Dairy News
The FBD National Dairy Show is set to kick off at the Green Glens Arena in Millstreet, Co. Cork tomorrow afternoon (Friday, October 9).
Beef
A show and sale of organic heifers which took place in Gort Mart last week saw a top price of €3,500 for a 565kg Limousin heifer.
Dairy
Six out of the 14 major co-ops lifted prices for the month, bringing some slight re-ranking to the Milk Price Tracker.
Rural Life
A Dunmore contractor has broken a Guinness World Record for ploughing by cultivating an acre faster than anyone has before.
News
The cost of some everyday food staples has fallen over the past year, with dairy products leading the price drops, new figures show today.
Authorities have seized land and frozen bank accounts as part of a probe into possible fraud involving EU agricultural subsidies in France.
Agri Politics
Prospective developers of biogas projects are being called on to express interest in the government’s €200 million biomethane grant scheme.
Agri-Business
"The future of farming cannot be separated from the participation, leadership and visibility of women in this sector."
Police
Police in Northern Ireland have appealed for information and witnesses after a tractor was "set alight" in Co. Armagh.
Schemes
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has confirmed that the OFS will not take on new farmers this year.
The Irish Hereford Breed Society has announced the winners of its national photo competition across three categories.
New figures show Midlands farmers are leading the way, with farm entrepreneurial income soaring by 80% to €555 million in 2025.
Teagasc has appointed new regional advisory managers for Tipperary and Galway/Clare.
Tillage
Malting barley growers need an extra€50/t on top of the figures listed in the recently published harvest 2026 price schedules.
Met Éireann has issued Status Yellow weather warnings for heavy rain across several western counties over the coming 24 hours.
The Barledziew pedigree Holstein herd out of south-west Scotland saw a top price of 5,800gns in its dispersal sale.
The president of the Brazilian Beef Exporters Association (ABIEC) expects Brazilian beef to be back in the EU market within the coming months.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has outlined some of the initial details of an upcoming fertiliser support scheme.
fuel support
Carbon taxes are penalising those who have "no alternative but to drive tractors and machinery that use green diesel," according to Sinn Féin.
Roscommon Co-Operative Livestock Mart is set to host a dispersal sale on behalf of a retiring...
The European Organic Congress has attracted 260 representatives of the organic movement, policymakers, farmers, businesses, and researchers.
A 'lean review' of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine's bovine tuberculosis (TB) programme is set to continue next year.
The Ornua Purchase Price Index (PPI) has increased for September, resulting in an indicative milk price increase of 2c/L.
A major meeting of malting barley growers will take place next Monday, (October 12) to discuss urgent issues affecting the sector.
MEPs have debated the latest developments in the negotiations on the EU's next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF).
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has said that criticism of his department's budget allocation is "playing with figures".
Pig/Poultry
Manor Farm has set out a new sustainability strategy aimed at supporting the long-term resilience of Irish poultry farming.
In an exclusive interview with Agriland from Sao Paulo, the president of the Brazilian Beef...
The finalists for the FBD National Dairy Show Innovation Awards, which take place on Friday, October 9, have been officially announced.
N.Ireland
Two NI farmers will share their experiences in cutting carbon emissions on their farms at the upcoming Dairy Conference 2026.
Domestic milk intake by milk processors and co-ops was estimated at 865.3 million litres in August 2026.
Machinery
2,033 new tractors have been registered in Ireland in the first nine months of 2026, new data from the FTMTA shows.
