Moo Cow: How one Laois farm family is thinking differently with its fresh milk...
A Laois farm family is enjoying an enthusiastic response to its fresh milk vending machine located at the Solas Eco Garden Centre, Portarlington.
Micheál Finlay,...
Three Laois growers among 13 top grain suppliers honoured for their top-class crops
Three Laois growers picked up coveted awards at the Tirlán Quality Grain Supplier of the Year Awards ceremony.
From feed beans to food grade oats,...
Laois farmer honoured with top prize at Irish Malting Barley awards ceremony in Guinness
Laois farmer Paul Delaney from outside Portlaoise has claimed the 2022 Irish Malting Barley Excellence award at a ceremony in the Guinness Storehouse in...
‘He represented all sections of farming with commitment and distinction’ – tributes paid to...
Tributes have been paid to Padraig Walshe, the Laois man who was a former president of the Irish Farmers Association, who died suddenly on...
Sadness and shock at death of former IFA president Padraig Walshe
The death has occurred of Padraig Walshe, the Laois man who was a former president of the Irish Farmers Association. He was aged in...
New members welcome as Laois Macra groups set to host information night
Laois Macra are hosting a new members information night in Portlaoise Macra Hall (R32 EY24) on Thursday January 26 from 7.30pm to 9.30pm.
This information...
Laois woman takes on key role in Irish Farmers Journal
Laois woman Siobhan Walsh has taken on a key role in the Irish Farmers Journal, replacing the long-serving Andy Doyle as the Tillage Correspondent.
From...
2022 Remembered: Laois farmer elected as chairperson of IFA national grain committee
Former Laois IFA Grain Chairman, Kieran McEvoy was elected as the new chairperson of the IFA National Grain Committee back in January.
Emo-based farmer Kieran...
2022 Remembered: Laois tillage farmer among the winners at Glanbia grain supplier of the...
Rathmore farmer, Bobby Miller was honoured at the Glanbia grain supplier of the year awards back in February.
A well-known Laois tillage farmer has been...
2022 Remembered: Average price of farmland in Laois creeps up again
The news came down in March that farmland prices in Laois were once again on the rise.
The average price of farmland in Laois increased...
Two Laois farmers set to go centre stage at annual Irish Grassland Association dairy...
Laois farmers David Fennelly from Emo and Paul Hyland from Ballacolla will be among the guests set to speak at this year's annual Irish...
Agriculture Minister pledges to attend Laois IFA AGM if reappointed on visit to local...
Agriculture Minister, Charlie McConalogue, pledged to attend the AGM of Laois IFA in January if reappointed in the cabinet reshuffle, during a visit to...
Massey Ferguson remains Laois’s most popular tractor brand
The total number of tractors taxed in Laois in 2021 increased to over 3,000, according to figures released recently in the Irish Bulletin of...
Laois man shares his experience following trip to Kenya to learn about farming practices
Luggacurren man George Ramsbottom, who is a dairy specialist with Teagasc, recently visited Kenya to gain a better understanding of farming practices there.
In conjunction...
Fears that costly badger vaccination programme will increase population and negatively impact livestock
Local Fianna Fail Cllr Eddie Fitzpatrick says he fears that the badger vaccination programme will have an adverse impact on livestock.
The Portarlington based Councillor,...
BREAKING: National Ploughing Championships confirmed for Laois once again in 2023
The National Ploughing Championships are set to return to Ratheniska in Laois once again in 2023.
The news was confirmed this evening by managing director...
In Pictures: Wonderful selection of images from Day 1 of the Ploughing
Over 91,000 spectators attended Day 1 of the National Ploughing Championships in Ratheniska.
It was like old times as thousands thronged to the hugely popular...
Laois Macra group briefed on study into how beef cattle emissions can be reduced
Members from the Laois Chapter of Macra na Feirme recently visited ABP’s Demonstration Farm in Clonegal in Carlow.
The group received a briefing on results...
‘Minister confirms ploughing and tilling ban being considered on carbon rich soils in the...
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that proposals are being examined which may include recommending a ban on ploughing and...
Laois Macra group planning first event of new season with ‘pizza party’
Ard Eireann Macra na Feirme is set to hold its first event of the new Macra year this Friday.
On September 9 from 8pm, the...
Laois farming couple receive joint honoury life membership of Irish Farmers’ Assocation
A Ballybrittas farming couple received joint honorary life membership of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) at a function in the Maldron Hotel, Portlaoise, recently.
Tillage...
Full steam ahead for Anna May as countdown is on for National Ploughing Championships
Her working days kick off from 7.30am and she is busy late into the night. The powerhouse that is octogenarian Anna May McHugh, managing...
Good yields but fertiliser price threatens margin for tillage farmers for Harvest 2023, says...
IFA national Grain Chairman Kieran McEvoy, from Emo, has said winter barley, winter oats and winter rape are now all completed - but concerns...
Belgian Blue All Ireland competitions held at Osssory Show
After a three-year hiatus, the Ossory Show returned last weekend - and one new feature as the Irish Belgian blue cattle-breeding society brought their...
‘Farm incomes are not poker chips that Government parties can gamble recklessly with’ says...
Government parties are treating the agri-sector and farm incomes as if they were poker chips on the gambling table, a local TD has said.
Independent...
‘Fear factor’ preventing farmers and producers from making complaints over ‘unfair trading practices’
The Unfair Trading Practice’s (UTP) Enforcement Authority has said that while the number of complaints it has received to date is relatively low, this...
New kid on the block in Laois as Macra set to wake from Covid...
Following a Covid-19 imposed slumber, Macra is back with a bang for young people throughout west Laois – with a catchy new name to...
Extra precautions urged on Laois farms ahead of busy summer season
As the summer days get longer, temperatures (hopefully) begin to rise, and children are on their school holidays, John Fitzpatrick, Laois IFA chairman, describes...
From the Archives – Forty years of local, national and international farming memories
This piece was originally published on LaoisToday in 2018 following Larry O'Loughlin's retirement from Teagasc after a varied 40-year career.
Things were very different when...
Mountmellick Macra to host walk on award winning Laois dairy farm
Mountmellick Macra is to host a walk on an award winning Laois dairy farm next week.
They will host an informative evening on Friday May...