The 79km march to Dublin sought to highlight the issues facing young people in rural areas

IFA calls for dog control laws to be tightened having stated last month that up to 300 dog attacks occur on farms each year

Amid an unseasonably wet March, Pat Cooney felt 'incredibly lucky' to witness the rare quintuple birth of lambs on his farm

A record 4,556 calves were slaughtered in the week ending Sunday, March 5

'They were like pets to us', said Dan Cronin, who pleaded with dog owners to control their animals and said he now plans to restrict public access to his land after the flock attack

A farmer who has stopped using rodenticide discovered his farm actually has fewer rats — the owls are doing a better job of controlling rodents than the rat poison

A happy New Year to all readers. A new year, a new leaf.  It’s a good time to make some changes, but let’s face it we are creatures of habit, and we typically fall back into the same rut. That’s a good thing in many respects.

Nine dead animals in various states of decomposition found in one shed

Research has shown that at any given moment during peak flowering, one hectare of the buckwheat field has an average of 6,500 wild pollinators

The price works out at over €14k per acre

And Farming for Nature award nominees show how well they've balanced nature conservation with business on their farms

Some 44% of farm workers worldwide are being poisoned by pesticides, and a UCC research team is now studying a possible link between such biocides and Parkinson's disease

Farm manager, farm technician, and horticulture apprenticeship programmes will accept students in the next academic year

It is the Holy Grail of farming and country life festivals, and for three years its absence has been keenly felt. For Nora Power though, the return of the Ploughing Championships after its Covid-enforced absence is bitter sweet.

The former tánaiste taking on such a role will inevitably fuel speculation she is considering a return to frontline politics

Majority of fires related to farm machinery operating in the dry conditions — harvesting and bailing cereal crops

Ministries clash over aquaculture and danger to wild salmon posed by commercial farms 

In his 'Irish Examiner' op-ed, the minister writes that agriculture has already been on a journey regarding emissions reduction for a number of years

There has been widespread anger among farming communities over the Government’s decision to agree a 25% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from the agriculture sector.

Coalition parties hammer out a deal on 'sectoral emissions ceilings' with transport expected to cut the most

Beef reared and fed in Ireland could be given protected geographical indicator status

Methane abatement is necessary if we want to tackle climate change in the medium term. The most promising way of achieving this without removing meat entirely from the diet is artificial or plant-based meat

The Government may be forced to delay a decision on lowering agricultural carbon emissions until after the summer recess with talks said to be “extremely tense”.

The study conducted in Co. Cork, found that "feelings of insecurity were partly influenced by the closure of rural Garda stations and uneven distribution of information technology."

Generations of farming families and locals have been involved in producing the popular product 

Farmers are being warned to make sure tractors are parked securely overnight following a spate of robberies 

What began as a pioneering local initiative by four Galway credit unions five years ago is now widely available across the country

Soaring fertiliser costs have rice farmers across Asia scaling back their use, a move that threatens harvests of a staple that feeds half of humanity and could lead to a full-blown food crisis if prices aren’t curbed.

As farmers, we are ultra-aware of inflation, especially so in relation to feed, fertiliser and fuel, writes Kieran Coughlan

War in Ukraine will lead to a cut in wheat supplies to the West. Increasing our own crop yields offers a partial solution but we must wean ourselves away from our exposure to commodities at the end of a risky geopolitical supply line.

The price expectation is between €180,000 and €240,000 (€2,800 to €3,725/acre)

Wildlife and environment advocates say the EU's Common Agricultural Policy won't entice farmers to step down production

The agent confirmed that there is active bidding on the property in excess of the price guide of €390,000 (€8,000/acre)

Any farmer worth their salt will do all things to preserve and protect the lives of the animals under their care, even if it is uneconomic to do so, Examiner Farming columnist Kieran Coughlan writes

Farm was a dairy farm in the past and contains much of the infrastructure of buildings associated with that sector, according to the selling agent

Danish, German, French, Portuguese, and Irish milk producers have been telling the European Milk Board about their worries

Environment Minister Eamon Ryan has warned that it may be the last exemption granted

Farmers say they are at a "boiling point" and urgent changes are needed

Farmers who rear or purchase calves born from dairy cows for beef production would be eligible, if they submit a BISS application and are members of the Bord Bia Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme

Terminating a lease can be a protracted, technical, and complicated process. Legal expert Karen Walsh takes us through it

The new CAP places an economic value on Irish farm biodiversity for the first time

Any time a substantial agricultural holding comes on the market in any of the outlying areas around Cork city, there is an instant buzz.

For the CSP, active farmers are defined as those “engaged in at least a minimum level of agricultural activity”

Preliminary estimates using 2018-2019 nitrates data indicate that approximately 65,000 livestock farmers are already stocked below 1.5 livestock units per hectare.