Farmers could be in line for subsidised holiday cover and sick leave, according to proposals under the new CAP. The measures are aimed at providing replacement labour for everything from sickness and bereavement to training courses and...
‘Unprecedented’ beef prices last year have increased the number of farms considered economically viable to over 50pc. However, the results from the Teagasc National Farm Survey show substantial differences remain between the incomes...
The publication of the 321-page ‘A Living Land’, the second phase of Ireland’s Strategic Land Use Review, arrives as a substantial body of evidence for a Government that has largely de-emphasised the importance of the original Green...
On a very warm and overcast day last week, beef farmer Paudie O’leary draws silage for winter feed using a 2001 John Deere 6850 Harvester in Castleview, near Timoleague, West Cork.
The New Entrant to Farming Award — with a €7,000 prize fund — was launched at Clonmel Show. Pictured (from left): Darragh Scott, Chairman of South Tipp IFA; Francie Gorman, President, IFA; Farmer Matthew Kehoe with his Jacob sheep National...
When the gates of Ballyvadin demo farm were opened in 2024, the project set out to answer one core question: is dairy-calf-to-beef truly profitable in a real-world environment? Two years later, the data released by Teagasc at its Beef 2026 open...
Hitting three key performance targets could improve profitability by approximately €600/cow, amounting to almost €20,000 in additional annual profit for a 30-cow herd, according to Teagasc. Martina Harrington, Cattle Specialist and...