Ireland way behind EU when it comes to organic farming
Ireland has the lowest rate of organic farming in western Europe. New figures from Eurostat show that after Malta, we have the smallest percentage of total agricultural land devoted to organic farming of all 28…
Prices of farm land continues to fall
Prices in the agricultural land sector continue to fall in the third quarter of 2016, according to Sherry Fitzgerald’s latest Land Price Index. It found that the average price of land fell by a further…
Farmers facing animal welfare issues because of slurry in tanks
Some farmers have been up all night trying to get slurry spread before the October 15th deadline but, despite their best efforts, were unable to do so due to bad weather, flooding and wet ground.That’s…