Rural Life
Clonakilty to host 2025 Ag Colleges Challenges Day
Students are getting ready for this year’s Agricultural Colleges Challenges Day to be hosted by Clonakilty Agricultural College in Cork...
Macra
Rural Life
Parade of light tractor run ready to glow this bank holiday
The eagerly awaited Meath Macra parade of light tractor run will return this bank holiday Monday, February 3, continuing its...
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...
Rural Life
Macra increases membership prices for 2025
Macra has confirmed that it will increase its membership prices beginning on February 1, 2025. Current membership will not be...
Agri Politics
Macra: Minister Heydon 'is aware' of the challenges facing farming
The new Minister for Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine, Martin Heydon, is “more than aware of the challenges facing...
Rural Life
Who did Macra crown as the 2025 'Northwest King and Queen'?
Macra has officially crowned Leitrim’s Sinéad O’Reilly, and Wexford’s Tom Devereux as the overall champions of the 18th Aurivo Northwest...
Agri-Business
EU commissioner to 'address' support for young Irish farmers
Macra president, Elaine Houlihan, today (Thursday, January 23) called on the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, to...
Rural Life
Contestants gearing up for stand out Macra event in the North-West
Contestants are gearing up for the 18th annual ‘Aurivo North-West Kings and Queens’ event run by Macra, which is set...
Agri-Business
Watch: Macra meeting hears generational renewal concerns
Around 50 people attended a Macra meeting in Co. Limerick last night (Wednesday, January 15) to share their concerns around...
Sponsored
RDS Announces Opening of Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards
In its sixth year, the RDS Sustainable Agriculture & Rural Development Awards celebrates the work of individuals, farming families and...
Agri Politics
Programme for government must deliver for young people - Macra
The new programme for government needs to deliver for young people and make “substantive investments in rural youth”, according to...
Agri-Business
Macra to host public meetings on generational renewal
Macra has announced that it will host a series of public meetings next week focused on the issue of generational...
Agri Politics
Kerry man bidding to become next Macra president
The race to become the next president of Macra has kicked off with John Martin Carroll from Causeway in Co....
Rural Life
Make the Moove support line to operate during Christmas
Make the Moove, the national mental health and wellbeing charity for farmers and rural communities, has announced that it is...
Rural Life
Watch: GE24 series – DAFM did not deliver for young farmers - farm leaders
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) did not deliver for young farmers under the last coalition government,...
Rural Life
Donegal singer strikes a chord with 'God Bless the Farmers' cover
A 26-year-old Donegal country singer, David James, has struck a chord with the farming community, north and south, with his...
Sponsored
Opti-Skim trumps calf milk replacer with newest edition
Auctus has now launched the newest edition to its calf milk replacer product range. There are now seven calf milk...
Rural Life
Macra calls on parties to deliver 3 'key pillars' of rural regeneration
Macra has called on parties and candidates contesting the 2024 General Election to deliver on three “key pillars” of rural...
Agri-Business
Macra and Land Mobility Service host info meeting for farmers
Roscommon Macra and The Land Mobility Service supported by Aurivo will host an event to provide information to farmers later...
Rural Life
Taoiseach to work on developing 'comprehensive' succession policy
Taoiseach Simon Harris has told the Macra Rally today (Saturday, October 26) that he will work towards developing a “comprehensive...
Dairy
TAMS: Minister to make change to robotic milking machine cap
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has said that he is changing the criteria regarding the grant-aiding...