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Robots and AI could transform future of farming, says expert

The robotics expert, along with his team of 'enthusiastic young people', are working on a range of experiments to push the boundaries of modern farming at the Automating Regenerative Agriculture (Aura) project at Maynooth University

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Kieran Coughlan: Budget must balance protecting Agricultural Relief with curbing abuse

<p>Covering more than seven and a half thousand hectares of Ireland’s uplands, blanket bogs are vital habitats for many rare and threatened species, from insect-eating carnivorous plants to increasingly threatened birdlife. </p>

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Help at hand for repairing damage to Ireland’s blanket bogs

Businesses to fund wildlife ponds, hedgerows and woodlands on Irish farms as part of ReFarm project

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Businesses to fund wildlife ponds, hedgerows and woodlands on Irish farms as part of ReFarm project

Ploughing Championships: Where is it on, how to get there, and where to park?

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Ploughing Championships: Where is it on, how to get there, and where to park?

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Budget to see residential zoned tax with 'carve out' for farmers, according to O'Gorman

'Only matter of time before all tractors will be electric,' says Micheál Martin

'Only matter of time before all tractors will be electric,' says Micheál Martin

Tánaiste was speaking at the unveiling of the first electric tractor in Ethiopia, which was developed by an Irish company working with local partners

Sat, 20 Jul, 2024

Fianna Fail Ard Fheis 2024

Independent probe ordered into unexplained animal ailments on Irish farm

Agriculture minister seeks independent review of department's investigation into issues at Dan Brennan's farm in Castlecomer, Co Kilkenny

Fri, 05 Jul, 2024

Why we need to listen to farmers’ perspectives on lynx and wolf reintroductions

Why we need to listen to farmers’ perspectives on lynx and wolf reintroductions

Whether in Monaghan or Malawi, Navan or Nepal, we should listen to and take seriously the perspectives of those who make their living from the land says environmental social scientist, Dr Jonny Hanson

Thu, 20 Jun, 2024

Anja Murray: Rivers running out of air

Anja Murray: Rivers running out of air

Oxygen is a vital element of healthy waters — by overloading waterways with nutrients, aquatic animals are struggling to breathe

Wed, 19 Jun, 2024

Aerial Photo of Massey Ferguson 390T Tractor and Abbey Tanker spreading manure slurry in a field on farm in UK 09-09-23

Eoghan Daltun: Irish nature is wrecked — we need a plan to bring back what we've lost

We have turned almost the whole of Ireland into one big farm, and nature has paid an exorbitant price

Wed, 05 Jun, 2024

Avocados climate change

Avocados getting smashed by climate change, report warns

The best growing regions in countries like Burundi, Chile, Peru, Spain, South Africa and Mexico are seeing productivity shrink due to the more volatile conditions

Mon, 13 May, 2024

Irish tillage farming

Wheat, barley and oat production declined by a fifth in 2023 – CSO

The production of wheat fell by 27.7%, barley by 17.8% and oats by 20.6%, or a total of 531,300 tonnes to 2,015,700 in 2023.

Thu, 25 Apr, 2024

Irish Farming

Tillage farmers worry about future after heavy rain and a ‘pear-shaped’ 2023

A window is passing for Irish farmers who need to decide whether they risk sowing crops during dry spells

Sun, 21 Apr, 2024

Wet and frosty March caused 'enormous stress' for farmers

Wet and frosty March caused 'enormous stress' for farmers

Met Éireann's monthly climate statement shows that the rainfall recorded at a number of its stations was 200% above their long-term average totals

Wed, 03 Apr, 2024

Green Earth Organics: Going back to our vegetable roots

Green Earth Organics: Going back to our vegetable roots

Just one per cent of our farms produce vegetables, though the climate provides near-ideal growing conditions. Organic farmer Kenneth Keavey, the man behind the Green Earth Organics vegetable box delivery service talks about why it's important to support Irish growers.

Fri, 16 Feb, 2024

John Deere Tractors

Deere cuts profit forecast as farmers rein in orders for new tractors

Deere, the the world's largest farm equipment maker, cut its 2024 profit forecast as farmers remained hesitant about large equipment purchases due to high borrowing rates and falling crop prices, even as its first-quarter sales and profit topped ...

