The state of Brandenburg in Germany has announced that it has activated its foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine bank.

A farmer in Co. Kerry has called for the Eircode system to be extended to include standalone farm buildings on health and safety grounds. Dinny Galvin, a dairy farmer from Lispole in west Kerry, told ...

Raising funds for the Suir Haven Cancer Support Centre in Thurles, the 5 th annual Borrisoleigh tractor run will take place on Sunday, February 2. The event, which has grown in popularity over the ...

Teagasc is confirming that slurry is a valuable fertiliser for tillage crops and offers many benefits when managed and applied correctly. However, it cannot be used on a whim. Farmers must consider ...

The level of meal required for cattle over the winter will depend on the silage quality and the required outcome for the cattle being fed. Naturally enough, if the cattle are being stored with the aim ...

Dealing with painful procedures for calves such as disbudding and castration was one of the topics of discussion at a CalfCare event in Co. Loais. Agriland visited the farm of John Comerford in ...

Are you aware that the real profits begin after the third lactation? Research shows that it typically takes two lactations for a cow to break even, five to reach peak production, and eight to nine ...

More and more farmers are becoming aware of the commercial beef value (CBV) and its importance in determining the genetic beef potential of an animal, particularly dairy-beef calves. While this may be ...

Aoife Fadian and Jessica O’Connor from Ursuline College, Co. Sligo have made plans to take their sustainable sheep wool project “large scale”, after securing a runners-up group position at the BT ...

The National Biodiversity Data Centre has confirmed that 152,711 records were submitted through its Ireland’s Citizen Science Portal in 2024. The portal provides a platform for the coordination of ...

Tight supplies and strong prices are forecast to dominate the lamb trade in the short term at least, according to Bord Bia sheep meat sector manager Seamus McMenamin. Speaking to Agriland McMenamin ...

Keeping costs down is the driver of profitability for Cork dairy farmer Joe Deane who has built his way up in the dairy industry through leasing ground. This was emphasised by Deane at the Irish ...