Tillage Support Should Be Targeted - IFA
IFA Grain Committee Chair Kieran McEvoy has called on Minister Charlie McConalogue to provide targeted...
Soil DNA project could help prevent disease and improve food security
Researchers at the VistaMilk SFI Research Centre in Fermoy, Co. Cork, in association with researchers...
New app-based fluke test launched
Agricultural technology company, Micron Agritech, has launched an app-based test for fluke that delivers...
Horticulture Crisis Fund open for applications
The Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine (DAFM) is now accepting applications under the Horticulture...
IFA and DAFM to discuss horticulture challenges at Oireachtas committee
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine will resume discussions today (October 18)...
New Agri-Climate Conference Announced
Minister Charlie McConalogue, Minister Martin Heydon and Minister Pippa Hackett, have announced that...
Agri Aware launch 2024 Incredibles Edibles programme
Agri Aware’s healthy eating and growing programme ‘Incredible Edibles’ is entering its sixteenth year...
Fallen animal disposal cost increase looming
The costs associated with the processing of fallen animals has increased hugely in recent years, due...
Agriculture-related Budget measures
As individual taxpayers, farmers will gain from the changes in personal taxation. As a sector, however,...
Further extension granted for slurry-spreading
The slurry-spreading period has been extended by a further seven days to ‘facilitate prudent application...
Native Tree Area Scheme opens
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has...
Ash dieback needs to be treated as a ‘national emergency’
The report of the independent review group into the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s...
Final derogation map sees 6% reduction in area impacted
A final ‘implementation map’ that identifies areas that will be impacted by a reduced Nitrates Derogation...
Multi-species grassland swards enhance soil biology
New research from the Teagasc Environment Research Centre, Johnstown Castle shows that higher plant...
Dairy-calf to beef measures a focus of ICOS pre-budget submission
ICOS, the representative body for the co-operative sector has launched its pre-budget submission,...
The Merry Mill wins European organic award
Family-run organic farm and oat-milling enterprise, The Merry Mill, based in Co, Laois scooped a top...
IFA calls for €9.5m agri-reserve funding to go to tillage sector
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
On Feírm Ground 2 – new farmer wellbeing programme launched
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, and Minister...
ICOS requests urgent meeting with minister
ICOS (the representative body for the co-operative sector) has requested an urgent meeting with the...
Three Irish producers win new contracts with Aldi
Three Irish artisan food and drink producers have been selected as the winners of this year’s Grow...