Forestry
Rural Life
Dog attacks on livestock hit ‘unprecedented levels’ – farm org
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies offers €2,000 young farmer study tour prize
Environment
Series of workshops start tomorrow on wood fuel drying
Environment
Watch: EPA says agriculture must adapt to climate change
Agri Politics
Von der Leyen rival visits Dublin on Green Party agenda
Lead candidate of the European Green Party, MEP Bas Eickhout, who is running as an alternative to current president of…
N.Ireland
Ex-Irish rugby player raising heart health awareness for farmers
Former Ireland and Ulster rugby prop forward, Simon Best, has partnered with British Heart Foundation (BHF) Northern Ireland (NI) to…
Rural Life
Bloom garden to showcase 6,000 years of farming
A farm showcasing Ireland’s unique landscape and 6,000 years of farming and dairy production will be featured in one of…
Rural Life
Nursing home scheme changes will ‘safeguard’ farms – minister
Minister of State Mary Butler has told the Dáil that proposed changes to the Nursing Homes Support Scheme, also known…
N.Ireland
MP raises concerns over clash of farrier organisations
Farrier organisation, The Worshipful Company of Farriers (WCF) has reapplied to the Farriers Registration Council (FRC) for approval of farriery…
Agri-Business
Biomethane strategy to be published within ‘weeks’ – minister
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has said he expects the National Biomethane Strategy to be published…
Environment
Muir launches £3m Peatland Challenge Fund competition
A new £3 million fund competition to help protect Northern Ireland’s peatlands has been launched by Minister of Agriculture, Environment…
Beef News
Dawn Meats nets multi-million euro contract for beef to South Korea
Dawn Meats has already secured a multi-million euro contract for monthly shipments of beef to South Korea after it was…
Sheep
Closing date for Sheep Welfare Scheme applications approaches
The deadline to apply for the new National Sheep Welfare Scheme (NSWS) is fast approaching. Applications for the scheme must…
Rural Life
Men due in court for cutting down ‘world-famous’ sycamore tree
Two men are due to appear in court today (Wednesday, May 15), after cutting down the “world-famous” sycamore gap tree…
Agri-Business
Watch: All of government ‘committed’ to secure nitrates derogation
All of government is “committed” to work to ensure that Ireland will retain its nitrates derogation, Minister for Agriculture, Food…
N.Ireland
Dale Farm to process an extra 10m litres of milk per year
Dale Farm is planning to expand its milk pool in Northern Ireland by up to 1%/annum over the next 10…
Rural Life
Thunderstorm warning to come into effect this afternoon
A Status Yellow thunderstorm warning is set to come into effect for several counties in the west, north-west and south-west…