There was good news on the sheep front today, as the Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine announced the start of balancing pay...
BISS: An Overview With the deadline for submissions just two weeks ago, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, h...
In the run-up to breeding season, we tend to place a lot of emphasis on cow health and fertility. And there is no doubt that the physical cond...
LESS and TAMS 3 The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) today announced that the TAMS 3 Low Emission Slurry Spreading Scheme (LESS)...
Young farmers: an endangered species? There has been much talk in recent months about the scarcity of young people going into farming...
As we face into May, a lot of us will turn our attention to the forthcoming cattle breeding season. At this stage, the majority of cows will h...
Eligible farmers need to be aware that the closing date for applications to the National Dairy Beef Welfare Scheme (NDBWS) is fast approaching. The De...
Nematodirus in lambs: what is the risk in your area? Last week, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine issued its annual Nematodirus fore...
With lambing season now well underway, most sheep farmers are probably suffering – understandably – from some of the symptoms of exhaustio...
The prevailing wind In yet another indicator of the prevailing wind in Irish agricultural policy, the organic farming sector received more good news ...
Lambing season is now underway in many parts of the country. For most sheep farmers, this means sleepless nights and a strange mixture of joy and desp...
New announcement from DAFM There was more news from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine last week, as Minister Charlie McConalogue ann...
