Spot spraying is here and can be used at field scale. It has the potential to save on inputs, but for now is probably limited ...

Under the Noxious Weeds Act, 1936 it is an offence for owners and occupiers of land not to prevent the spread of certain weeds, specified in secondary legislation. The legislation currently includes ...

Marts in Leinster recorded a 29% year-on-year increase (sold 46,683 head) while marts in Connacht sold 37,931 bovines, up 23% ...

As TB runs out of control, the Department of Agriculture and farmers have never been further apart on how to tackle the ...

Farming really is a case of just hopping from one season to the next with little downtime in between. This week, as an end was in sight for calving 2025, our attention quickly turned to calving 2026.

A senior hurling club in Co Laois has come up with the novel idea to raffle a Belgian Blue heifer as part of a club ...

A spokesperson for Tirlán said that growing numbers of farm families are working with the co-operative’s dedicated farm ...

Demand from continent sees almost 20,000 extra calves being shipped out of the state compared to same time last year. The Netherlands and Spain remain the biggest markets.

The installation of solar panels on farm rooftops is becoming an increasingly common sight. However, some suppliers argue ...

There are a variety of vacancies in the dairy sector in counties such as Roscommon, Monaghan, Wexford and Cork.

Fluctuating growth rates are having opposite effects on farms, with some still tight for grass while others will need to take ...

Numbers have reduced across all categories of livestock from suckler cows to dairy cows and beef cattle and dairy ...