Farming & Food

How to make farms more climate resilient? The solution is simple: trees

Glanbia upgrades earnings forecast as sports nutrition business outperforms

Rainy season makes for mushy pumpkins as farmers try to manage ‘volatile’ crop

Science and seaweed combine to protect crops from climate change

Total Produce pays €21m dividend to parent company Dole

Ireland was being tipped up as a potential offshore fish farming pioneer two decades ago. What happened?

Weight-loss drugs threaten profits at food and beverage makers worldwide

Nestlé to shut Co Limerick infant formula plant with loss of 542 jobs

Review of how State handled Covid-19 needed, ‘but not public inquiry’, says Prof Philip Nolan

Budget criticised as ‘non-event’ for farmers, with €113m in extra funding for green farming schemes

Emissions in agriculture declined last year driven by reductions in chemical nitrogen fertiliser - Teagasc

The novel technology that could be a game-changer for reducing fertiliser use in agriculture

Tesco raises profit outlook as food inflation eases

Welfare schemes for low-income farmers and carers top survey list for ‘irregular’ payments

Australia’s ambassador urges Government to back trade deal despite farmer opposition

Gardaí investigating death of man trampled by bullock at Galway mart

I bought the cheapest land I could find in Ireland. Now I’m planting a forest bigger than St Stephen’s Green

Dawn Meats cleared to acquire rival Kildare Chilling

‘I have the suit in the car’: Food production and a wedding on agenda at Ploughing Championships

Is it time to assess sustainability and nutritional value of food in tandem?

President ‘overstepping his role’ with comments on diet, says Kerry TD

Ireland’s natural environment facing ‘devastating’ biodiversity loss, TDs told

Ploughing Championships: Wet weather hits attendance figures as Minister is challenged by farmers

What is the nitrates derogation and how does it impact Irish farmers?

Wine sales below pre-Covid levels as consumption continues to fall

Leo Varadkar accused of resorting to ‘childish politics’ in bid to endear Fine Gael to farmers

How Ireland’s young farmers are facing up to their generation’s financial, social, and environmental challenges

Nitrates decision will not be revisited despite engagement pledge, McConalogue says

Farmers bristle over lower nitrates derogation rate as EU rules aim to safeguard water quality

Blow to farmers as McConalogue confirms Europe will not change position on nitrates directive

The Kerry foodies behind a plant-based food that ‘mimics the taste and texture of a chicken thigh bite for bite’

Irish farmers react angrily to EU decision on nitrates derogation

Deleted meat tweet: ‘We don’t need an EPA man telling us what we can and cannot eat’

Burger King must face lawsuit claiming its Whoppers are too small

Rebound at Laois distillery amid global popularity of Irish cream liqueur

Dawn Meats co-founder Peter Queally dies, aged 83

Food group Dole records ‘strong’ second quarter as earnings rise 9.7%

Fertiliser prices in Ireland fall by 43% in tandem with reduced gas prices

No talk ‘on the ground’ by farmers about a new political party, says Minister

Meet the ‘agri-influencers’, Ireland’s next generation of women farmers

Surge in spirit exports as ‘spectacular’ growth of Irish whiskey continues

Farmers ‘not happy’ with mainstream parties, representative says

‘The fields are too wet to harvest’: Farmers fear loss of crops due to record rainfall

Ireland among top five beer exporters in Europe

Kerry Group expects ‘modest input price deflation’ in second half

Kerry expands Chinese footprint with €91m acquisition of Shanghai food business

Climate change: Ireland’s pace of action ‘not acceptable given existential threat’, watchdog warns

Can agriculture and reduced emissions coexist? Meet the pioneer farmers who are leading the way

Restaurant Patrick Guilbaud serves up €344,600 profit after two years of losses

Sodden July causing ‘havoc’ for farmers seeking to harvest crops

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‘The most disadvantaged neighbourhood in Ireland’: The Dublin street providing housing for many of the city’s homeless

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No bedroom and €2,000 a month: Why cost-rental is an alternative to private market

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A tale of two stories: how Gript Media found itself in the eye of a reporting storm

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Asylum seekers without housing set to get higher payments as accommodation shortage bites

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