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Irish farmer social initiative goes stateside
Rachel Donovan
The initiative was developed to help protect older farmers’ sense of purpose and social connectedness within the farming community in later life.
8 February 2025 News
Young people more likely to take over unviable than viable beef farms
New research has found that, on beef producing enterprises, it is more likely for unviable farms to have a successor than those that are viable.
8 February 2025 News
Agri jobs: up to €40k for 39-hour week on dairy farm
Check out the details of this week's latest employment openings in farming and agriculture.
Farm Tech Talk: ACRES, AI companies and the row over ICBF stars
The latest on the ACRES scheme, moves by AI companies to protect Irish genetics and the ongoing row over the Euro-star indices all feature on this week's show.
7 February 2025 News
Share your views on fallout from storm Éowyn
As thousands remain without electricity in the midlands and west, we want to hear how farm families and rural dwellers are affected by the ongoing fallout from storm Éowyn.
7 February 2025 News
Department hosting market opportunities conference for organic vegetables
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae made the announcement with the event to take place at the Department’s facilities in Backweston, Kildare, on 17 February.
7 February 2025 News
Marginal drop in milk intake last year
Overall in 2024, milk intake by processors and co-ops was 8.43bn litres, representing a small decrease of 30.6m litres or 0.4%.
7 February 2025 News
People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA
"There isn’t enough being done – regardless of whether you’re an islander or mainlander. People feel left behind," the IFA's Teresa Roche has said.
7 February 2025 News
AD company fined €15,000 for emissions breaches
The case against Timoleague Agri Gen Ltd was taken by the EPA and heard at Clonakilty District Court this week.
7 February 2025 News
News Podcast: Michael Healy-Rae, ICBF stars and calf boat cancelled
On this week’s show, we speak to Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, talk about the ICBF Euro-stars indices and discuss the cancellation of a calf boat.
7 February 2025 News
FRS appointed as new deer strategy programme manager
A programme manager to establish 15 local deer management units around the country was a key recommendation of the Deer Management Strategy Group.
7 February 2025 News
Limousin society to remove Euro-star indices from all animals in herd book
The Irish Limousin Cattle Society has taken a massive decision to request the removal of ICBF genetic evaluations of all animals registered in its herd book.
7 February 2025 Pedigree