The average family farm income fell by 21% in 2018, according to a new Teagasc report.

Food and farming bodies have defended their role in climate action and warned it is simplistic to talk of slashing herd numbers or swapping pasture for tillage.

Meetings with farmers and communities are going on around the country as part of the Agricultural Sustainability Support and

Teagasc now accepts applications for the Professional Diploma in Dairy Farm Management programme.

There are two Grass10 Farmer Training courses aimed at dairy, beef and sheep farmers who want to grow more grass and manage their grass better, and improve their grazing infrastructure.

Seventeen people died in farm accidents in Ireland last year.

Potato growers could be the first in farming to suffer in a no-deal Brexit outcome, because seed for the crop might not be available.

Farm income pessimism was overdone this year, with this week’s new estimates from Teagasc painting a better than expected picture.

The importance of soil fertility will be explained at the Teagasc soil fertility conference on Wednesday, October 17, in the Lyrath Hotel, Kilkenny, starting at 9:15am.

Teagasc has appointed researcher Edgar Garcia Manzanilla, as head of the Pig Development Department and Ciaran Carroll as head of knowledge transfer in the same department.

The number of staff at State agency Teagasc earning more than €100,000 increased by four to 26 people last year.

It has been projected that more than 6,000 extra people will be needed on dairy farms by 2025 if the dairy sector is to achieve its growth target

The short-term outlook for beef prices in 2018 are good, but there will be significant challenges in the medium term around Brexit, CAP reform and climate change.

The position of the individual is fundamental to the way income taxes in Ireland are applied.

Conor Coakley, a level six dairy programme student at Teagasc Clonakilty Agricultural College, has won the Teagasc/FBD Insurance Student of the Year award.

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.

Changes in how fungicides are registered and the development of fungicide resistance in their target pathogens, are severely undermining the future success of fungicide- dependent disease control strategies, the Teagasc National Tillage Conference was told by Steven Kildea, of the Teagasc Oak Park research staff.

Teagasc and five agricultural consultancies will advise the beef producer organisations which are to be allowed negotiate prices collectively with processors, on behalf of cattle finishers, writes Stephen Cadogan.

A new report has found that small farmers feel more socially isolated as they age, and that an increasing number are now more fearful in their own homes.

A major Teagasc open day for the Irish dairy industry will take place in Teagasc Moorepark, Fermoy, County Cork, on Tuesday, July 4.

Controlling farm costs is a key part of farm management.

On beef farms, making high quality silage will go a long way towards maximising animal thrive in the winter, while controlling concentrate costs.

The current bull proof figures (March 2017) are the most accurate and up-to-date, and they are the only figures you should look at when choosing your AI sires for this season, advises John McNamara, in the Carbery/teagasc Joint Programme.