Rural Life
Musician and farmer's daughter Mags McCarthy is lobbying the government on the construction of a stem cell lab in Cork University Hospital.
Dairy
Calving is only around the corner for a lot of autumn herds, meaning preparations for optimal calf health should be well underway.
Beef
Castlerea Co-Operative Livestock Mart in Co. Roscommon hosted its weekly cattle sale on Thursday (September 10).
Dairy Focus
10 years ago Kieran Kennedy had no cows and no land, now he is milking 450 cows across three separate farms.
Glanbia is taking sports nutrition somewhere unexpected - the beer aisle in the United States.
Just over 32,800 head of cattle were slaughtered in the week ending Sunday, September 6, according to DAFM figures.
ICMSA figures show a fall of over €600 million in milk revenues to dairy farmers in the first six months of 2026 compared to 2025.
Machinery
With the harvest now wrapped for the majority of tillage farmers, all eyes will now be on getting crops into the ground.
The Midlands Mink Eradication pilot programme has recruited and trained 150 volunteers to target invasive American mink in the pilot area.
Beef exports from Brazil posted a record performance in the first half (H1) of 2026 in terms of both volume and value.
Tillage
Breaks crops, such as spring beans and winter oilseed rape, are now the real financial drivers on Irish tillage farms.
Grass growth is finally picking up after a long two months of drought, but now is not the time to get complacent.
There were approximately 550 weanlings on offer at Clare Mart's weanling sale in Ennis, Co. Clare on Tuesday (September 8).
Ploughing 2026 Exhibitor
Dairymaster has launched the new MooMonitor 360, the next generation of its industry-leading health and fertility monitoring system.
Bluetongue
A second case of bluetongue being identified this week will prompt concern amongst Irish livestock farmers of its spread.
A farmer "at breaking point" sold his herd with an estimated value of between €500,000 and €600,000 without telling his estranged wife.
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture is urging the public to remain vigilant for Asian hornets, despite no new confirmed sightings.
Podcast
In this episode of Farm Conversations, we head to Kilconnor in Co. Carlow to hear about one farmer’s journey into organic farming.
Following significant preparatory work, Teagasc officially launched its ‘Soil Cycle’ project at the organisation’s 2026 Crops Forum.
UK November 2026 future wheat prices dipped slightly for the trading week that ended on Friday, September 4.
The 2026 Teagasc Crops Forum event was marked by confirmation that the new winter barley planting season is underway.
Three steaks from across the island of Ireland are among the winners of the 2026 edition of the World Steak Challenge.
Met Éireann has issued 2 status yellow warnings for rain for counties in the west, north-west and south-west.
A second case of bluetongue has been identified in Ireland in 2026, after an unvaccinated cow developed clinical signs including abortion.
Agri Politics
Macra's farmer mental health campaign 'Make the Moove' was at the centre of a dispute that came before the Workplace Relations Commission.
2,142 new tractors were licensed for the first time up to the end of August this year, new data from the CSO shows.
An Garda Síochána, supported by Europol, has taken part in a major European operation targeting a horse trafficking network.
In this episode of Farm Conversations, we head to Kilconnor in Co. Carlow to hear about one...
Agri-Business
Soaring green diesel costs are pushing farmers and agricultural contractors to breaking point a Roscommon-Galway TD has warned.
A wetter-than-average spell is on the way, with rain and showers set to dominate the weather over the coming days according to Met Éireann.
The last day farmers can spread chemical fertiliser is coming up on Monday, September 14, so what should farmers do between now and then?
A young beef and sheep farmer group recently met for a knowledge transfer (KT) event, which took...
