Opinion
World Soils Day 2025 takes place on Friday of this week: December 5. It should be a ‘re-set’ date for every Irish farmer.
The weather represent a totemic heartbeat for Irish agriculture with every day bringing a new perspective on the subject
Putting the issue of farm safety first and foremost remains the number one challenge facing Irish agriculture today.
A strong case can be made for forage maize to be officially considered a bona fide tillage crop; it ticks so many boxes in this regard.
The confirmation that Dublin and Belfast have agreed to tackle the scourge of bovine tuberculosis (bTB) on an all-island basis makes sense
As the year progresses, the majestic colours of autumn take precedence within the Irish countryside. And it is truly a sight to behold
As the EU wrestles with the future of its Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), Europe is facing...
Could rumours of a demise for dairy and meat have been exagerated against backdrop of prices for live animals and dairy?
Autumn in the Irish countryside is always defined by the leaves changing colour on our trees, hedgerows and shrubs.
Budget 2026 has revealed what the current government really thinks about Irish agriculture.....not a lot really.
Dear editor, I refer to an article published by Agriland.ie on August 29, 2025, entitled 'Keep them...
There is growing speculation that Budget 2026 will deliver a significant support package for Ireland's tillage sector.
There is a growing expectation that Budget 2026 will recognise the support that is so badly required by Irish grain growers
Irish dairy farmers enter the latter months 2025 on the back of reasonably buoyant international markets. And thank goodness for that
Last Saturday’s rain has totally focussed farmers’ minds on the absolute need to get crops into the ground now.
Two new stakeholder organisations have been added to the membership of Northern Ireland’s Nutrients Action Programme (NAP) stakeholder forum.
Last week’s Ploughing 2025 was a remarkable success when assessed across all of the metrics that can be used to characterise the event
Rural Life
The words in plaintive tones amidst the plaintive tones of country music in a country pub “That Michael Davitt wrote to me again today”
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon, has managed to secure himself some temporary respite on the crops front
Large numbers of farmers are expected to attend the emergency tillage meeting taking place in Naas on Friday evening next
Grain markets are bad enough. But, now comes news, completely out of left field, that straw prices have also taken a real hit.
It’s hard to argue against the proposition that ploughing will remain at the very heart of Irish tillage farming
Harvest 2025 is fast coming to an end. The coming weeks will see tillage farmers across Ireland commit to the 2025/26 planting season
