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82 ash dieback disease cases confirmed
82 ash dieback disease cases confirmed

More than 800 concerned people attended one of a nationwide series of information meetings to learn more about Chalara fraxinea,...

Bog snorkelling as clear as mud
Bog snorkelling as clear as mud

Images of Monaghan and Ireland will be seen by more than 2.8 million people across Canada later this year, after...

Tesco beef labelling move will boost competition, IFA
Tesco beef labelling move will boost competition, IFA

UPDATE: The latest developments in Tescos in retail labelling protocols on beef has been welcomed by the Irish Farmers Association...

Origin Green celebrates birthday
Origin Green celebrates birthday

Bord Bia’s Origin Green initiative is celebrating its first-year anniversary this week. Origin Green is a unique sustainability development programme...

Complete review of Ireland’s food inspection system
Complete review of Ireland’s food inspection system

Ireland’s entire food inspection system is under review and for the first time outside consultants are set to advise the...

EU milk monopoly concerns post quotas
EU milk monopoly concerns post quotas

An EU regional committee has raised serious concerns about the liberalisation of the milk market, in particular monopoly behaviour by...

Italian farmers to pay €1.4bn milk quota fines
Italian farmers to pay €1.4bn milk quota fines

The European Commission this afternoon officially requested Italy to recover surplus levies due from Italian milk producers. It called on...

Earley was a show-stopper at Kildare
Earley was a show-stopper at Kildare

The Kildare County Show on Sunday the 16th of June did not disappoint. The weather was a worry in the...

Ireland passes water quality report
Ireland passes water quality report

A Teagasc report into water quality and farming in six catchment areas has showed positive results. The report on phase...

Agri-food leads in energy savings
Agri-food leads in energy savings

Agri-businesses Liffey Meats, Tescos, Carbery Group and Carton Bros are among 22 companies and organisations participating in energy efficient projects that...

Chicken price protests across supermarkets
Chicken price protests across supermarkets

Poultry, chicken and egg producers from across Ireland protested this afternoon at a number of major retail outlets in Dublin....

Glanbia purchases Wexford Creamery
Glanbia purchases Wexford Creamery

Glanbia GII is set to purchase Wexford Creamery, pending a favourable vote by Wexford Milk Producers shareholders and approval by...

Tweeting farmers take the lead
Tweeting farmers take the lead

Farmers Feed Families  launched the first of its initiatives entitled Tweeting Farmers on the 6 June in Old Farm, Lorrha, Co...

Schmallenberg meetings under way
Schmallenberg meetings under way

Following the granting of a license to MSD Animal Health to market the new Schmallenberg vaccine in Ireland, five information...

Farmers most active Allsop buyers
Farmers most active Allsop buyers

Some 19 land holdings and development sites are being offered for sale in an Allsop auction next month, with the...

ICA carer up for Mom of the Year
ICA carer up for Mom of the Year

“You are a mother you just get on with it.” These are the wise words of full-time carer and mother...

Social media key for ICA
Social media key for ICA

Social media and twitter are key to the future of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), its recent AGM in Portlaoise...

ICA member celebrates her 103rd birthday
ICA member celebrates her 103rd birthday

Lucy Carty, an Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) member from Bishopstown Cork celebrated her 103rd birthday recently. She celebrated this occasion...