12+ hour, 2+ min ago   (1778+ words) The general perception of farmers is that they have a chip on their shoulder. Like most perceptions, there is some truth in it. Farmers as a rule have worked their entire lives. As children, they put in full days at…...

2+ day, 11+ hour ago   (459+ words) The FBD National Dairy Show has announced that Mark Logan of Islandmagee, Larne, Co Antrim, will serve as cattle judge, and Jane Steel of Loch Lomond, Scotland, will serve as handler judge, at the prestigious 2026 event. The event will take…...

2+ day, 12+ hour ago   (258+ words) Total machinery costs have risen by 47% from 2020 to 2025 on Irish tillage farms, according to Trevor Donnellan of Teagasc. Speaking at the Teagasc Crops Forum on Thursday, he commented that machinery-related cost inflation has been severe in recent years since the…...

2+ day, 15+ hour ago   (234+ words) A new app which links farmers, vets and merchants with the Department of Agriculture’s national veterinary prescription system (NVPS) has been shortlisted for an Innovation Arena award at Ploughing 2026. VetPal has been shortlisted for the start-up innovator of the year…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1366+ words) That 300 people from right across the country made their way to the Teagasc DairyBeef 500 farm walk on the farm of James O’Sullivan at Myross, Union Hall in west Cork on Thursday evening last was a testament to the performance of…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (398+ words) H Fulton Tractors, the Irish importer and distributor of the Schaffer loader brand, returns to the Ploughing with a selection of the manufacturer’s latest generation machines, varying in sizes and capacities. The Co Derry firm will show the 6680T-3, 8620T-2, 8620T-3 and the…...

2+ day, 20+ hour ago   (407+ words) The FBD National Dairy Show has announced that Mark Logan of Islandmagee, Larne, Co Antrim, will serve as cattle judge, and Jane Steel of Loch Lomond, Scotland, will serve as handler judge, at the prestigious 2026 event. The event will take…...

2+ day, 19+ hour ago   (449+ words) Ireland’s horticulture sector must be protected and food security must be strengthened amid Ireland’s increasing reliance on imported fruit and vegetables and falling grower numbers, Macra has said. It follows the release of the Climate Change Advisory Council’s (CCAC) report…...

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (406+ words) I farm: “Alongside my wife Bernadette and our son James in Doonbeg Co Clare. We milk 110 spring-calving Holstein Friesian cows on a heavy farm, with peat accounting for around 40% of the soil.” The herd: “We rear our calves through to…...

3+ day, 23+ hour ago   (425+ words) Some 60% of Irish landowners believe problems with deer on their land have grown in the last year, according to a survey by FRS Co-Op. They say heightened deer numbers are causing a “severe” problem on their land. Surveyed farmers reported…...