I farm: “Alongside my father and my two brothers just 10 minutes outside Sligo town across the Leitrim border. We keep 300 ewes and 20 suckler cows.” Studies: “I’m currently in third year of the ...

The Flynn family are lifelong suckler farmers and agricultural contractors based in Naul, Co Dublin. Today, the business is headed up by Pat Flynn having taken over the reins from his late father, ...

Making bales on hire since 1995, it’s fair to say Sean Gilligan (below) has seen his fair share of bales across three decades. Based in Skehanagh, Co Galway, Sean runs an agricultural business, with ...

The big news this week was the positive Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction result, where the index increased by 1.6%. The main mover was whole milk powder (WMP), which increased in price by 2.8% and ...

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The rate of applications being submitted is expected to ramp up considerably over the next week to 10 days with over 70,000 ...

On Tuesday, the Department published a “Blueprint for Eradication” of bovine TB in NI, put together by the TB Partnership Steering Group (TBPSG). The origins of the group go back to a review of TB by ...

The new CAP conditionality measure introduced this year is causing a fair degree of angst and confusion at farm level. Our Department officials say they are waiting on Europe to finalise what has been ...

Did you know the Department of Agriculture is holding BISS clinics all over the country these days? Any farmer can rock up and receive assistance to complete their application. Seven have been ...

Josephine O’Neill, Macra’s president-elect, has some interesting connections to people of significance in Irish agriculture. Her grandaunt Margaret was married to former Minister for Agriculture Jim ...

Ornua CEO Conor Galvin remains optimistic about the prospects for the Kerrygold brand, particularly in the key US market, despite the uncertainty created by what he described as “global trade tensions ...