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Article330,000 sheep gone – and who is left to farm?

The decline in flock num­bers and sheep num­bers, coupled with an age­ing farm­ing demo­graphic, is likely to con­tinue unless the bar­ri­ers facing young entrants to sheep farm­ing are addressed, farm organ­isa­tions have warned, writes Cath­er­ina...

ArticleWest­meath farm fam­ily one of 10 appel­lants against €1bn data centre cam­pus

ArticleClose to 3,000 farm­ers have exited ACRES

Most farm­ers who have left ACRES (Agri-cli­mate Rural Envir­on­ment Scheme) have done so vol­un­tar­ily rather than being removed for breaches of scheme rules. Nearly four out of five farm­ers who have left the €1.5 bil­lion flag­ship...

ArticleCool cus­tomer

Tre­vor Deane from Dun­man­way washes one of his calves at the annual agri­cul­tural show at Barry­roe, Co Cork.

ArticleDairygold puts Leeds cheese busi­ness up for sale

Dairygold has announced it is look­ing at selling its soft cheese busi­ness in Leeds and clos­ing its cheese format­ting oper­a­tions in Crewe. It comes after a review of its UK busi­nesses, and Dairygold con­firmed that it received interest from...

Article‘Shock­ing’ farm foot­age sparks calls for answers

Foot­age cir­cu­lat­ing online from a major Depart­ment of Agri­cul­ture cattle cull­ing oper­a­tion on farms in Roscom­mon and Clare, has been described by the IFA as “unac­cept­able and shock­ing”. The inter­ven­tion comes after dozens of anim­als...

ArticleMayo farmer (69) drowned after being acci­dent­ally knocked into ditch by ATV driven by wife

Article4 in 10 sheep farm­ers draw­ing a pen­sion: Can sheep farm­ing attract the next gen­er­a­tion?