Kathleen Rowley

BVD eradication on course, AHI
BVD eradication on course, AHI

Some 40 per cent dairy and 10 beef herds are vaccinated from BVD. This is according to the latest update...

Global cattle prices stable after two-year decline
Global cattle prices stable after two-year decline

World View: The Rabobank Global Cattle Price Index seems to have bottomed out after two and a half years of...

Hundreds of dairy farmers apply for milk quota
Hundreds of dairy farmers apply for milk quota

Hundreds of dairy farmers are seeking milk quota to avoid super levy fines between now and 2015 in the latest...

Blas na hEireann awards
Blas na hEireann awards

Mullingar based An Olivia Chocolate has been named Supreme Champion at the Blas na hEireann National Irish Food Awards, which...

Smashing pumpkins
Smashing pumpkins

Retail store SuperValu is expecting to sell 85,000 Irish pumpkins this Halloween. Grown by Oisin O’Gradaigh in Louth, SuperValu expects...

Cork food companies reach for the stars
Cork food companies reach for the stars

Twenty-five Cork food companies together took home an impressive haul of 81 stars at the prestigious Great Taste Awards 2013....

Grass growth a showstopper tonight on RTE
Grass growth a showstopper tonight on RTE

Tonight The Science Squad on RTE will feature innovative grass and satellite research from Teagasc. Stuart Green, a remote sensing specialist...

RDS presents Ireland’s only national allotment awards
RDS presents Ireland’s only national allotment awards

Allotments throughout Ireland were recognised at the 2013 RDS Allotment Awards today, not only for fantastic management of the sites...

New EU farm policy clears key hurdle
New EU farm policy clears key hurdle

The View from Europe: Agriculture MEPs endorse Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Reform deal Legislation for the new CAP was endorsed by...

Top-class innovations take ploughing by storm
Top-class innovations take ploughing by storm

The GrazeMate paddock Controller exhibited by Neilus Murphy from Coolagown, Fermoy, Co Cork was the overall winner of the National...

Tight competition in ploughing finals
Tight competition in ploughing finals

There is no doubt that attendees of the 2013  National Ploughing Championships are spoilt for choice when it comes to...

Give it some welly!
Give it some welly!

The Portwest All-Ireland Welly throwing competition takes place throughout the three days of the National Ploughing Championships and is in...

The ICA is so much more then crafts and baking
The ICA is so much more then crafts and baking

Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), the largest organisation for women in Ireland, has experienced a striking resurgence in interest over the past...

Ireland steps up oil and gas exploration
Ireland steps up oil and gas exploration

Ireland is stepping up its oil and gas exploration with the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources today announcing it is...

Kepak Group to acquire majority shareholding in McCarren & Company
Kepak Group to acquire majority shareholding in McCarren & Company

Subject to Competition Authority approval, Kepak Group is set to acquire a majority shareholding in McCarren & Company in Cavan, the...

World’s largest vertical farm is certified organic
World’s largest vertical farm is certified organic

World News: A 90,000 sq ft warehouse based 15 miles outside of Chicago is now a thriving urban garden that...

Sunny side up for Greenside Up
Sunny side up for Greenside Up

In Focus: Dee Sewell of Greenside Up describes herself as a vegetable gardening tutor, environmentalist, blogger and passionate about community...

Thomas Cook to bring sunshine to Ploughing 2013
Thomas Cook to bring sunshine to Ploughing 2013

Thomas Cook Ireland is back at this year’s National Ploughing Championships in Raheniska, Co Laois and will once again partner...