Scientists in Wales are among those researching the potential of insects as a source of animal feed. Businesses are offered vouchers worth up to €40,000 for their help developing the insect feed business as part of the European-funded project.

It's a worrying development as the outbreak is outside the disease control zones in place around the other two affected farms.

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There is a strict prohibition on “shadow flicker”, which refers to the repeated blocking and unblocking of the sun as the blades of the turbine rotate.

'When it rains, the metaldehyde is washed off the soil and into watercourses, which include ponds, and leads to the poisoning of fish, toads and frogs'

Scientists are combing Ireland's west coast for seaweed to feed to cattle and sheep after research showed it could stop them breathing out so much climate-warming methane.

The first debate for the Irish Farmers' Association Ulster/North Leinster regional chair election is set to begin this evening in Cavan.

The rise in fertiliser costs has jolted European agriculture into a state where production could be constrained for the coming year.

A 73. 5-acre farm in East Clare is set to go under the virtual hammer on Wednesday, December 1.

In 2024, owners of agricultural land zoned for residential purposes will have to pay the new annual residential zoned land tax, build homes on the land, or change its zoning status.

As input prices continue to rise, with the cost of keeping a dairy cow now expected to reach as much as €1,560 in 2022, getting full value from the resources you already have will be pertinent to running a profitable farm business.

The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has confirmed that the Bovaer feed additive reduces enteric methane emissions from dairy cows, and is safe for the animal and the consumer.

Agriculture Minister McConalogue has confirmed industry reports that while the new National Veterinary Prescription System will be in place as planned for the end of January, its mandatory use will be delayed until June 1, 2022.

Advance payments for the Sheep Welfare Scheme, worth almost €16 million are set to begin today, Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue has announced.

Since 2008, over 500,000 schoolchildren have taken part in the programme

Suppliers of both steers and heifers have seen factory prices increase five cents/kg for this week's kill as the processors stock up for the pre-Christmas trade.

'Instead of pacing up and down Grafton St for hours on end, wouldn’t it be far better if he was to get his hands dirty on some project of mine'

It follows confirmation of 17 cases of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza H5N1 in Britain and two cases on farms in the Republic of Ireland

The implementation of new rules for the prescription of veterinary medicines is to be postponed until June, at least three agricultural industry groups have now claimed.

The second case involves a broiler flock which has tested positive for the H5N1 strain

Some mention of 430c/kg being paid for choice lots or larger supplies

The disease is now prevalent countrywide and is likely to cause the death of most ash trees over the next two decades

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The future owner will have a number of options open to them, such as developing the dwelling and making use of the natural divisions within the property

Dear Karen, I am farming at home all the time with my father. He is in his early 80s. I have two sisters who my parents looked after and set them up with a deposit for a house and money.

Disease causes untold hardship for farmers and farm families whose herds have to be culled.

The company is one of only two commercial cucumber growers in Ireland

'What's the point?' farmers ask at protest in Dublin

IFA president, Tim Cullinan, said farmers have been left frustrated by a lack of government engagement

The first case of Avian influenza on an Irish farm this season has been confirmed on a farm in Monaghan by Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine officials. The H5N1 was detected in samples from a turkey flock in Co Monaghan.

NASRIC will provide practical integrated solutions for farmers and other stakeholders to improve soil health, restore and protect biodiversity, improve water quality, reduce emissions of greenhouse gases and ammonia and enhance soil carbon sequestration.

The industry has come under pressure over the last year, as prices have fallen at a time when input prices are hitting new highs

Should the deal be given the go-ahead, Glanbia Co-op will pay €307m to acquire Glanbia plc’s 40% shareholding in Glanbia Ireland

The large holding is in the townland of Gortnaskeagh, near Kilgarvan and comes in two adjacent parcels

The markets for beef are particularly strong this year with good consumer demand from both supermarkets and export markets

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Growers will be unable to absorb the rising costs, without an increase in what they are paid for their produce

From January 28, all dosing products will require a prescription and must be purchased from a trained individual in co-ops, veterinary pharmacies and veterinary practices

In the last fortnight five outbreaks of the highly-pathogenic strain H5N1 have been confirmed in wild birds in Ireland

The technology uses filtration and electrocoagulation to remove suspended solids from manure

The Irish Farmers Association has said the announcement will provide certainty for applicants

Strong prices are regularly achieved for good agricultural land in this area

The largest buyer of Northern milk, Lakeland Dairies, has taken its first step in introducing a solids-based payment structure, similar to that used in the Republic of Ireland.

Land includes 60 acres of top-quality ground, 11 acres of marginal and 25 acres of forestry

'We have seen over in the UK how a deceptively simple slogan like ‘Taking Back Control’ is actually more complex than it seemed at the time'

Policy shift will steer children toward arranging loans from credit institutions, thereby lining the pockets of banks rather than having a system of intergeneration assistance