Minister launches 2017 as Year of Sustainable Grassland
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed TD, officially launched 2017 as the ‘Year of Sustainable Grassland’. This initiative will see...
Cork potato growers row in behind St Vincent de Paul
Potato growers from across Cork came together in an initiative to support St Vincent de Paul for the Christmas season and on Tuesday, December 20th presented...
Dairygold’s ‘Wrap It Pink’ campaign raises €17,500 for the Irish Cancer...
Irish farmers together with Dairygold have contributed €17,500 to the Irish Cancer Society through Wrap It Pink, which saw farmers across rural Ireland wrap...
Dairy Farm Management students graduate in Moorepark
Teagasc/UCD Professional Diploma in Dairy Farm Management were presented last week by Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Andrew Doyle TD, at...
ICMSA AGM told that Ireland cannot ‘stand idly by’ when Brexit...
Some three hundred farmer delegates from all over the state gathered in the Castletroy Park Hotel for the Annual General Meeting of the specialist...
Teagasc National Dairy Conference
'Rays of light emerging on international dairy markets'
‘Technologies for Success’ is the theme for this year’s Teagasc National Dairy Conference which is taking place...
The Festival of Farming and Food
For Science Week 2016 (November 13th-20th) Teagasc is hosting one of 11 Science Foundation Ireland-funded Science Week Festivals – the ‘Festival of Farming &...
Commemoration in Bantry marked 50th Anniversary of Farmers’ Rights Campaign
IFA President Joe Healy unveiled a plaque in Bantry last week to mark the 50th anniversary of the famous Farmers’ Rights Campaign of 1966.
Joe...
Essential that payments are speedy and efficient – IFA
IFA Deputy President Richard Kennedy said the Department of Agriculture had a good hit on payments to farmers across the country this week.
He said...
Farmers benefit from live exports as ship sails to Turkey
IFA National Livestock Chairman Angus Woods said another boat load of 3,300 cattle will sail to Turkey this week, following a boat load of...
