Amy Forde

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Amy Forde - Author - Agriland.ie

Amy holds an MA in Journalism from Griffith College Dublin and prior to that attended NUIG, where she obtained an Arts degree in Geography and Irish. Amy covered the IFA pay scandal and the elections thereafter. Hailing from Co. Galway, she has a keen interest in all things sport and plays both camogie and soccer.

Fonterra sets opening farmgate milk price, farmers resigned to ‘another tight season’

Dairy

Fonterra sets opening farmgate milk price, farmers resigned to ‘another tight season’

Fonterra has announced an opening forecast farmgate milk price of $4.25/kgMS for the 2016/2017 season, an increase of 35c on...
Coillte profits increase 64% on 2014 as debt drops

Agri-Business

Coillte profits increase 64% on 2014 as debt drops

Coillte, Ireland’s largest forestry and land solutions company, has announced a 64% increase in profits for 2015 on the year previous...
85% of farmers say contractors don’t pay workers enough

Machinery

85% of farmers say contractors don’t pay workers enough

Some 85% of respondents to a poll on Agriland believe that contractors do not pay their workers enough money. The...
Australian milk production drops again in April

Dairy

Australian milk production drops again in April

April milk production in Australia fell by 2.7% to 649.1m litres, according to the latest milk production report from Dairy Australia....
Michelle McIlveen appointed North’s Minister for Agriculture

N.Ireland

Michelle McIlveen appointed North’s Minister for Agriculture

Michelle McIlveen, the Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) MLA, has been appointed as Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs for...
Good yield outlook for EU cereals despite April weather conditions

Arable

Good yield outlook for EU cereals despite April weather conditions

The current prospects for EU-28 yields are above the five-year average with the latest forecast from MARS, the EU Crop Monitoring...
Another milk price cut for Arla farmers for June

Dairy

Another milk price cut for Arla farmers for June

Arla Foods has cut its milk price for June supplies of milk by 1.3c/kg, with effect from June 1, 2016....
EU agri-food exports to third countries jump in March to €11.3 billion

EU

EU agri-food exports to third countries jump in March to €11.3 billion

EU agri-food exports to third countries in March 2016 were worth €11.3 billion, which the European Commission has said is...
Arla to pay farmers more if they convert to GM-free feed

Dairy

Arla to pay farmers more if they convert to GM-free feed

Arla is to start to incentivise more farmers to convert to GM-free feed and the company said it will be...
US milk production continues its upward trend for April

Dairy

US milk production continues its upward trend for April

April milk production in the US was up 1.2% on April last year, the latest figures from the US Department...
Farmer has lucky escape after tractor becomes submerged in slurry pit

World News

Farmer has lucky escape after tractor becomes submerged in slurry pit

A farmer had a lucky escape recently after the hydraulics failed in his tractor while he was agitating slurry and...
Here’s how social media reacted to contractor’s problems finding workers

Machinery

Here’s how social media reacted to contractor’s problems finding workers

Earlier this week, Agriland published an article on the lack of workers in the contracting business, with emigration, J1s and a lack...
Glyphosate re-authorisation pushed back by Member States

Environment

Glyphosate re-authorisation pushed back by Member States

A vote was not held today in Brussels on the re-authorisation of glyphosate as the European Commission said that it...
Bayer and Monsanto confirm they’re in talks to merge

Agri-Business

Bayer and Monsanto confirm they’re in talks to merge

Bayer, the global agricultural chemical company, has confirmed that its executives recently met with executives of Monsanto to privately discuss...
Moo-ve it: Three cows cause traffic chaos on the M1

N.Ireland

Moo-ve it: Three cows cause traffic chaos on the M1

Three cows caused traffic chaos on the M1 in Co. Antrim this morning after they managed to make their way...
Video: Farm for lease for €1.30 a year includes free sheep flock!

World News

Video: Farm for lease for €1.30 a year includes free sheep flock!

Sheep farmers are being given the chance to lease a £1m coastal farm in Wales for £1 a year, in...
France to ban glyphosate – regardless of EU vote this week

EU

France to ban glyphosate – regardless of EU vote this week

Glyphosate will be banned in France – whether or not the EU decides this week to renew the authorisation of...
Fonterra farmers to get early share dividend due to tight cash flows

Dairy

Fonterra farmers to get early share dividend due to tight cash flows

Fonterra has announced that it is to pay part of its forecast final dividend to its farmers earlier, in order...
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