Beef
With weanling cattle seeing prices over €5/kg and the best cattle making over €6.50/kg, maintaining weanling health is of vital importance.
Rural Life
Farm diversification is taking on ever more inventive forms, from glamping pods to farm shops helping farmers generate extra income.
Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI) is continuing to investigate a significant fish kill in Co. Dublin.
Dairy
For most dairy farmers the August bank holiday is just another weekend, but farmers also need to take some essential time off.
Is the lynx an elegant feline that could benefit our ecosystem, or an unwelcome predator that will prey on our livestock?
Environment
The national forecaster said that weather conditions conductive to the spread of potato blight will affect many coastal regions.
A calf shed is one of the unusual venues at this year's Cork-on-a-Fork Festival, which is running from August 12-16.
When you pick up a gallon of milk at the shop, the nutrients it contains may depend on both what is on the label and the time of year.
The Knockbride Festival Family Fun Day in Co. Cavan, featuring tractor pulling and horsepower testing events, will take place on August 16.
Grass
Grass growth may be on the floor, but farmers will have noticed that reseeds preformed better during the dry period than older mature swards.
With the 2026 breeding season now wrapped up, farmers will be eager to pinpoint in calf animals through scanning or milk pregnancy testing.
A group of young farmers from across Ireland recently met to view different beef systems and visit...
Hayley and Gareth Lewis are milking 1,000 cows in Methven, New Zealand with their three children Harry, Mack, and Neve.
I explained to the DAFM official that I had a share in 2,800ac of mountain commonage in Connemara in west Galway
Beef News
Almost 8,500 young farmers applied for the National Reserve (NR) and Complementary Income Support for Young Farmers (CISYF) schemes in 2025.
Machinery Focus
With drought hammering the south-east and more northern and western areas increasingly dry, farmers are feeding silage nationwide.
EU
John Deere, New Holland and Fendt dominate European fields, but Ireland's grassland focused farming sector tells a slightly different story.
As the eldest of three sons, John Kelly took a back seat early on when it came to taking over the family farm.
There are currently fewer Farm Assist recipients than previous years, at just over 3,000, according to the Department of Social Protection.
Irish farms are required to comply with strict water quality regulations, but what tools are available to help farmers prevent pollution?
The tradition of booleying will be revived at this year's Cooley Connect Well Lunasa celebrations in Co. Louth.
N.Ireland
A number of cereal growers in England and Wales are reporting that 2026 grain yields are down by up to 30%
With grass growth still stagnant and limited rain forecast for the week ahead, farmers need to be reviewing fodder budgets.
Like most drier parts of the country, grass growth rates have all but stalled on the ABP Demo Farm in Co. Carlow.
Schemes
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has provided an update on the various scheme payments issued last week.
Agri Politics
Could a state-subsidised supermarket be the answer to rising food prices and help boost farm incomes? One councillor believes it would.
Tillage
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) is urging government to support the tillage sector.
Ireland's finest home bakers put their prized recipes to the test today (Tuesday, July 28) as the...
Podcast
The third instalment of Agriland's 'Around the Shows' podcast series bring us to Ossory...
A 59-year-old Galway farmer has walked free from court after receiving a fully suspended prison term for sexually assaulting a teenager
Farmers are being urged to use the the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS 3) to help improve farm security.
Agri-Business
Irish agriculture had a better year financially in 2025 - compared to 12 months earlier, according to new figures today (Friday, July 31).
