamb'.
Kerry Group has increased its base price for May milk supplies it announced today.
It’s almost inevitable that my articles this year start with a discussion about the weather.
Northern Ireland’s Chief Veterinary Officer Dr. Robert J Huey is urging herd and flock keepers to avoid sourcing animals from Continental Europe, especially France, where the area has been affected by Bluetongue.
This week I take a look at some of the key service points to look out for when dealing with a used trailed silage mower conditioner.
Following consultation with the EU Commission on State Aid clearance, a commencement order will be signed for the Stamp Duty relief for farm consolidation, which was contained in Finance Act 2017.
Minister of State for Housing and Urban Development Damien English this week detailed a new exemption for farmers from the Government’s new vacant site levy.
My journeys last week took me to a 105ac farm with a derelict house at Balreask, Carlanstown, Kells in Co Meath. The farm is currently let to a local dairy farmer, is in the best of shape and is guided prior to auction at €850,000.
Machines that have been described as “defibrillators for bogs” are being deployed to revive some of Ireland’s oldest bogs.
A calf had a lucky escape after becoming trapped under a huge tree as Storm Hector raged across Northern Ireland.
Sheep farmers aim to cash in on the success of the Wild Atlantic Way by developing a specific market for west coast mountain lamb.
In a case that presented like a detective novel, the outcome of a seven-year-old investigation was concluded at Cavan Circuit Criminal Court last week.
A top class residential farm set on 140 acres of land has hit the market in Wexford.
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has said that the use of anti roll-bars on quads may actually increase the risk of injury to farmers.
Five points up with just 10 minutes remaining Tipperary hurlers thought they had it in the bag on Sunday, but Clare had other ideas and by the time the final whistle blew in Thurles the Banner had beaten the 2016 All-Ireland champions.
The Northern Ireland agri-food industry is "in grave peril" because of the Stormont stalemate and unresolved Brexit issues, a major producer has warned.
The IFA is to call for a substantial increase in the Rural Development Programme (RDP) speanding post 2020.
French farmers began lifting a blockade of refineries and fuel depots yesterday after unions made progress in talks with the government over competition from cheaper imports, including palm oil.
This report is the latest update from Michael Duffy's sheep farm in Kerrykeel, 23 miles north of Letterkenny on the Fanad Peninsula in Donegal.
A 220ac farm at Ardrass about 1km from Straffan Village in north Kildare is coming to auction with a guide price between €10,000 and €12,000/ac, writes Jim O’Brien.
Four Cork credit unions have joined forces to pilot an innovative new lending scheme offering specific finance packages to members of the farming community operating across the wider north Cork area.
Power has been restored to up to 140,000 homes, farms and businesses after the country was battered by "severe and potentially damaging gusts" .
Irish farmers will be pleased to hear that Phil Hogan is doing well in the Brussels minefield as the EU Agriculture Commissioner.
Farmers risk losing control of their co-operative dairy businesses unless a pipeline of well-trained young board members is put in place.
A longtime member of the Irish Country Women's Association (ICA) has brought proceedings aimed at compelling the organisation to count votes casts in its election for positions on its national executive, the High Court has heard.
The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Michael Creed today met with his UK counterpart, Michael Gove MP, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in London.
Teagasc has appointed John Spink as the Head of its Crops, Environment and Land Use Programme for a five year term.
A 49-year-old man who pleaded guilty at Sligo District Court to no insurance told Judge Kevin Kilrane he was using the tractor to bring meal and hay to his cattle on what he described as an ‘awful day with snow’.
It is the year of the bigger holdings, every second farm on the market in 2018 is 100ac and over.
After almost a month of constant price pressure during which lamb fell by up to €1.20/kg or €24.60/kg on a 20.5kg carcase, yesterday morning saw factory prices recover slightly.
It was a big week for Brexit as the UK finally came forward with its "backstop" solution for the Ireland/Northern Ireland border.
Around dawn, the shepherds gather near the Italian town of Maso Corto and prepare to take their sheep into Austria, along an Alpine track centuries older that the border they are crossing.
A booming trade in the marts for heavy cattle has resulted in top-quality forward stores making €250 to €300 more than this time last year.
Farmers organisation have reacted angrily following the announcement of May milk prices by both Glanbia Ireland and Lakeland Dairies.
Inland Fisheries Ireland has again issued an appeal to farmers to remain vigilant during the summer months when harvesting silage and spreading slurry to avoid water pollution and the loss of nutrients into rivers, lakes and other watercourses.
Glanbia will pay its Member milk suppliers a base price of 29c/L, maintaining the price it paid in April.
