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Off-kilter CAP proposal shows EU Commission is not listening to farmers
The EU Commission’s proposals on the budget and CAP for 2028-34 strongly suggest that Europe is …

Courts
‘Tom Niland protected rural Ireland by taking these guys out of the system’ – friends pay tribute as third man pleads guilty to his manslaughter
Sheep
Tom Staunton: How we are already getting ready for winter
Farm Property
80ac Limerick farm ‘renowned for great dairying and fattening’ guided at €800,000
News
EU proposes major cut to farm subsidies
Comment
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: How I’m fattening pigs the old-fashioned way to make up my beef shortfall
Politics
Explainer: How Ireland faces uphill battle to defend farm grants and protect corporate tax revenues after EU budget changes
News
Germany rejects EU's €2 trillion budget plan as maneuvers begin
Dairy
Peter Hynes: Why we need to copy the UK and transform our big ag shows
Farm Property
28ac Kilkenny parcel makes €18,000/ac – €150,000 above guide price
Politics
‘A litre of milk now costs more than a litre of petrol’, Dáil is told
Irish News
Tree-planting plan a ‘failure’ as Irish forests release more carbon than they capture
Dairy
What new Nitrates catchment rules mean for farmers: ‘We have a vision but is there a future?’
Irish News
Joseph Grogan inquest concludes with widow in tears and bombshell accusations
News
80 cattle and 200 sheep removed from Clare farm due to farmer’s neglect
Beef
‘Beef shortage won’t end any time soon’
Farming
Should farmers lose their CAP payments when they retire?
Dairy
Meet the Limerick farmer ‘who loves the craic’ making millions laugh online
Legal Advice
‘My grandfather left my mother a site in his will but she never got it – and now my uncle has sold the land. What can we do?’
News
EU wants cuts for farm subsidies over €20,000 in bid to fund smaller holdings, draft shows
News
High Court upholds acquittal in non-vet bull fertility case
Rural Life
How this Wicklow sheep farmer is leading the national effort to control the deer population
Sheep
‘The outlook for the sector is grim unless the processors change their approach’
Schemes
Department of Agriculture rejects banking proposal to allow hire purchase under TAMS
Beef
‘Traditionally, you’d have only ever seen €3,000+ in pedigree sales for the likes of Michael O’Leary, now there’s Jersey-crosses making it’

Tillage
Mideast conflict is latest threat to global fertiliser supplies

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Big yields, strong calves and a lasting legacy at Newford Farm

Number of cattle killed in past two weeks nose-dives

‘Traditionally, you’d have only ever seen €3,000+ in pedigree sales for the likes of Michael O’Leary, now there’s Jersey-crosses making it’

Declining numbers force factories to raise quotes

‘Beef shortage won’t end any time soon’

UK consumers spending more on beef, but buying less meat overall

MachineryMore Machinery

Deere predicts Brazil machinery sales will surpass Europe figures in 10 years

Built to order, backed by family – how the third generation is driving the future of Abbey Machinery

Peter Hynes: Stop complaining that tractors go too fast on rural roads – it’s just not true

A rugged, reliable status symbol of Rural Ireland – but can farmers still justify a Land Cruiser?

Newly unveiled: It’s the first all-new model of Toyota’s Land Cruiser commercial in 15 years

Avenger 4Xe review: Jeep go back to the future with a genuine off-roader for the farm

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‘A litre of milk now costs more than a litre of petrol’, Dáil is told

‘A pioneering figure in Irish agriculture’ – Co-founder of Dawn Meats Dan Browne dies at the age of 88

How buying two pet goats with Communion money turned into a goat’s milk soap and skincare business

IFA raises alarm over CAP as Germany pushes back on bigger EU budget

Them bones, them bones... they still need calcium, but how will the National Dairy Council convince the next generation of that?

Chicken prices may rise amid loss of access to flat VAT

DairyMore Dairy

Peter Hynes: Why we need to copy the UK and transform our big ag shows

What new Nitrates catchment rules mean for farmers: ‘We have a vision but is there a future?’

Meet the Limerick farmer ‘who loves the craic’ making millions laugh online

‘We need to bridge the gap between today’s active farmers and giving young people an opportunity’

The real reason calf treatments sometimes don’t seem to work

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Someone tell our teenagers they can earn more milking cows than making fancy coffee

TillageMore

Mideast conflict is latest threat to global fertiliser supplies

Why native cereals are the best option for your cattle when grass is scarce

Tips for sowing catch crops – this is the perfect year for them

Why intercropping for organic animal feed is proving a hit for this Wexford farm

Richard Hackett: We have the tools – so there’s no excuse for failing to control grassweeds

Now is a golden opportunity for growers to step away from the day-to-day and dream up fresh ideas for the future

SheepMore

Tom Staunton: How we are already getting ready for winter

‘The outlook for the sector is grim unless the processors change their approach’

Exposed: The savage reality of dog attacks as farmers say ‘enough’

Heavy lambs making no more than the better cull ewe

Factories hint that lamb prices could come back again this week

How this Kiwi met a Mayo man in Australia and is now shaping cattle breeding in the west of Ireland

Farm PropertyMore Farm Property

80ac Limerick farm ‘renowned for great dairying and fattening’ guided at €800,000

28ac Kilkenny parcel makes €18,000/ac – €150,000 above guide price

On the market – four classic rural homes with special features

67ac farm in Waterford’s Blackwater Valley for €940,000

122ac Longford residential farm for €1.85m

35-acre Wicklow forestry holding sells for in excess of guide before auction

Legal AdviceMore Legal Advice

‘My grandfather left my mother a site in his will but she never got it – and now my uncle has sold the land. What can we do?’

‘The right of way to our house is becoming unusable and the owner is ignoring us. Can we do the maintenance on the laneway ourselves?’

‘We transferred our farm house to our son and retained a right of residence but he won’t let us make any alterations. What can we do?’

‘We don’t want to get bogged down in dispute with neighbours over boundaries on our family turf plot’

‘Our new neighbour is trying to close off a right of way that’s been there for generations. Can he?’

‘Our elderly dad is leaving the farm to us in his will. But his new wife says she is automatically entitled to a third of his estate so we will have to sell the land. Can this be true?’

CommentMore Comment

Off-kilter CAP proposal shows EU Commission is not listening to farmers

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: How I’m fattening pigs the old-fashioned way to make up my beef shortfall

Darragh McCullough: Who knew pizza and the internet would almost kill my buzz for farming?

EU’s new ‘nature credits’ look like a charter for big-business green-washing

Hannah Quinn-Mulligan: Someone tell our teenagers they can earn more milking cows than making fancy coffee

Banagher meat plant saga shows our planning system is broken

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