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Weather: Status Yellow wind warning for three counties
A Status Yellow weather warning for wind is in place for three counties this morning (Thursday, December 29). Met Éireann has said that the warning, which came into effect at 5:00a.m will remain in...
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Minister announces €28.9m funding to tackle global food insecurity
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has announced funding of €28.9 million for international development for 2022 today (Thursday, December 29). The funding from the...
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Winter Beef series: Preparing for the arrival of calves
The period over the next few weeks is when major preparations happen for the busy spring season when most calf-to-beef units prepare for the arrival of their calves from the dairy herd. For the first...
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Tillage: Spring planting opportunities critical for Irish growers
Teagasc is predicting a very strong focus being placed on spring planting opportunities by Irish tillage farmers in 2023. This reflects the fact that the overall tillage area is predicted to expand...
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Nitrates biggest challenge facing the sector – McCormack
As 2022 draws to a close, Agriland caught up with Pat McCormack, president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA), to review how the year went, covering topics like nitrates and...
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Tillage: What’s in store for farmers in Ireland?
The year ahead will be one of significant change for tillage farmers in Ireland with all aspects of their businesses coming under a spotlight. From a farm support and regulatory perspective, the full...
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Beef price: A review of the erratic changes in 2022
Most beef farmers will look back on 2022 as a positive year overall for beef prices, despite significant price fluctuation throughout the year. Factory quotes opened in January 2022 at approximately...
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€6/kg is ‘absolute minimum’ beef price for winter finishers to seek
“€6/kg is the absolute minimum beef price winter finishers should be pushing for in spring 2023,” the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA’s) beef chairperson Edmund Graham has said....
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Irish cattle price and beef market forecast for 2023
The beef market outlook for 2023 remains broadly optimistic but this optimism is “surrounded by a fair degree of uncertainty”. That’s according to Bord Bia’s Beef Sector manager Mark Zieg. Giving his...
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Video: Improving the effectiveness of your milking routine
The milking process is the most important job on dairy farms, and it takes place up to 365 days/year. Having an effective milking routine is important for a number of reasons, the number one being...
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15 CalfCare events to take place throughout January
The annual Animal Health Ireland (AHI) and Teagasc CalfCare events will take place again this January on farms across the country. The series of 15 events, titled ‘CalfCare 2023, Back to Basics’, will...
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Cost of fertiliser on tillage farms – now a level playing field
The cost of fertiliser will be a subject that dominates tillage farmers’ thoughts over the coming weeks and months. However, according to Teagasc’s Ciaran Collins, this is an issue that will put...
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Risk management a priority for tillage farmers in 2023
Tillage farmers’ risk management skills will be thoroughly tested in 2023. According to Teagasc, driving this reality is a combination of high input costs and uncertainty as to how strong grain will...
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12% gender pay gap reported by Teagasc
The gender pay gap between male and female full-time staff at Teagasc is 12% according to the organisation’s Gender Pay Gap Report 2022. There were 348 permanent full-time female staff in Teagasc,...
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The importance of digital recording on tillage farms
The digital recording of on-farm operations and the performance of each field on an annual basis is critically important if growers are to determine the margin per crop. Information of this nature can...
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DAFM gender pay gap down by over 50% within decade
The gender pay gap at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) continues to decline with male employees now earning 9.5% more than females. Figures showing the difference in men’s and...
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ABP to sponsor farm safety award at BT Young Scientist event
ABP Food Group has announced that it will be sponsoring the Farm Safety award at the upcoming 2023 BT Young Scientist and Technology exhibition later this month. Announcing the sponsorship today...
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Minister to address IFA Farming and Climate Summit
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue will address a farming and climate summit held by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) next week, the organisation announced today...
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IGGG regional meeting ‘open to all interested in tillage’
The impact of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), changes in the nitrates regulations and the Climate Action Plan are some of the key issues that are set to be discussed at a regional meeting of...
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The benefits of feeding transition milk to calves
Feeding transition milk to calves can offer a number of benefits, including reducing the level of sickness in calves. The spring-calving season will soon be kicking-off on farms across the country and...
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