Dairy
Co. Limerick family wins top prize at NDC and Kerrygold milk awards
The Macnamara family from Hospital, Co. Limerick have been announced as the overall winners of the 2023 National Dairy Council...
Limerick
Environment
Biofarm 2023 to focus on natural farm management
The National Organic Training Skillnet (NOTS) describes itself as a “not-for-profit network that offers high-quality, low-cost training for the expanding...
Sponsored
Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Agri-Business
Nestlé proposes to close Wyeth Nutrition infant formula plant
Nestlé has today (Wednesday, October 18) announced that it is proposing to cease operations at its Wyeth Nutrition infant formula...
Agri-Business
Wyeth Nutritionals posts pre-tax loss despite revenues over €225m
By Gordon Deegan The Co. Limerick firm Wyeth Nutritionals, which sells infant formula to markets including China last year recorded...
Dairy
Almost 50 years of 'award winning' Jersey breeding
Co. Limerick dairy farmer Marian Collins has been involved in the rearing of “award-winning” Jersey cows on her family farm...
Rural Life
Newcastle West Show falls foul of weather conditions
Another agricultural show has fallen foul of the current adverse weather conditions, as Newcastle West Show has been cancelled for...
Agri Politics
Farmers 'should not be' penalised by RZLT - Cllr
Fine Gael, Co. Limerick councillor, Liam Galvin has said that Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) is necessary in larger “more...
Property
Road frontage land parcels on market
Two parcels of land with road frontage that will be of interest to those keen to build a house are...
Sponsored
Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Property
39ac Pallaskenry 'trophy holding' for sale
Billed as a “trophy holding” by the selling agent, a 39ac residential farm with extensive road frontage, located in close...
Machinery Focus
Focus: Limerick contractor - 50 years on and no notion of retiring
Limerick contractor, Pat Hanley first took to the wheel of tractor when working on his father’s farm at Ballylanders, Co....
Machinery Focus
Focus: Contracting with a lightweight Kverneland in Limerick
The accepted wisdom is that contractors need everything to be built like the proverbial brick outhouse because the equipment will...
Rural Life
Man charged with alleged Limerick fertiliser heist
A man has been charged in connection with an alleged fertiliser heist in Co. Limerick. 38-year-old Noel Greaney, from John...
Agri-Business
Limerick catering company plants first vegetable crop
An owner of a catering company in Co. Limerick, who wanted to give customers an authentic farm-to-fork experience, has just...
Agri-Business
Kerry and Limerick farmers urged to consider BVD vaccination
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Animal Health Committee, TJ Maher has urged farmers in north Kerry and...
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Roscommon sheep farmer maximises lamb performance
The ideal combination of Lamlac and efficient feeding technology to boost lamb performance has made life a great deal easier...
Rural Life
Gardaà investigate suspected arson on Co. Limerick farm
Gardaà have confirmed that they are treating a fire on a farm in Co. Limerick over the weekend as a...
Beef
Reminder - ABP calf-rearing event set for Limerick this evening
The ABP Food Group Advantage Beef Programme team is set to host its final calf-rearing information evening in Co. Limerick....
Rural Life
Limerick gang jailed for burglary on isolated Clare farmhouse
By Gordon Deegan A judge has jailed four members of a Limerick burglary gang for a cumulative 14 years for...
Forestry
Coillte withdraws plans for forestry plantation in Limerick
Coillte has confirmed to Agriland that it has withdrawn plans for a forestry project in west Limerick spanning almost 55ac....