Rural Life
Met Éireann has said that high pressure centred on the north of the country will bring mostly dry, calm and settled weather next week.
Sheep
Sheep veterinarian, Phillipa Page, has referenced Iceberg diseases as contributing significantly to reductions in flock productivity.
Tillage
Teagasc is confirming that the area of winter oilseed rape planted in Ireland has increased significantly this season
Dairy
With autumn calving underway and grazing days limited, farmers must be consider different diets to achieve optimum feed efficiency.
Beef
The Irish Simmental Cattle Society hosted its Premier Show and Sale at Roscommon Co-Operative...
Machinery
Have you ever been driving your modern tractor down a country road only for it to stop dead, almost throwing you from the seat?
Forestry
Demand for wood products globally is set to increase significantly over the next 25 years, a conference in Dublin has heard.
Podcast
The Agriland team bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week...
Schemes
EU member states agreed their provisional opinion on the next CAP, but what does it say about active and young farmers?
Agri-Business
The EU agri-food sector increased its positive trade balance in the first eight months of 2026, with a cumulative surplus of €34.7 billion.
Environment
This year’s Teagasc Water Quality Conference will focus on farm compliance and good farming practices' role in protecting water quality.
One of Ireland’s best-known culinary figures, Darina Allen, is travelling to India this week with Bord Bia...
The European Commission is now forecasting that beef production across the EU is facing a 2.2% year-on-year derease in 2026.
Series
Farming is a high risk occupation and it is even more so when severe weather arrives, so now is the time to prepare ahead of the winter.
The Irish sheep sector will be facing into a major bluetongue challenge next year, according to one leading veterinarian.
Gardaí are understood to be seeking information in relation to a theft from a shed in rural area of Co. Galway.
The government is being called on to ensure the new national rural policy is used to boost generational renewal in Irish agriculture.
News that the Algerian market has "temporarily closed" to cattle imports has seen export buyer activity ease at several mart sales.
With the weather getting challenging and milk production still slipping away, farmers will be soon ordering teat sealer for the drying off.
Over 27,000 tonnes of beef was imported into Ireland in the first eight months of 2026, the Department of Agriculture confirmed.
N.Ireland
Equipment from Trouw Nutrition's Belfast manufacturing plant is to be sold at auction following the closure of the facility last month.
Funding for a new Fallen Animal Scheme "must not come out of farmers' pockets", the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) said.
Direct payments under the CAP for farmers receiving a pension could be spared under the latest version of the CAP proposals.
Fendt will be showcasing two 2027 TOTY finalists as well as its celebratory limited edition 900 series next month at EIMA, in Bologna, Italy.
No changes to the inheritance tax have been announced in the UK's Autumn budget, unveiled today (Wednesday, October 28).
Agri Politics
A proposed 24% cut in funding for Irish farmers under the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is "still on the table", the ICSA warned.
As contractors and farmers alike adjust to the clocks 'going back' in October, the price of marked gas oil has not followed a similar trend.
Nestled on the coast of the Kingdom county, the well-known Leagh Holsteins herd has been engulfed...
Tirlán has announced a fertiliser support offer for 2027, with measures set to be available for both milk and grain suppliers.
Barry Cowen has backed a threat from some MEPs to pull support for a key part of the next EU budget unless CAP is guaranteed higher funding.
A proposal for installation aid to remain as a mandatory measure under the next CAP has been welcomed by the Macra president.
Farmers could screen cattle for bovine tuberculosis (TB) more quickly using artificial intelligence...
