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Innovative field-to-field livestock sales platform launched
Irish ag-tech company, Farm Fayre, headquartered in Co. Kilkenny has launched a sales platform...
ACRES tranche 2 to open mid-October
Tranche 2 of the Agri Climate Rural Environment Scheme (ACRES) will open for applications in...
Great news for grass-fed cows
Irish grass-fed milk contains more beneficial nutrients than milk from conventional...
Sustainability-focussed Ploughing 2023 officially launched
The 2023 National Ploughing Championships (the Ploughing) have been officially launched by EU...
RDS appoints Liam Kavanagh as interim CEO
Liam Kavanagh has been appointed interim CEO of the RDS following the departure of Geraldine...
Vegan movement slowing down
Quarterly sales at Beyond Meat, a leading producer of plant-based products designed to look and...
ICMSA estimates €2bn hit for dairy farmers
Milk-price reductions so far in 2023 will wipe €2bn from dairy farmers’ revenues with a reduction...
Ornua CEO to take up new role with US private equity company
Ornua chief executive, John Jordan will take up a new role as chief operating officer at a...
IFA calls for suspension of increase in excise duty
The planned rise in excise duty of seven cent on a litre on petrol, five cent a litre on...
Local crime is ‘not a serious problem’ according to Garda survey
The number of people that believe local crime is ‘not a problem’ has risen by 13 per cent, to 45...
Agri Aware farm day attracts more than 1,000 visitors
Agri Aware’s recent open-farm day, which took place on the Fitzgerald family farm in Portlaw,...
Renewable-energy company purchases three Irish wind farms
Norwegian-based renewable-energy company, Statkraft has purchased a portfolio of operating wind...
Acute staff shortages highlighted in pig sector
A survey of Irish pig producers has revealed that almost half would be forced to consider exiting...
Last year’s planting ‘far below where we need to be’ – Hackett
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Senator Pippa Hackett,...
Liming programme budget doubles
The budget for the national liming programme has doubled to €16m in response to the large number...
50 spots available for ACORNS – closing date September 12
Female entrepreneurs in rural Ireland who are in the early stages of their business development...
Agricultural output price down 9.2%, input price down 10.5%
The Agricultural Output Price Index was down 9.2 per cent in the 12 months to June 2023,...
24 white-tailed eagle chicks released
Twenty-four white-tailed eagle chicks have been released in locations around Ireland as part of a...
Awards of €1.7M for soil, agri-digital research
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with special...
Vistamilk Schools Poster Competition
The VistaMilk SFI Research Centre held a poster competition for primary schools on the topic of...