Ireland’s organic sector has many ambitious targets to hit before the end of the decade. One ambitious target is to triple organic production by 2027 to 7.5%, while by 2030 10% of utilised agricultural area is to be farmed organically. [...]

In the past two weeks, there has been a lot of noise on social media, spilling into mainstream media discussion about misleading advertising that collates with ‘veganuary’ using questionable science and health claims. This is highly aggravating to the Irish [...]

Every year Teagasc publishes its economic prospects for agriculture for the following year. What are we to expect in 2023? Margins in the pig industry are expected to increase, beef is forecast to be stable while dairy and sheep margins [...]

For many farmers, breeding can often be overlooked as part of their farming system but proper breeding management on Irish farms is becoming increasingly important and for myriad reasons. In advance of the third annual AXA National Breeding Summit taking [...]

Over the last week Macra na Feirme, Ireland’s voluntary group representing about 10,000 young people from rural Ireland have called for more government funding to support the land mobility service. It’s a timely request, as land and leasing prices continue [...]

Labour shortages continue to be a key issue for the Irish agri-food sector. It has proved a thorn in the side of many governments and ministers who have failed to address the problem. What exactly are the factors in Irish [...]