Castlelyons grower claims Glanbia grain award
Dermot McAuliffe, from Castlelyons, was honoured with the overall Glanbia Quality Grain award for 2015, at the annual event held in Kilkenny on Thursday,...
New CEO appointed to Moorepark Technology Limited
Castletownroche-native John Hunter has been appointed as the new CEO of Moorepark Technology Limited (MTL). He joins the company from Tipperary Co-op where he...
Cork farmer goes in search of new livestock in the ninth...
Cork farmer Frank Murphy will feature in the ninth episode of UTV Ireland’s highly successful fly-on-the-wall rural series, ‘Rare Breed: A Farming Year’, on...
Cork East general election candidates put through their paces at IFA...
Cork East general election candidates set out their stall on agriculture and rural issues at a debate hosted by IFA in Fermoy last week.
The...
Seeking new Irish food entrepreneurs
Food Works, which is a programme that's jointly run by Bord Bia, Enterprise Ireland and Teagasc, has been launched earlier this week.
The programme is an intensive...
Minister Coveney launches Department’s Schemes and Services booklet
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney this Wednesday officially launched the department’s ‘Schemes and Services 2014-2020’ booklet.
The minister said “My...
Leading experts gather to discuss climate change and its impact on...
Delegates told Ireland well placed to continue showing leadership
in the creation of innovative solutions where climate action
is at the centre of sustainable food production
Delegates...
‘Election seems more important to Minister Simon Coveney’ – O’Keeffe
Cork East Fianna Fáil general election candidate, Cllr Kevin O’Keeffe is very disappointed that there was a meeting of the European Council of Agricultural...
Farmland prices down in Avondhu area
Irish agricultural land values on average nationally continued to stabilise in 2015, according to estate agents Ganly Walters in a new national survey. For...
Connecting talent with jobs – Agri Careers Fair
The Irish Farmers Journal and open eir have joined forces to launch Ireland’s first Agri Careers Fair which takes place on 3 March in...
