The Irish Farmers’ Association Nitrates Derogation meeting heard that a loss of derogation would incur an average reduction ...

Industry groups have warned that losing the derogation could spell the end for one in eight dairy family farms, a €555 ...

Ahead of Cop30 in Brazil, EU environment ministers have agreed a watered-down goal to cut emissions by 90% by 2040 ...

The Department of Agriculture has ordered all poultry farmers to bring flocks indoors to protect the £600 million industry, ...

Storm Éowyn was the most expensive weather event in Irish insurance history, with final insurance claims totalling €301m. The ...

Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has said that a compulsory housing order is being introduced for poultry and captive ...

FEARS are growing that Christmas could fall fowl of a bird flu outbreak that could leave some Irish shops short of turkeys ...

But the disease poses a real risk to the sector, so ultra-tight biosecurity is crucial, with farmers being told to check ...

There is no concern about stocks of turkey for Christmas following an outbreak of highly pathogenic bird flu in Co Carlow, ...

A surge in deadly bird flu cases in Europe has prompted more countries to confine millions of poultry indoors to shield them ...

Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowen has called on the Taoiseach to pursue a better deal for farmers on the nitrates derogation.

An outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza has been confirmed in a second commercial turkey flock in Ireland. After an outbreak was yesterday confirmed in a flock in Co Carlow, another has now ...