Corrin Mart Report
Hopefully by the time you are reading this, the weather will have improved considerably. As I pen this mart report to paper the wind...
ICMSA say department’s ‘mixed messages’ hindering Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme
The Chairperson of ICMSA’s Livestock Committee, Des Morrison, has said that the Department’s ‘mixed messages’ on the renamed National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme is...
Beefy €23,500 prize fund on offer for Ireland’s best bulls
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, was recently joined by champion bull ‘Carrigroe Noel’ in Watergrasshill, to officially launch the...
Almost 32,000 farms now able to avail of a high-speed fibre...
More than 12,000 farms have now been connected to high-speed fibre broadband through National Broadband Ireland’s (NBI) rollout of the National Broadband Plan (NBP).
The...
Future direction of Irish agriculture to be discussed at AIB seminar...
The future direction and outlook for the Irish agricultural sector will be discussed by a number of key speakers on Monday, January 22 at...
Global fertiliser price reductions must be passed on to farmers
IFA President Tim Cullinan says that Merchants and Co-ops must pass on the significant reductions in global fertiliser prices to farmers.
“We have seen a...
Dairy farmers cannot sustain further cuts to milk price
In advance of milk price announcements, IFA Dairy Chairman Stephen Arthur has warned milk processors that farmers cannot afford any further cuts to milk...
Over 1,000 visitors descend upon Open Farm Day
Sunday last saw over 1,000 visitors descended upon Agri Aware’s Open Farm Day on the Fitzgerald’s dairy farm in Kilmagemogue, Portlaw, Co. Waterford.
Despite worrying...
Dairygold to host free dairy farming conference in Fermoy
Dairygold Co-Operative Society is hosting its annual Positive Dairy Conference this Friday, 19th January in the Corrin Event Centre in Fermoy. The conference, free to...
Department to provide farmers with Bovine TB Herd History risk statement...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will provide personalised Herd Test History Statements and Reports to cattle farmers in the coming days,...