Commission Approves Forestry Funding In what was a long-awaited development, the European Commission finally approved State Aid to the afforestation ...
September and the countdown to tupping While farmers in some parts of the country have already put their ewes to the ram, most of us re...
NBWS Applications Ongoing The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that applications for the National Beef Welfare Sche...
Breeding Ewe Lambs: Yes or No? Farmers differ when it comes to the question of breeding ewe lambs. While some point out that it increases the number ...
As part of the drive for the Irish agriculture sector to achieve a 25% emissions reduction by 2030, Teagasc has established a new advisory programme f...
Backdating of Compensation Rates The recent confirmation from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) concerning TB compensation pa...
An Essential Part of All Sheep Systems With tupping season now clearly on the horizon, many of us will turn our attention to purchasing a breeding ra...
Important days in the calendar These are important days in the sheep farmer's calendar. With a couple of months to go until tupping season, ...
Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Innovation and Science, Simon Harris, has announced that two new farming apprenticeshi...
Reseeding for better farm outputs Research proves that reseeding is an effective means of improving grass quantity and quality. While a va...
Revenue Loss and Summer Mastitis Summer mastitis is a scourge affecting cows on both dairy and beef systems, and is most common during the late summe...