Cattle at a National Trust wildlife haven in Northern Ireland have completed their unconventional annual pilgrimage – by swimming 100m across a lake to graze fresh pasture.
The challenge for mid-summer grazing management is to keep leafy grass in front of the herd every day.
The Government has announced a capital funding of €8m for 10 Institutes of Technology to provide apprenticeship programmes.
A group of landowners in Northern Ireland have secured High Court permission to challenge the approval of a £200m cross-border electricity line in Ireland.
Draft EU laws on post-2020 EU farm policy as tabled by the EU Commission on June 1 lack ambition and a proper budgetary backing, Agriculture MEPs told Commissioner Phil Hogan Monday evening.
Good things come in small packages, or at least that's the case for one farmer who claims to be the owner of Ireland's smallest calf.
A sheep farmer has been ordered to pay more than €30,000 in unpaid rent relating to ‘prime lands’ he has leased in west Limerick.
Lakeland is the first major dairy processor to announce its May milk price.
Items worth an estimated €3,000 were stolen from the well-known Keanes Farm Machinery store in Balla, Co Mayo during the early hours of Saturday morning.
Keeping healthy could become more costly as climate change and water scarcity cause a huge drop in the global production of vegetables and legumes, scientists said this week.
Older farmers find it almost impossible to visualise life without the farm in their life, says new Teagasc survey which looks at challenges facing older farmers who are considering whether they should transfer their land to the next generation.
Great news for eurosceptics: Bulgarian officials confirmed that Penka the cow will not be put down, following calls from across Europe - led by the Brexit bulletin - for the hapless bovine to be spared.
A community has been plunged into mourning after a man died in an accident on a Fermanagh farm yesterday.
French farmers have blocked access to oil depots and refineries with tonnes of onions, wood and rubble, as part of a three-day protest over plans to allow Total to use imported palm oil at a biofuel plant.
The rain predicted by Met Eireann for later in the week will be welcome news for farmers who are facing drought conditions in many parts of the country.
The auction season is in full swing with parcels big and small selling under the hammer across the country.
Serious differences regarding the future direction of Kerry Co-op are expected to come to a head at the society's AGM tomorrow.
The ESB has unveiled plans for a massive 91 megawatt windfarm in Scotland.
A man has died following an incident on a farm in Co Fermanagh on Monday.
British public opinion is turning against radical Brexiteers who are blocking a good EU-UK divorce deal, Irish EU Commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
A meeting on the crisis in farming in County Wexford and nationally on last Thursday night heard that local farmers are facing huge financial pressures after the fodder crisis in an industry which has a stark future.
U.S. President Donald Trump renewed his complaints about Canada’s dairy system on Thursday ahead of a Group of Seven summit in Quebec that is likely to center on trade disputes.
Agricultural greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are projected to increase by 9pc by 2030, relative to the 2005 baseline, unless action is taken, according to a new report from Teagasc.
A tractor and trailer carrying silage bales was stopped by Kilkenny Road Policing Unit last week.
If, like many of us, you've been watching RTE One's latest interiors show The Great House Revival and are feeling inspired - and flush enough - to embark on your own restoration, the perfect project awaits you in Co Tipperary.
New research from Teagasc Grange has highlighted the dangers of Vitamin D deficiency among young calves in Ireland.
The writer and farmer John Connell is the author of the well-known The Cow Book, which was published earlier this year and gives an account of a year on his family farm in Ballinalee, Co Longford.
Ten acres of Laois land made a strong €17,750/ac at a recent auction.
'Don't cast a clout till May is out' is an old saying that my father often reminds me about each year when we're thinking about making silage or making decisions on how much silage we should make.
“We wanted to replicate everything that is on a normal golf course.”
Milking cows, caring for calves and walking greyhounds as she contributed to her parents' efforts to turn around the ailing family farm in Drom, Co Tipperary, gave Evelyn Bourke an early sense of what it takes to run an enterprise.
For an agricultural consultant, the busiest time of year are the weeks leading up to the close of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) applications date on May 15.
It has been great weather to walk the land - every place looks its best, you can leave the wellies in the boot of the car and wander where you will.
Joey Conroy's contracting business is not for the work shy . There are 4am starts and 8pm finishes and a whole season of slurry spreading, zero grazing, hedge cutting and other jobs in front of him.
China will impose temporary anti-dumping measures on imports of Brazilian chicken meat, it said this week, at the same time as the US pressures Beijing to reopen its market to American poultry products.
The legislative proposals for the CAP post 2020 announced by the Commission last Friday continue the trend embarked upon in the last CAP reform. They give even more responsibility and flexibility to Member States in the design of agricultural policy.
