EU
Bluetongue shows no sign of abating in France
Bluetongue outbreaks are continuing in France, six months on from when the first outbreak was reported. Last week, the World...
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Beef
Imports of Northern Irish cattle remain at low levels
Imports of cattle from Northern Ireland for further production in the Republic recorded an increase during 2015 but remain a much...
Sheep
Imports of northern hoggets increase 34% in February due to stronger euro - LMC
The number of hoggets crossing the border for slaughter in Ireland has jumped by 34% in February of this year...
Beef
EU beef production expected to increase by 2% in 2016 - European Commission
The volume of beef produced in Europe is expected to jump by 2% in 2016, a recent report published by...
World News
Fourth times a charm: Charolais cow gives birth to quadruplets
A five-year-old Charolais cow has given birth to quadruplets on a farm in Saskatchewan in Canada. It is believed that...
Beef
Pics & video: Behind the scenes on an organic farm finishing 700 cattle
Scale is not always associated with organic beef production, but one Co. Tipperary beef farmer is changing the game. John...
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies first out of the blocks with February milk price
Lakeland Dairies has held its base milk price for February supplies of milk at 25.5c/L (including VAT), a spokesperson has...
Dairy
Dairy farmer stages sit-in protest in Dairygold boardroom
A Cork dairy farmer, and former supplier of Dairygold Ned McCarthy, is staging a sit-in in the co-op’s boardroom and is...
N.Ireland
Farmers in the North hit by flooding to benefit from £1,000 relief
Farmers in Northern Ireland affected by the recent flooding will be able to apply for £1,000 financial aid under a new...
N.Ireland
Farmers in the North hit by flooding to benefit from £1,000 relief
Farmers in Northern Ireland affected by the recent flooding will be able to apply for £1,000 financial aid under a new...
Rural Life
10 tunes to rock your cab this slurry season
Milder, drier weather is on the way and with it brings slurry and fertiliser spreading. So, in order to help...
Rural Life
'We sleep with loaded shotguns..it's not a question of if they'll be used it's how soon'
Farmers in parts of rural Ireland are sleeping with loaded shotguns and it’s not a question of if they’ll be...
Other
US dairy cow yields predicted to increase to 12,000/L by 2025
A surge in milk production in the United States is being forecast for the next ten years, by its Department...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland's 2016 Online Single application window now open
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has announced that the 2016 Online Single application system is now open. Minister O’Neill...
N.Ireland
Narrowing of beef price to have little impact on cross-border trade - LMC
The narrowing of the Irish and Northern Irish beef price will have little impact on the cross-border beef trade, according...
Beef
Narrowing of beef price to have little impact on cross-border trade – LMC
The narrowing of the Irish and Northern Irish beef price will have little impact on the cross-border beef trade, according...
Sheep
Over 100 sheep killed in the UK's worst sheep attack ever
In what has been described by experts as the UK’s worst sheep-worrying incident in living memory more than one hundred...
Dairy
Higher EU milk production expected again in 2016
Despite milk prices at near record lows in parts of the EU, milk production across the continent is set to...
