Ireland takes home 526 Great Taste awards
From pork chops to chilli biltong, buffalo ricotta to black pudding, Irish food and drink producers...
Agri-food regulator focus must be on supply-chain transparency – ICMSA
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) is calling on the recently established agri-food...
2023 dairy and tillage incomes forecast to drop by over 50%
A new report by economists at Teagasc, provides an update on the forecast average margins and incomes...
Grocery sales increase as inflation hits lowest rate
Take-home grocery sales in Ireland increased by 9.6 per cent in the four weeks to July 9, 2023 as...
MEP to host home-retrofitting event
Seán Kelly MEP will host a home-retrofitting event entitled Retrofitting Ireland: Building Resilience...
The Merry Mill announced as finalist in EU organic awards
The finalists of the 2023 edition of the EU Organic Awards have been announced and flying the flag...
Teagasc receives €500k funding for cattle-handling simulators
Funding of €500,000 has been made to Teagasc for the procurement of calving and injecting simulators...
Wetter and warmer: Met Éireann publishes 30-year summary
Met Éireann has published a comprehensive summary of Ireland’s latest climate averages, for the period...
ICMSA calls for revamped dairy-beef scheme
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has called for a ‘total revamp’ of the National...
DAFM to investigate bull-calf cruelty
The mistreatment of bull calves at a number of marts, as well as live-animal transport breaches have...
Widespread condemnation of calf cruelty and live-export breaches
The mistreatment of bull calves at several marts in Ireland, as well as breaches of live-animal transports...
Marts pledge to support DAFM bull-calf investigation
Cork Marts and Castleisland Mart have confirmed that they fully support an investigation into calf...
Expressions of interest required to join new timber working group
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM), Senator Pippa Hackett...
Two white-tailed eagles poisoned
Two white-tailed eagles, re-introduced in recent years by the National Parks and Wildlife Service...
€100,000 prize fund up for grabs at Kilbeggan races
Horse racing fans, the AXA Farm Insurance Midlands National will go to post at Kilbeggan Racecourse...
Marginal drop in May domestic milk intake
Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 1,164.4 million litres in May...
€32m State investment in agri-food sector
Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Simon Coveney and Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Farmer health-and-safety video launched at Teagasc open day
A health-and-safety video aimed at addressing issues such as farmers working in a hurry and while...
Farm workers should be included in critical skills list – IFA
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is looking for farm workers to be categorised as critical skills...
Dairygold acquires majority share in Irish nutritional solutions provider
Dairygold Health and Nutrition, part of Dairygold Co-Operative Society, has acquired a majority shareholding...