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ICBF defends new beef indexes amid farmer anger
Teagasc to dairy farmers: reduce stocking rate to increase profits
Veterinary staffing a ‘shambles’ as hundreds of small abattoirs face closure
Teagasc boss calls for radical change in fertiliser use
Spending by IFA election candidates down 60-75pc
€200 per calf promised to farmers under new Wagyu beef programme
Tributes paid to Kerry woman (74) who died while rescuing sheep
‘Co-ops have made slaves out of most farmers’, Teagasc dairy conference hears
€5m in planning fees could be lost by farmers scrambling for ACRES places
Funding for BVD testing next year up in the air
‘We will do everything to prevent overhead lines going ahead’: landowners continue to object to North-South Interconnector
Knackeries to strike from today over increasing costs
Significant ruling opens door to more farmers using personal insolvency regime
Varadkar visits giant dairy farm on first day of Cop28 climate summit
What are we to do now? Derogation farmers ask Agriculture Minister
No potato shortage this Christmas farmers say but price of spuds could rise
Judge tells ‘gentlemen’ farmers they are ‘not the type of men who should be in court’
Australian sheep, cattle prices slump as El Nino scorches pastures
Belgian Blue heifer makes €21,500 in Roscommon sale where ‘€7,000 is common business’
French young farmers turn world upside down with road sign protest
200-head finishing system at Newford Herd’s new Roscommon farm
‘Farm organisations have not come to terms with how the EU has changed’
Push for bigger fines to punish nitrates polluters
Shortage of Irish Whitethorn hedging for ACRES forces Department to allow imports
Van der Plas hails ‘victory’ despite lower than expected poll numbers
Cut to Ireland’s Nitrates Derogation to go ahead, Commissioner confirms
Man alleged to have thrown cow dung at minister charged with assault and breach of public order
Some 57pc of farms earned less than €20,000 in 2022
More than 25pc of Irish farmers are burnt out, new research finds
ICMSA to host Minister Ryan at rewetting meeting in Tullamore
Methane reducing feed additive ‘could be cost neutral’ despite €50/cow price tag
Minister backs Teagasc over accusation of ‘propaganda’ in ‘declaration’ backing meat eating
Farmers to be asked to reduce chemical fertiliser use by 20pc from January
Turf cutters get appeal over refusing access to bog charge
New quad bike laws come into force
Italy bans lab-grown meat in move to protect culinary heritage
Farmers tell Minister they have been left to ‘foot the blame’ for the climate crisis
‘It's pure torture for everyone involved’ – McConalogue says level of TB outbreaks on farms is unsustainable and hard decisions may need to be taken
25 pedigree ewes killed in Kerry as Gardai appeal for owners to keep dogs under control
EU to renew herbicide glyphosate approval for 10 years
‘It was like a horror movie’ – Irish man lost part of his arm after accident working on farm in New Zealand
Agriculture ‘too important to economy’ and won’t bear disproportionate burden of climate change – Taoiseach
Senior barrister accused of farm gun murder is allowed back on land
Former Limerick hurling manager launches High Court proceedings against US multinational and IDA over alleged polluting of his farm
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Man (53) appears in court charged with assaulting sheep farmer in Wicklow
Rollout of new beef indexes delayed a week after farmer pushback
Bluetongue warning after case detected in UK
‘Constant negativity in schools is turning children off farming’
TLT collapse 10 years on – have ‘fundamental flaws’ in the live export trade been addressed?
Farmers still a ‘solid no’ after €50,000 per pylon EirGrid offer
Taoiseach, Minsters McConalogue and Ryan set to attend ICMSA AGM
Farming’s ‘social licence’ under unprecedented level of strain, Hackett warns
Investigations launched in Northern Ireland as fake soil samples used in farm planning applications
Efforts underway to ensure Bluetongue virus won’t spread to Northern Ireland -Farmers warned to be ‘vigilant’ after case detected in England
EU makes deal to advance controversial nature-restoration law
Fertiliser giant warns of depleted stockpiles as demand returns
Live animal crib returns to the Mansion House this Christmas
Interconnector pylon payment is eight times more generous in Republic than in NI
Rival TDs raise Kilkenny farmer’s plight
EU Commissioner to visit Ireland on Nitrates this month
Why this 93-year-old retired dairy farmer invented his own walking aid
Food business was €1.2bn ‘cash cow’ for Kerry Group expansion, former CEO claims
TailJack invention makes life easier for hassled milkers
Progress made on beef access to Korea – Minister Charlie McConalogue
'Salvage operation' for spud harvest as majority of roosters still in the ground
Owners of farm estate to fight billionaire John Magnier in court over alleged sale agreement
Timmermans backtracks on green pledge as Dutch election nears
Ploughing to stay in Laois for third year in a row
Meat and bonemeal could be used as fuel for renewable energy plants
The V-Grip log holder: ‘You know when you’re half-awake, half-asleep in the morning? This idea just came to me’
IFA confirms Kerry hustings won’t take place
EU confirms it’s monitoring impact of NI vets’ strikes on post-Brexit checks
‘UK’s new farming subsidies aren’t fit for purpose – I might as well get a job in Asda’
Farmers to receive first Eco Scheme payments from today
Gardaà hit out at children as young as twelve driving tractors during event in Donegal
A quarter of vets feel pressured to prescribe antibiotics
60,000 acres of agricultural land lost to development since 2000 – CSO
Super bull sires calves 40 years after his death
Illegal slurry spreading must be stopped with zero tolerance policy, says Charlie McConalogue
IFA Presidential candidates take aim at FG and FF
The farmer, the construction millionaire and a remarkable Golden Vale land dispute
Dairy cow numbers to rise 8pc by 2030, DII report forecasts
Senior barrister accused of farm murder bids to be let back on 170-acre holding
Over 60% of people support reducing national herd to curb climate change
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