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Countdown begins for FTMTA Grass & Muck 2020

January 17, 2020

The countdown is on for Grass & Muck 2020 with only 120 days until the show opens at Gurteen College in Co. Tipperary,.…

Jaegerbomb owner to hold herd dispersal sale

January 16, 2020

Beef

The herd which was at the centre of Ballinloan Jaegerbomb saga has announced its decision to hold a dispersal sale after 35 years…

Tractors leave city and head towards Dublin Port

January 16, 2020

Agri-Business

Tractors taking part in the protest in Dublin City are currently leaving the city centre and are heading towards Dublin Port, sources have…

Dale Farm and ABP Horizon Dairy Beef Partnership: Everything you need to know

January 16, 2020

Beef

Two of Northern Ireland’s major agri-food businesses, Dale Farm and ABP, have announced the Horizon Dairy Beef Partnership. ‘Horizon’ is the first collaborative…

Commission outlines €1 trillion Green Deal and Just Transition

January 15, 2020

Environment

The European Commission has revealed details of the European Green Deal Investment Plan, which will see €1 trillion in climate change mitigation investments.…

Two reasons why activity monitoring can improve your dairy reproduction results

January 15, 2020

Dairy

It has been well documented that a single missed heat on an Irish grazing farm can cost a dairy farmer €250. In today’s dairy…

Video: Tractors gather ahead of farmer protest in Dublin today

January 15, 2020

Rural Life

Additional reporting by Breifne O’Brien Tractors, trailers, 4X4s and machinery of all sorts have gathered at various locations across the country and are…

Dale Farm and ABP announce new dairy-beef partnership – ‘Horizon’

January 14, 2020

Beef

Northern Irish dairy processor Dale Farm and beef processor ABP have joined forces to launch an initiative aimed at “building a more sustainable…

Arable conference takes place in Greenmount tomorrow

January 13, 2020

N.Ireland

The ‘Agronomy and Business Management Conference for Arable Growers’ is set to take place tomorrow, Tuesday, January 14, at the College of Agriculture,…

Lakeland Dairies increases milk price for December

January 13, 2020

Dairy

Lakeland Dairies has set a price for December milk, increasing the base price, following an announcement by the cooperative today, Monday, January 13.…

Ministers assigned as Stormont NI Assembly resumes

January 13, 2020

N.Ireland

The Northern Ireland Assembly is back in power after a three-year absence, following agreement from a majority of political parties to proposals put…

Grain price: Rapeseed reaches highest price since March 2017

January 12, 2020

Agri-Business

Paris rapeseed futures reached their highest price since March 2017 this week. On Tuesday (January 7), the price closed at €416.50/t – the…

Dairy advice: 3 jobs to get ticked off your to-do list

January 12, 2020

Dairy

With the Christmas and the New Year celebrations behind us, our attention is back to the farm and what jobs need to be…

Trying to reduce the workload during springtime? Why not install a camera…

January 12, 2020

Agri-Business

Springtime is the busiest time of the year on many farming enterprises across the country, especially dairy and sheep. The calving and lambing…

Yuletide ewe: ‘Hardy’ sextuplet lambs born on Irish midlands farm

January 9, 2020

Rural Life

A farming family in the midlands had a pleasant post-Christmas novelty last month with the arrival of six hale and “hardy” sextuplet lambs…

’10 years ago I would have said I’d never milk a cow or stand in a parlour’ – John Kelly

January 9, 2020

Dairy

The past decade has provided many opportunities and challenges for Irish farmers – particularly those involved in or with a grá for dairying.…

Driver caught ‘red handed’ pumping agri diesel at forecourt

January 8, 2020

N.Ireland

The driver of a saloon car at one filling station in the “Red Hand County” of Tyrone was caught “red handed” filling their…

Poultry and backyard flock owners urged to be vigilant of bird flu

January 8, 2020

Pig/Poultry

The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has reiterated the risk that avian influenza (AI) poses to the poultry sector in Ireland…

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