Irish dairy farmers will enjoy a three-year extension to a derogation allowing them to spread higher levels of fertiliser on ...

As a country which exports the vast majority of what is produced on its farms, Ireland’s agricultural sector is extremely ...

The EU Nitrates Committee meets on Tuesday and may extend Ireland's nitrates derogation by up to three years. At the same ...

DAERA has announced the emergence of a new suspected Bluetongue case on a farm near Greyabbey in Co Down.

As government debt skyrockets and direct support payments for farm businesses diminish, industry leaders have called for a ...

Ireland had the second highest greenhouse gas emissions per person in the European Union, latest comparisons show. Emissions ...

The report, which was commissioned by the Farm Tractor & Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) in partnership with ifac, also revealed that the machinery trade is a major rural employer, sustaining 25,0 ...

At a demonstration farm in Offaly Green Restoration Ireland is showing how rewetting peatlands and trialling wetland crops ...

Northern Ireland has the UK’s lowest rate of on-farm inspections to ensure the welfare of animals, new data has shown, ...

Bluetongue suspected in second herd in Co Down - A second temporary control zone has been established around the farm near ...

Ireland’s Shannon Airport (SNN) has opened a 5.5-acre solar farm that will have the capacity to produce about a fifth of the ...