Rural Life
By Chris McCullough Farmers in South Africa say they are deeply worried that a bill regarding land seizures has been...
By Anne Lucey A 29-year-old man has appeared before Killarney District Court charged with stealing a sheep in lamb and...
Agri-Business
By Gordon Deegan A judge has directed that the owner of a Shannon based Halal meat plant operator, Asba Meats,...
Dairy
By Chris McCullough Back in 2006, just a year after graduating with a business degree, Carl purchased 85ac of land...
By Mairtín Ó’Catháin Hobnail boots on a country road in Connemara. We counted the steps in sound. Each step sending a thud...
By Chris McCullough Even though Russian missiles are still targeting dairy farms in Ukraine, the bigger industrial units are investing...
By Gordon Deegan The south Galway farmer who threw a bag on cow dung in the direction of then junior...
By Chris McCullough It’s a real ‘topsy turvy’ world producing milk in Argentina at the moment as farmers battle high...
Agri Politics
By Guillaume Gandon, chair of the International Confederation of European Beet Growers (CIBE) Economic and General Affairs Committee (EGAC)/Copa Cogeca...
By Gordon Deegan An 82-year-old man died of hypothermia when unable to get up from a fall outside his remote...
By Gordon Deegan Armed gardaí had to deploy pepper spray and tasers to get under control a 60-year-old part-time farmer...
Tillage
By Megan O’Brien The next government must provide real support for the tillage sector by fighting for the nitrates derogation...
Beef
By Megan O’Brien Farmers in Ireland are already under increasing pressure every year and the Mercosur Trade Deal will have...
By Megan O’Brien A failure to negotiate a stronger Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) deal, insufficient support for food producers and...
By Gordon Deegan Food giant, Nestle has put a €472.4 million cost on its decision to shut down its Wyeth Nutritionals infant formula plant...
By Chris McCullough A number of exhibitors at the recent EuroTier Show in Germany have said that they are concerned...
By Gordon Deegan A judge has directed that the operator of a halal meat plant in Shannon, Co Clare, attend...
N.Ireland
“Anger. Uncertainty. Disappointment. Apprehension. Dread. Heartbreak. Those are just some of the emotions that everyone here tonight is feeling right...
