The IFJ junior Rising Rural Stars are heading to the Ploughing, come and join them on the day as we celebrate the best of young people living in rural Ireland, writes Sarah McIntosh.

The HSE incurs more costs by not intervening early in eating disorder treatment. But the true cost is borne by the families affected.

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The IFA staged a protest at Greenore Port last Friday, protesting over a boatload of grain understood to have come from Scotland.

As wild as the Irish calf trade has been, day-old dairy-beef calves are making $1,500 in the US as the American beef herd remains at a 70-year low. This has led to a suggestion carried in a recent ...

You can rent them out as long as you like, but bear in mind we don’t know what is there [in the next CAP reform] from 2028 onward. For longer-term leases over five years, you need to make sure that ...

Opinion: single budget aims to fix problem that never existed - 19 July 2025 ...

The USDA is forecasting a 13% increase in corn (maize) exports to 1.7m tonnes for marketing year 2025/26 from an expected commercial crop in excess of 15m tonnes. China’s dairy imports in June fell by ...

With that said, Robert pointed out that the delayed planting of early crops has now had knock-on effect with the main crops. To further improve capacity and throughput when the weather windows do ...

On 20 April this year, 1.6ha of combi crop, grown for wholecrop, was sown at a rate of 70kg/ha to qualify for the Protein Aid Scheme. Shaun Diver, farm manager at Tullamore Farm, and the team handled ...