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Beef
Marts crack down on credit amid price boom
Noel Bardon
Marts are taking a tougher line in cattle buyers stretching their luck on settling up bills.
2 April 2025 Climate and environment
Farm emissions estimates cut by 7%
Emissions had been previously overstated due their not being sufficient research to generate emissions estimates that accurately reflected Irish farming.
2 April 2025 News
New nitrates plan already facing delays
The nitrates expert group has yet to deliver its advice to ministers on what the next nitrates action plan should look like.
INHFA wants mineral soils red-lined out of GAEC 2 rules
The hill farmers’ group has presented what it called a ‘fair solution’ to implementing GAEC 2.
1 April 2025 News
Army to help in search for missing Kerry farmer
Missing farmer Michael Gaine has been described as being approximately 5 feet 10 inches tall, with a stocky build, brown/grey hair and a bushy beard.
1 April 2025 News
Pig-fattening house appealed to an Bord Pleanála for decision
The appeal to an Bord Pleanála followed submissions raised by the EPA and Peter Sweetman.
31 March 2025 Pigs
Mart rings buzzing as record cattle prices keep floor under factories
Mart managers report that the cattle trade remains strong and that farmers are keeping their place around rings, despite factory and feedlot activity.
26 March 2025 News
‘Guts of a year’ to draw up Nature Restoration Law plan
There is just one year to set out how Ireland will meet the targets laid out in the EU Nature Restoration Law.
26 March 2025 Climate and environment
Four lambs put down after dog attack in Kildare
A sheep farmer in Kildare has yet again been forced to put sheep down in the aftermath of a dog attack.
25 March 2025 News
Ball rolling on consultation for key nature restoration law plan
Minister of State Christopher O’Sullivan said there are examples of schemes already in play which will inform the approach taken to nature restoration.
25 March 2025 Climate and environment
Minister insists GAEC 2 is ‘not something that will be in place forever’
Minister Heydon has denied GAEC 2 requirements are a form of land designation, adding that the rules may be changed with the next CAP in 2028.
25 March 2025 Climate and environment
Dairygold to reduce workforce as it targets €14m in cost cuts
The co-op's board has approved a cost-cutting plan drafted on foot of a 2024 efficiency and competitiveness review.
24 March 2025 News