Beef
Based in the townland of Tipper near Ballymahon, Co. Longford, John O'Hanlon runs an organic...
The 2025 Beef Calving Statistics report from the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) provides...
A breeding heifer payment is needed to encourage farmers to breed additional heifers, the manager...
Marts in key suckler-bred weanling producing regions of Ireland have seen over half the weanling...
The time of the year for suckler farmers to wean spring-born calves is fast approaching and, like...
Agriland can reveal 4,600 herds and 85,700 cows have gone from SCEP since its inception. The...
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has called for disbudding and dehorning of calves in the...
Year four of the five-year Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) started on July 1, and...
Less than 20% of all suckler-bred calves born in Ireland are bred from artificial insemination (AI)...
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) CEO Sean Coughlan has confirmed that the economic...
The best method of getting pre-calving minerals into suckler cows was discussed on a recent Teagasc...
Suckler farmers participating in the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) or their advisors...
Payments for scheme year-two of the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) have commenced today...
Beef Focus
Earlier last month, Agriland paid a visit to Tullow, Co. Carlow, to the suckler and dairy-beef farm...
Rural Life
Upland farmers are, on average, more economically and financially challenged than other farmers,...
Suckler farmers are in the business for breeding and producing livestock and will know the...
This time of the year is when suckler farmers usually wean calves from their cows and reducing...
A Limousin-cross heifer and a Belgian Blue-cross heifer made €5,600 and €5,500 respectively at...
One of the farm visits at the recent Sommet de l'Élevage livestock show in France was to a 65-cow...
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has been called on to provide...
Agri-Business
Most suckler farmers will be familiar with weighing their cows and calves and recording the data as...
As reaction continues to last week's release of the National Farm Survey 2023 report, and the stark...
Incomes for suckler farms fell back in 2023 by 15%, with persistently high input costs more than...
