Agri Aware farm day attracts more than 1,000 visitors
Agri Aware’s recent open-farm day, which took place on the Fitzgerald family farm in Portlaw, Co....
Renewable-energy company purchases three Irish wind farms
Norwegian-based renewable-energy company, Statkraft has purchased a portfolio of operating wind farms...
Acute staff shortages highlighted in pig sector
A survey of Irish pig producers has revealed that almost half would be forced to consider exiting...
Last year’s planting ‘far below where we need to be’ – Hackett
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett, has...
Liming programme budget doubles
The budget for the national liming programme has doubled to €16m in response to the large number of...
50 spots available for ACORNS – closing date September 12
Female entrepreneurs in rural Ireland who are in the early stages of their business development are...
Agricultural output price down 9.2%, input price down 10.5%
The Agricultural Output Price Index was down 9.2 per cent in the 12 months to June 2023, according...
24 white-tailed eagle chicks released
Twenty-four white-tailed eagle chicks have been released in locations around Ireland as part of a...
Awards of €1.7M for soil, agri-digital research
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special responsibility...
Vistamilk Schools Poster Competition
The VistaMilk SFI Research Centre held a poster competition for primary schools on the topic of ‘The...
More Flexibility Needed on National Fertiliser Database
IFA Environment & Rural Affairs Chair Paul O’Brien outlined that IFA is seeking changes to the National...
Continued Volume Growth for Kerry
Kerry Group released their half-year results for 2023, demonstrating good performance for the per...
Reduction in pesticide levels in drinking water in 2022 – EPA
The quality of drinking water from public supplies remained very high in 2022, during which time pesticides...
ACRES: extension welcomed but payment delays cannot happen – IFA
The four-week extension to the closing date for submission of completed scorecards for results-based...
Calling all ag-tech and agri-food start-ups!
The AgTechUCD Innovation Centre is seeking applications from early-stage start-ups with innovative...
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...