Our top farming photos from the past week include livestock sales, Christmas tractor runs, protests and cattle feeding.

While the EU has been wrestling with ratification of the Mercosur trade deal this week, China has announced the outcome of its investigation into what it called EU pork dumping. A similar ...

The draft plant health and biosecurity strategy consultation is now open and could look at biosecurity issues around weeds.

As organisations call for tighter guidelines on where solar farms can be built, Stephen Robb examines the criteria involved in selecting sites.

Stephen Robb paid a visit to a number of AD plants in England to see how they operate, and their plans for live after subsidies.

I have a mantra, which I constantly repeat to the next generation: “You only learn when things go wrong."I have certainly learnt a lot in the last few months, since running a dairy farm over here has ...

Meat factories have told the Oireachtas that 2025 has been one of their most difficult years and that CAP funds should be focused on what it deemed ‘commercial’ farmers.

A total of 809 farmers were deemed to be ineligible to apply for the forgotten farmers grant, called the Long Established Young Farmers Scheme.The Department of Agriculture received 1,254 applications ...

On Sunday 21 December, a Christmas lights tractor run will take place in Grange, Co Sligo, in aid of two local charities.

Tune in to hear the latest from buildings specialist Martin Merrick, sheep and schemes editor Darren Carty and dairy specialist Daire Cregg.

The event takes place in Tralee, Co Kerry, on Friday 27 and Saturday 28 March and will include a conference and wool-related festivities.

The sheep kill is back by almost one fifth this year when compared with 2024, according to the latest Central Statsitic Office (CSO) figures. Between January and November 2025, sheep slaughterings ...