Motivation is one of the most important attributes of successful farmers.
Milford House at Milford in Co Carlow is an early 19th-century Georgian house on 50ac located 8km south of Carlow town. The historic house and its lands are currently on the market with a guide price of €1.375m.
The tar was melting on the roads as I drove down through the middle of the country to see a 91ac farm at Clarkville, just outside Edenderry in Co Offaly. The fine elevated farm is guided at €10,000/ac.
Q: I have leased 24ha of grazing land for almost 40 years and I have farmed it as my own. The land is classed as disadvantaged - 16ha is mountain and the rest is low land.
While the west of the country braces itself for torrential rain and thunderstorms, the east basks in sunshine.
Inland Fisheries Ireland is calling on the agricultural sector to be “extremely careful” in current hot weather after a major fish kill in Mayo.
Gardai have issued a warning after a farmer lost a significant sum of money in an online tractor purchase scam.
What springs to mind when you think of a skilled craft? Fine art, precision engineering, needlework, maybe plastic surgery? I doubt that tractor driving would come high on the list.
Almost 1,000 feet above sea level in South Kilkenny, Bryan and Gail Daniels will showcase their outstanding pure Friesian herd of 300 cows to breeders from all over the country tomorrow.
Owen O'Driscoll runs across the car park of ta midlands' hotel to meet me, even though he is early for the interview. This agile West Corkman is the new president of the Agricultural Consultants Association (ACA), a man who lives life at a busy pace.
Farmers in some parts of the country are facing possible moisture deficits as the good weather continues.
A set of proposals aimed at resolving proceedings brought against the Irish Countrywomen's Association (ICA) are to be furnished early next week, the High Court heard.
Plans to curb the use of antibiotics on farms, so as to keep resistant bacteria out of human foods, were informally agreed by MEPs and ministers this week.
Wexford farmers endured serious mental health issues during the fodder crisis leading to at least two being hospitalised, Cllr Pip Breen told a recent crisis meeting in the county.
Machines all over the country are on the move with the 2018 first cut silage campaign now in full swing. It's an exciting time of year and after a slow start, grass now looks to be in plentiful supply. However, silage-making is a notoriously expensive job for farmers. An unexpected downpour of rain leading to botched quality silage, or a mower getting banjaxed thanks to a "UFO" (unidentified...
GARDAI are investigating the theft of of electric fencing in County Limerick.
For a number of years silage time seems to have coincided with erratic weather patterns which has made the first cut a 'snatch and grab' operation.
Times are good for oak tree growers in France.
Slyguff Lodge, a 65ac residential farm with a wide range of farm buildings near Bagenalstown in Co Carlow made €1.52m at auction last week, writes Jim O’Brien.
The wife of a Circuit Court Judge has brought proceedings against a farmer for alleged trespass on what she claims is her property.
Thankfully, the long awaited sunshine arrived to coincide with first cut silage making.
The manager of a Co-op in Ballinful stole goods to the value of almost €44,000 from the business over a four and a half year span, Sligo Circuit Court heard.
Last week's trade returned to a more confident footing as the good weather lessened numbers in some places, resulting in more competition at ringside.
Glanbia has to deepen members' understanding of the payments model which enables Glanbia Co-op to pay supports to farmer suppliers for milk and grain: that's the message from its new chairman Martin Keane.
FARMERS should only move lambs as they became fit and not sell any underweight or under-finished lambs, the farm organisations have claimed.
Ukrainian villages are still suffering the legacy of Chernobyl more than 30 years on, new research suggests.
The four Limerick men charged with burglary of a rural Co Clare farmhouse where a 95-year-old man was asleep at the time have been sent forward for trial.
European Commission officials have confirmed that a proposed cap on EU payments under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) will affect very few farmers.
A shortage of fruit pickers means British farmers are having to accept anyone with “two hands and two legs", a recruitment agency has said.
The Irish government will not block any future trade deal between the EU and Mercosur, despite intense lobbying by the farm organisations and meat processors.
Boosted by the poor weather conditions in Europe this spring, dairy markets are continuing to improve and should translate into positive returns to dairy farmers in the coming months, according to ICMSA Dairy Chairman, Mr. Gerald Quain.
Choosing the best ram for breeding used to be a case of checking for foot rot, good lamb weight and a vigorous countenance.
A man in his late 50s has died in a farming accident has been named locally as Maurice Coffey.
Irish farm income could fall by €200m a year depending on the exact design of the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Farmers may frustrated at their co-ops and blame them for the price of milk, or cattle, but they need to remember that the co-op model delivers, outgoing ICOS President Martin Keane.
