There is a call for the Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to allocate a dedicated budget to farmers to help them through the fodder crisis.

Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has allocated €1.5m to import fodder, as farmers strain to feed stock.

A multimillion-euro scheme aimed at supporting struggling farmers import fodder is to be announced by the agriculture minister today.

The IFA has urged Agriculture Minister Michael Creed to use a projected €106m underspend in the €4bn Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 to fund existing and new farm schemes.

Consumers are being urged to support local businesses and farmers by buying Irish this Christmas.

Cattle prices from €4 to €4.50/kg and mid-season lamb prices of €5 to €6.00/kg are essential to cover the cost of production on the most efficient farms, says IFA president Joe Healy.

The leader of the Irish Farmers Association has claimed the farm income crisis is deepening because of falling prices and poor weather.

The severe income crisis in farming needs a strong response from the new minister for agriculture, writes Joe Healy, IFA president.

New president Joe Healy has pledged greater transparency in the IFA, after a low election turnout pointed to the challenges ahead for IFA’s 15th president.

The new president of the Irish Farmers Association has demanded the next agriculture minister be dedicated only to that portfolio.

Noel Baker talks to farmer Joe Healy, new president of the IFA, on the problems facing the organisation in the wake of the debate over the salary paid to its former general secretary

The new president of Irish Farmers Association has said he would back the publication of pay conditions within the body.

A Galway dairy farmer has won 50% of the votes in the Irish Farmers Association elections to become its new president.