Women in agriculture

My Farming Week: Shannon Porter, Lusticle, Carrigans, Co Donegal

Shannon Porter, The Milk Bar, Lusticle, Carrigans, Co Donegal.

NEWS 18 March 2026

My Farming Week: Shannon Porter, Lusticle, Carrigans, Co Donegal

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Mart event for women in farming

Mart event for women in farming

NEWS 14 January 2026

Farmer Writes: cattle housed for the winter

Farmer Writes: cattle housed for the winter

FARMER WRITES 5 November 2025

Women cultivating their futures on farms

Women cultivating their futures on farms

Women cultivating their futures on farms

NORTHERN IRELAND 29 October 2025

Department to host five women in agriculture webinars

Department to host five women in agriculture webinars

Department to host five women in agriculture webinars

NEWS 9 October 2025

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My Farming Week: Áine Roberts Murray, Clonaslee, Co Laois

My Farming Week: Áine Roberts Murray, Clonaslee, Co Laois

Áine farms with her dad Jimmy, where they run a sheep flock and a calf-to-beef system.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Female farmers leading in sustainability feature in new booklet

Female farmers leading in sustainability feature in new booklet

The 12 females are involved in the women in agriculture working group and developed a booklet profiling their sustainable farms and businesses.

NEWS 1 January 1970

Skort-gate in camogie

Skort-gate in camogie

The Dealer thinks if a woman was told to wear a skirt farming there would be uproar and rightly so.

DEALER 1 January 1970

Cycling for farming research

Cycling for farming research

Veronica White, who grew up in the Netherlands, came up with the novel way to investigate how women working on England’s farms imagine what the future of food production could look like.

DEALER 1 January 1970

Researcher to cycle England interviewing women in agriculture

Researcher to cycle England interviewing women in agriculture

PhD student Veronica White will set off from Land’s End on 12 April on a route of over 1,200 miles, ending at the Scottish border in July.

NEWS 1 January 1970

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BVD – the silent risk that still remains

Irish farmers have made remarkable progress in the fight against bovine viral diarrhoea. Since 2013, the number of persistently infected calves has fallen from over 16,000 to 485 in 2024.

BVD – the silent risk that still remains