Teagasc researchers Donagh Berry, Cliona Ryan and Stephen Butler look at dairy genetics while Nicky Byrne, Chloe Milar and Alan Dillon look at beef breeding programmes ...

In this week's beef management notes Adam Woods takes a look at castration in calves, spreading slurry on ACRES meadows and ...

Scientists at Queen’s University Belfast have been using thermal imaging technology to observe and count badgers across ...

The sustainable livestock village returns to Tullamore Show FBD National Livestock Show on Sunday 10 August. This year, a ...

The agriculture sector has reached a crisis point on farm succession and there is an urgent need for the delivery of a ...

Many mart managers report smaller sales for the time of year, with the number of lambs and cull ewes running below the norm.

The Young Shepherds Competition was a hotly contested event with Ballyhaise College edging out Letterkenny College and ...

This week’s show comes from Crops and Technology and features a rundown of the event, plus an interview with the Minister for ...

Most of the country is in a good place at the moment, with growth rates up in the last week. There’s still a band of farms in ...

This week’s Teagasc farm income report showed considerable uplift for agriculture earnings, but also highlighted problems ...

The event featured crops research trials and machinery demonstrations on spraying technology and potato desiccation.

It was a successful week for Irish bovine genetics at the 2025 Royal Highland Show in Scotland, writes Nevan McKiernan.