Hundreds of mourners gathered to pay their respects to a much loved son, brother, uncle and friend who died in an air crash in Wexford three days ago.

Farmers are increasingly facing the challenge of sustainability from an economic, social, and environmental perspective.

A joint programme to provide family farms with the skills and technologies to operate sustainable dairy systems has been launched by Glanbia Ireland and Teagasc.

A long-standing partnership between Teagasc and the IMP Group to breed new varieties of potatoes for the Irish and global markets is to enter another phase.

Exports of Irish dairy products and ingredients have risen to over €4bn in 2018, having averaged €1.84bn from 2007 to 2009, thousands of farmers heard at Teagasc Dairy Open Day, at Moorepark, in Fermoy, Co Cork.

More than 300 people attended two Teagasc organised conifer timber marketing events in Charleville, Co Cork, and Abbeyleix, Co Laois, in recent weeks.

Teagasc was joint fifth among EU research organisations and universities accessing research funding during 2018 from the European Commission’s Horizon 2020 programme.

GRASS is regarded as the key to profitable and sustainable milk and meat production in Ireland, where there is an ongoing campaign to grow more of it.

Westmeath student Charlie Drumm's new Freshgraze system, an automated cloud-controlled moving fence for livestock, is attracting a lot of attention.

Dairy farmers have been told that efficient technology will save them up to 15% on their energy bills.

A top ploughman died in a farm accident in Wexford yesterday as some of his family were at the National Ploughing Championships in Offaly.

An updated version of the Farm Safety Code of Practice has been published by the Health and Safety Authority to help prevent future injury and occupational ill health in agriculture.

Energy efficiency and the adoption of related technology are two ways in which a farm business can improve its competitiveness and lower its carbon footprint.

THE revolt in Dublin on Easter Monday 1916 did not immediately spread to the rest of the country as was intended.

Over 2,000 farmers gathered at Newford suckler demonstration farm in Athenry, Co Galway this week for an open day.

Teagasc is inviting submissions to its recently launched Education Strategic Vision project for the land-based sector.

Teagasc in partnership with Galway County Council will stage Farming and Country Life 1916, Ireland’s largest rural 1916 commemorative.

Agri authorities in Eritrea are to develop a herd better suited to their available feed sources thanks to a new Irish-supported breeding programme.

Education will be central to ensuring farmers adapt to new technologies and management systems, say the authors of a Teagasc report.

The chair of the new Climate Change Advisory Council has said the group won’t hold back on criticising the Government for failings in tackling carbon emissions.