Arable
Certified seed potato imports from Scotland to be allowed into EU
Certified seed potato imports from Scotland should be available on the Irish market from 2026 onwards, according to Irish Farmers’...
IFA
N.Ireland
Farm orgs call for cross-border cooperation on dog control
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) and the Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) are calling for immediate and coordinated all-island measures to...
N.Ireland
Farm fatalities ‘remain stubbornly high’ – Muir
Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs Andrew Muir has said that farm fatalities are still “stubbornly high”, especially when...
Schemes
UFU: NI farmers urged to 'opt into beef scheme'
Farmers in Northern Ireland have been urged to opt into the Beef Carbon Reduction (BCR) scheme, which is part of...
Agri-Business
Wexford IFA chair to join Welsh Show seminar on ag policy differences
The Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) Wexford chair, Jer O’Mahony, is set to join a seminar at the Royal Welsh Show...
N.Ireland
Farm orgs query Tirlán on milk price paid to farmers in NI
Tirlán has been asked by farmer representatives to explain what it sees as a “differential” between the milk price paid...
Dairy
Farmers north and south ‘concerned’ about climate targets
Farmers north and south of the border are worried about the impact of “environmental legislation” on the viability of their...
N.Ireland
Positive response to Ulster Wool prices
Ulster Wool, a farmer-owned cooperative, has been hailed as an example of collective marketing and praised for its success in...
Agri-Business
Rural crime: Farmers urged to ‘mark’ property at cross-border event
Farmers and rural dwellers have been encouraged to get their property marked at a cross-border crime prevention event in Co....
Agri-Business
Irish farm organisation meets UK unions to discuss drystock challenges
Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) executive have met with counterparts from other farming unions to discuss issues affecting...
Agri-Business
Potential foot and mouth case in UK a ‘concern’ for Irish farmers
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that a suspected case of foot and mouth disease on a pig farm...
Agri-Business
IFA: Farmers concerned over proposed NI protocol changes
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that there is increasing concern among farmers about proposed changes to the Northern...
Agri-Business
Watch: Farmland – machinery prices and farm costs
https://youtu.be/j8DTwff_6Lk The latest episode of Farmland, which shines a light on how the current inflation and input crises are affecting two key...
Agri-Business
Claim that Lakeland peak milk scheme will penalise farmers
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has hit out at a milk supply scheme recently unveiled by Lakeland Dairies claiming that...
Opinion
UK beef prices could well take off over the next few years
If I was a betting man, which I am not, I would take a serious punt on UK beef prices...
Agri-Business
Island’s milk pool faces ‘ridiculous scenario’ where milk is Irish ‘everywhere except Ireland’
The island’s milk pool faces a “ridiculous scenario” where milk produced in the Republic of Ireland is often no longer...
Agri Politics
IFA and NFU meet to discuss latest Brexit developments
The president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Tim Cullinan, and the president of the National Farmers’ Union (NFU) Minette...
Beef
Mercosur trade deal ‘fails sustainability criteria’ – Oxford University
Researchers from Oxford University have found that the trade agreement between the EU and Mercosur “fails across sustainability criteria”. In...
