Rural Life
Videos: From woolly jumpers to locking horns
The change in the weather in the past week across the country might have had an impact on these sheep...
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Sheep
Video: How to spot and treat CODD in sheep
One of the main causes of lameness in sheep is contagious ovine digital dermatitis (CODD), which is spread by sheep-to-sheep...
Beef
'Hoose problems on the horizon once the weather breaks'
Dairy and beef farmers should be on the lookout for quite an intense period of lungworm infection (hoose) once the current...
Arable
Winter barley growers advised to act now to halt the progress of Sterile Brome
Sterile Brome grass has the potential to have a detrimental effect on the growing of winter barley in Ireland, according...
EU
European Agriculture Ministers to meet on GMOs and Russia
Luxembourg takes over the Presidency of the EU this month and will chair its first meeting of the Agriculture Council...
Dairy
European Fonterra plant to process 1 billion litres of milk a year
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has opened its new plant in the Netherlands which will process 1 billion litres of...
Rural Life
Video: BBC reporter left feeling sheepish after lamb has 'wee moment'
A BBC Northern Ireland reporter recently had a ‘wee moment’ with a lamb when it heeded the call of nature....
Dairy
Dairy expansion - Why planning is essential
The process of expansion is a stressful time for new entrant dairy farmers, said Patrick Gowing of the Teagasc Dairy...
Rural Life
Three classic farmer moments from the D'Unbelievables
Pat Shortt and John Kenny’s exploits in their collection of D’Unbelievables movies are much loved in the farming community. Agriland...
N.Ireland
GAA and Ulster Farmers’ Union team-up for Farm Safety Week
The GAA and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have teamed-up to support Farm Safety Week. Running this week (July 6...
N.Ireland
GAA and Ulster Farmers’ Union team-up for Farm Safety Week
The GAA and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) have teamed-up to support Farm Safety Week. Running this week (July 6...
Dairy
Increasing intervention would be counter-productive, says Hogan
Increasing the current intervention price for dairy products would be counter-productive the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said....
Beef
Nearly 1m dairy calves to be available to beef sector by 2020
There will be almost 1m dairy-bred calves available for beef production by 2020, according to Paul Crosson of Teagasc. Speaking at...
Pig/Poultry
UK consumers buy more poultry than other meat
In 2014, UK consumers bought more poultry than any other meat product, a report by the British Poultry Council has...
Arable
British arable area declines by 2%
The latest planting and variety survey, from AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds, suggests a decline in the total cereal and oilseed...
Beef
Halal non-stunning of cattle pre-slaughter is a contentious issue, says vet
The non-stunning of animals pre-slaughter, for Halal purposes, is a contentious issue, according to Wicklow vet Pete Wedderburn. Speaking on the Pat...
Arable
‘Tillage farmers' margins increase with hybrids’
Tillage farmers’ margins increase with hybrids was the take home message from Seedtech’s Commercial Director Aidan Moore at this year’s...
Beef
Young bull margins halved with just a €20/t increase in feed costs
Teagasc research has found that just a €20/t increase in feed costs can hit net margins in young bull production...
