Domestic milk intake by milk processors and co-ops around the country was estimated at 510 million litres in November 2024, ...

Following days of treacherous weather conditions, numerous sheep are being rescued from the Galtees after becoming trapped in ...

Macra has announced that it will host a series of public meetings next week focused on the issue of generational renewal.

Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the body representing meat processors, has welcomed the Bord Bia Export Performance and ...

The 55 th edition of the John Nix Farm Management Pocket Book has just been published by the Andersons Centre. For the past ...

With many areas of the country already covered in a blanket of snow, Met Éireann has extended its Status Yellow low temperature and ice warning for all of Ireland until midnight on Friday (January 10) ...

The government in the US has awarded $306 million (€296 million) as part of its response to H5N1 avian influenza (bird flu). The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said that the funding ...

Met Éireann is forecasting “bitterly cold” conditions for most of this week, with a status yellow warning for low temperature and ice in place for the whole country. The warning came into effect ...

The application of potash and phosphate fertilisers when planting a winter cereal enables these nutrients to be worked into seedbeds in an effective manner. In turn, this helps distribute the ...

As cows will be calving thick and fast in the coming weeks, carrying out a Californian milk test (CMT) will help with early identification of mastitis infection. In the lead up to calving, farmers ...

Heavy lambs made up to €232/head at Carnew Mart in Co. Wicklow’s first sale of 2025 on Thursday, January 2. The sale featured almost 1,500 head of sheep and “prices were improved by€6-10/head” on the ...

A number of marts have been forced to cancel sales tomorrow (Monday, January 6) because of the "ongoing disruptive weather".