As silage harvesting continues at speed, farmers will need to make the most of the better weather early this week.
Professor Thia Hennessy, Dean of Cork University Business School (CUBS) at UCC has been appointed to the Teagasc Authority by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD.
Planning for the future of agriculture post-Brexit needs to make rapid progress despite the Stormont political impasse, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) said.
A man has died following an incident involving machinery on a farm in Waterford.
Ahead of yesterday's Waterford versus Tipperary championship match the expectation was that the Déise could expect a very thorough examination from the Premier County.
Hidden in the alpine meadows of the western Bulgarian highlands, the village of Kopilovtsi is about as far from Brussels as it is possible to get.
Global dairy prices fell from nine-month highs hit the previous month at a fortnightly auction held early on Wednesday as strong supply muted buyers' willingness to pay for key products such as whole milk powder.
The south-east basked in glorious sunshine last week and some beautiful properties coming on the market are looking their best, writes Jim O'Brien.
Warm, dry weather in the European Union has boosted wheat crops after a damp, chilly start to spring, but dryness is now a risk in some zones as wheat enters a key month for determining yields before the summer harvest, analysts said.
A jury has convicted a man of the aggravated burglary, assault and robbery of an 81-year old farmer in north Dublin in July 2016.
It was Pat Short of the D'Ubelievables who said that this would be a great little country if only we could put a roof on it.
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed said the government is extremely concerned over proposed cuts to the Common Agricultural Policy.
Suspected botulism outbreaks are understood to be under investigation following animal deaths on farms in Meath and Kildare.
With silage season well under way, it's important that farmers reaccustom themselves with the rules of the road when it comes to driving their tractor during the busy summer season.
Farmers aiming to apply for the current tranche of the TAMS (Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme) scheme must apply before the deadline this Friday, June 8.
THE Clenagh Charolais herd has shone again with the cream of both the prizes and the prices going the way of the Clare herd at the end-of-season Charolais Cattle Society Show and Sale at GVM Mart, Tullamore on Saturday.
All road users to be on their guard as farming activities ratchet up and in the wake of a horror accident involving a tractor over the bank holiday weekend.
I wouldn’t wish what I saw on my worst enemy, a farmer who discovered the decapitated body of one of his sheep has said.
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has confirmed that penalties have been applied to those found to have breached live export regulations.
For the third week in a row factories pulled back their opening bids for spring lamb, this time by 30-40c/kg. Overall quotes for lamb have now fallen by a cumulative figure of between 90-120c/kg in three weeks.
John Deere's futuristic new 5000-litre capacity R4050i self-propelled sprayer will be demonstrated for the first time in the Sprays & Sprayers arena at Cereals 2018 in England next month.
One of the gorgeous days we had last week saw me in north-west Mayo looking out at the broad Atlantic and visiting a number of properties on the books of Karl Fox of Fox and Gallagher, Ballina.
Germany’s Bayer will wrap up the $63 billion takeover of Monsanto on Thursday and also retire the U.S. seeds maker’s 117 year-old name.
The Larry Goodman-owned ABP has announced an investment of £17m for the planned redevelopment of its Perth processing plant in Scotland.
An awareness campaign is needed to increase lime usage, according to Teagasc economist Dr Cathal Buckley.
Larry Goodman's ABP Food Group is to invest £17m (€19.35m) in a planned redevelopment of its Perth processing plant in Scotland that will create 80 new jobs.
A member of the Irish Country Women's Association (ICA) is seeking a High Court injunction preventing the organisation from destroying ballot papers returned for its recent elections for executive positions including national president.
Meet the hunter who kills more than 200 deer a year – but has now had his guns confiscated as part of a legal row.
After an extremely difficult and late spring everything has changed for the better.
I am of an age that I can boast of being a student at Kildalton Agricultural College in its second year of operations.
An angler who found two dead calves with their ears cut off in the Morning Star river in Athlacca, Co Limerick has called it “atrocious”.
Joe Phelan does not have the flu, but he has gone viral. Or rather his alpacas have gone viral. Or rather he is smiling because of the 10 million 'hits' clocked up by his short video featuring alpacas and prosecco.
Another year, more farm surveys and yet the results and conclusions remain the same.
The structure of CAP payments needs to be overhauled to address the growing divide between dairy and other farming sector incomes, the ICSA has warned.
Sean O'Donnell has survived the long winter and late spring and is catching up with all the delayed farm work at his 100ha dairy enterprise near Ballina in Co Mayo.
John, Anne and Pat Woods, winners of Arrabawn's Supplier of the Year Awards, have a simple and no fuss approach to ensuring milk quality - "look after the cows and the cows will look after you".
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