Thu, 15 Feb, 2024

Cork farm project achieves 'significant' improvement in river water quality

Cork farm project achieves 'significant' improvement in river water quality

Programme focused on getting about 100 landowners to help stop run-off pollution into tributaries which primarily feed into the River Blackwater

Tue, 06 Feb, 2024

Conservation rewards system needs to work for farmers if it is to actually work

Conservation rewards system needs to work for farmers if it is to actually work

Increasing numbers of farmers are participating in eco-schemes and this is critical to their success and to repairing the damage done to the Irish countryside in the last 50 years

Thu, 25 Jan, 2024

RTE pay revelations

Letters to the Editor: TV licence payers and viewers want real reform at RTÉ

One reader queries RTÉ's 'new direction', while others consider issues including racism, energy prices, and the risk of bird flu

Fri, 19 Jan, 2024

Irish Examiner view: Criminal act shows the true face of racism

Irish Examiner view: Criminal act shows the true face of racism

The fire at Ross Lake House Hotel in Rosscahill, Co Galway, may be part of an orchestrated campaign by malign agitators

Tue, 19 Dec, 2023

Cull to bring Derrynane rabbit population under control

Cull to bring Derrynane rabbit population under control

A cull of wild rabbits at Derrynane, the Kerry birthplace of Daniel O’Connell, is expected to take place over the next three months.

Tue, 31 Oct, 2023

A challenging year continues to throw up more curveballs for farmers

A challenging year continues to throw up more curveballs for farmers

We need to be more vocal in letting the consumer know all of the changes we have made to our business practices to comply with environmental responsibilities

Mon, 23 Oct, 2023

Up to 41,000 cows could be culled to meet nitrates derogation levels

Up to 41,000 cows could be culled to meet nitrates derogation levels

Tim Lombard said an 'animal welfare catastrophe' will occur if Agriculture Minister Charlie McConalogue does not intervene

Sun, 22 Oct, 2023

National Ploughing Championships 2023

Tadgh McNally: As a means of gauging the lay of the land, The Ploughing is hard to beat

The Ploughing allows politicians to break free from the political bubble and meet people from all walks of life

Sun, 24 Sep, 2023

National Ploughing Championships 2023

Cool reception for McConalogue but Higgins prompts cheers from crowds at the Ploughing

With two more days to go yet at one of Ireland’s biggest festivals, there will be more politicking, more debates on nitrates and more people caked in muck

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

Mary Lou McDonald says farmers are ‘frustrated’ with Government

Mary Lou McDonald says farmers are ‘frustrated’ with Government

The Sinn Féin leader said she was hopeful that rural voters will give her party 'a shot' in the next election

Tue, 19 Sep, 2023

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European Commissioner due in Ireland soon to discuss nitrates derogation

However, the European Commission emphasised again that there is no possibility of reopening and renegotiating Ireland's agreed derogation

Mon, 18 Sep, 2023

Cows graze in a field along the coast of County Kerry, Ireland.

Minister not overruled by Taoiseach on EU nitrates issue, colleague insists

The Taoiseach did not overrule the Agriculture Minister on the EU nitrates derogation issue, a Government colleague has insisted.

Sun, 17 Sep, 2023

Fine Gael party think-in

Varadkar intervenes in nitrates dispute

Taoiseach tells farmers he will ask the EU Commissioner to meet with the Agriculture Minister and a delegation from the sector

Fri, 15 Sep, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Protests will benefit SF, as governments always get the blame

Irish Examiner view: Protests will benefit SF, as governments always get the blame

Opposition parties are among the beneficiaries when measures such as the changes to the nitrates derogation antagonise and mobilise a group

Wed, 13 Sep, 2023

Fianna Fáil ministers hold 'constructive' meeting with IFA amid farmers' protest

Fianna Fáil ministers hold 'constructive' meeting with IFA amid farmers' protest

The Tánaiste admitted that dairy farmers would “bear the brunt” of the decision by the European Commission to reduce Ireland’s nitrate derogation.

