The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has launched the ACA...
Milk Quality Ireland supports VAT refund call
Milk Quality Ireland (MQI), the cross-sector collaborative body including ICOS, Teagasc, dairy...
ICMSA welcomes statement on deer cull
Outgoing president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), Pat McCormack, has...
€8.5m payments have commenced under Protein Aid Scheme
Payments totalling €8.5m have commenced issuing to farmers under the Protein Aid scheme, which...
NDC Chief Executive Zoe Kavanagh to step down
National Dairy Council (NDC) Chief Executive Zoe Kavanagh is to leave the organization to take up...
FBD Contributes €6 million to new research centre
The centre is aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving the environmental...
New 60% grant rate for €1.5m Organic Processing Investment Grant Scheme
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett,...
IFA Christmas Campaign
IFA launched its Christmas Campaign in north Dublin this week, which is the heart of our...
World Soil Day 2023
The importance of healthy soils was highlighted by Government on World Soil Day (05 December).
Milk prices likely to rise by 10% in 2024
Economists at Teagasc expect milk prices to rise by 10 per cent in 2024 while input costs are...
€31.5m awarded for food-system research
A new research programme will bring together world-leading researchers from institutions across...
CSO: Pig slaughtering down by 9.3%
The number of pigs slaughtered between January to October 2023 was down by 9.3 per cent compared...
IFA calls for extension to Shannon Callows Flood Scheme
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president, Tim Cullinan has called on Minister Charlie...
McGuinness to deliver Michael Dillon Memorial Lecture
European Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness will deliver the Michael Dillon Memorial Lecture later...
Deadline extended for 2024 RDS Sustainable Agriculture Awards
The deadline has been extended for submission of entries to the 2024 RDS Sustainable Agriculture...
Teagasc releases final 2022 farm income figures
Teagasc economists have just released the final figures for farm incomes in 2022 based on the...
Suicide in the farming community – free webinar
HUGG, Ireland’s national suicide bereavement charity and Embrace FARM are coming together to...
Suicide in the Farming Community – free webinar
A suicide-bereavement information webinar, hosted by HUGG and Embrace FARM will take place on...
More farm inspections and follow-up enforcement needed – EPA
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has stated that more local authority farm inspections...
Liver fluke forecast – infection prevalent across Ireland
Farmers are being advised to be vigilant as the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s...