Complaint to competition regulators follows concerns highlighted by farmers
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Could foods grown and eaten in Ireland thousands of years ago improve food security in a time of environmental change?
Many organic farmers feel more needs to be done to create organic dairy products with added value such as butter, cheese and baby formula
The unpredictability of the weather was felt from the very beginning of the year but the real hit came with one of the hottest Junes on record creating drought-like situations
Vita stoves use less wood, have health benefits and leave a reduced carbon footprint
Though herd sizes increased on dairy farms in 2022, average emissions, including methane, on a whole farm and per hectare basis declined
Ahead of the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska, Co Laois, several young people speak about what it means to be involved in farming today
Oisín Coghlan tells Dublin conference he fears politicians will not have the courage ‘to tell voters what has to happen to protect our future’
Taoiseach told farmers he would write to EU Commissioner to discuss derogation in move welcomed by IFA
Coalition of more then 30 environmental groups says sending seeds abroad for germination is inherently dangerous
Farmers are in strange denial about the climate emergency partly because political parties, especially Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, have shaped their attitudes
‘Impossible’ July weather has created havoc for tillage production
Programmes will help to address labour shortages in sector, says IFA
From the early summer heatwave of June to a rain-soaked July, the changeable weather patterns have brought uncertainty and forced the €50m annual industry to adapt
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