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

Farmers to protest at Fianna Fáil think-in over nitrates derogation

Farmers to protest at Fianna Fáil think-in over nitrates derogation

Alterations would see farmers lose €40,000 each year

Mon, 11 Sep, 2023

Letters to the Editor: Cork cinema revamp is welcome

Letters to the Editor: Cork cinema revamp is welcome

Irish Examiner readers consider issues including the fate of a Cork cinema, driving test delays, the GAA season, the environment, and censorship

Wed, 16 Aug, 2023

Irish Examiner view: News about the environment is not all bad

Irish Examiner view: News about the environment is not all bad

The despatches from the front line of the climate and environmental crisis can be so overwhelming that at times the gloom seems all-pervasive.

Fri, 11 Aug, 2023

Close up of calves on animal farm eating food. Meat industry concept.

'Animal welfare issues' revealed in documentary spark investigation into dairy industry

Undercover filming by RTÉ recorded scenes at marts across Munster of calves being kicked and thrown around, tails being pulled and twisted, and sticks being used

Tue, 11 Jul, 2023

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Man arrested in relation to farm machinery and livestock theft in Cork and Kerry

A tractor, slurry tanker and livestock worth around €110,000 were stolen between November 2022 and February 2023

Wed, 14 Jun, 2023

FILE PHOTO 58-year-old farmer Michael Scott has been found not guilty of the manslaughter of his aunt 76-year-old Chrissie Treac

Scott subjected aunt to 'verbal abuse and mental torture'

Michael Scott was convicted earlier this year of the manslaughter of his aunt through gross negligence when he drove over her in an agricultural teleporter outside her home

Mon, 12 Jun, 2023

Elaine Loughlin: A new rural political party cannot be polarised

Elaine Loughlin: A new rural political party cannot be polarised

Trying to package rural Ireland into one neat little box will fail and deep down those vying to establish a rural party must know that.

Sat, 10 Jun, 2023

Dáil suspended after Cork TD takes issue with being called an organic farmer

Dáil suspended after Cork TD takes issue with being called an organic farmer

Michael Collins accused Pippa Hackett of 'spreading mistruths' about him

Wed, 31 May, 2023

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The State must take responsibility for the restoration of nature

How on earth can we ask farmers to make long-term commitments for nature when the State itself seems to have no interest?

Tue, 23 May, 2023

Ireland joins global effort to cut agricultural methane

Ireland joins global effort to cut agricultural methane

Ireland will join the International Enteric Fermentation Accelerator, described as the world’s largest single research effort to reduce agricultural methane emissions.

Sun, 21 May, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Industry must make right call

Irish Examiner view: Industry must make right call

Tue, 09 May, 2023

Over one-third of pig meat products sold in food services sector not Irish

Over one-third of pig meat products sold in food services sector not Irish

The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is asking businesses in the food services sector to “step up to the mark” and procure more from Irish farmers as a new analysis shows that more than one in three pigmeat products could not be traced back to farms ...

Wed, 03 May, 2023

IFA: Eamon Ryan's comments around CPO of lands for national parks are 'delusional'

IFA: Eamon Ryan's comments around CPO of lands for national parks are 'delusional'

Farmers have strongly reacted to "inflammatory" and "delusional" remarks by Eamon Ryan who has not ruled out the compulsory purchase of lands for national parks.

Mon, 01 May, 2023

Marca na Feirme March

'We want a future in rural Ireland': Macra marchers are 'fighting to stay'

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

Wed, 26 Apr, 2023

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More than 70 lambs killed in 'horrific' dog attack in Kerry

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

Thu, 13 Apr, 2023

The mighty quins: Cork farmer welcomes 'one-in-a-million' lamb quintuplets

The mighty quins: Cork farmer welcomes 'one-in-a-million' lamb quintuplets

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

Wed, 05 Apr, 2023

Pressure on Agriculture Minister as record number of unwanted dairy calves slaughtered

Pressure on Agriculture Minister as record number of unwanted dairy calves slaughtered

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

Tue, 14 Mar, 2023

Cork farmer devastated after animals beheaded and 'torn to pieces' by dogs

Cork farmer devastated after animals beheaded and 'torn to pieces' by dogs

'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

Mon, 06 Mar, 2023