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Beef
Storm damage puts pressure on farmers during calving
James Hanly
It comes from a Farm Relief Services (FRS) Co-op operators report which showed that over 90% of spring-calving herds in Ireland have begun calving.
11 February 2025 News
Payment penalties for farm health and safety breaches 'unfair' - ICMSA
Farmers could be penalised twice for farm safety or employment breaches, the ICMSA said.
11 February 2025 News
2025 BISS open with new conditions in works for peaty soils
There are updated terms and conditions for 2025 BISS applications, but the affected farmers have yet to be informed if their lands are subject to the new drainage rules.
Man dies in Leitrim farm incident
HSA and Garda investigations are under way into a suspected farm fatality in Co Leitrim.
6 February 2025 News
Leave immediate clean-up to emergency services – HSA
The authority has urged farmers to leave immediate clean-up operations to the emergency services and professional operators who have the necessary competence to undertake the work safely.
24 January 2025 News
Storm Éowyn: over 715,000 homes, farms and businesses without power
Almost three quarter of a million without power as storm Éowyn sweeps across the country.
24 January 2025 News
HSA inspection campaign set to focus on livestock
The campaign will focus on the safe management of livestock during calving season, when the risk of injury to farmers increases significantly.
22 January 2025 News
Farmers must be health and safety officers for their enterprises - Teagasc
Dr John McNamara from Teagasc and Finola Colgan from Mental Health Ireland were speaking about farmer wellbeing on the latest episode of the HSE Talking Health and Wellbeing podcast.
22 January 2025 News
Six drystock jobs for January
Adam Woods takes a look at some jobs that could be completed on drystock farms over the next month
8 January 2025 Management
Five fatalities on NI farms during 2024
The five farm deaths last year compares to six fatalities on NI farms in 2023 and three fatalities in 2022.
8 January 2025 Northern Ireland
Twelve people died in farming incidents in 2024
Agriculture accounted for the highest number of work-related fatalities in 2024 despite having a mere 4% share in the workforce.
8 January 2025 News
A robot for working grain stores
This robot could help to take some of the danger out of grain storage, as it can carry out jobs in grain bins and sheds.
30 December 2024 News