Amy Forde

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.

Rural Life

Farmers in the east are offering to help their flooded western counterparts

Over the last few days, a number of farmers in the east of the country have contacted Agriland about donating haylage...

December 15, 2015

Pig/Poultry

Video: Want a turkey reared on kale, cabbage and apples for Christmas?

Do you want a turkey reared on kale, cabbage, apples and nettles this Christmas? Gerry McEvoy has been rearing turkeys...

December 15, 2015

Dairy

Kerry Group follows Carbery, cuts milk price for November

Kerry Group has cut its milk price for November supplies of milk by 1c/L. The group will pay its members...

December 15, 2015

Rural Life

Pics: Flooding has turned one Mayo farm into the ‘local lake’

A Mayo farm family’s home and farmland has now become ‘the local lake‘, after flooding has devastated the area. Stephen...

December 14, 2015

Beef

Tighter supplies to support beef prices in 2016 – Rabobank

Tighter supplies will support beef prices in 2016 as demand is expected to remain firm even though supply pressure is...

December 14, 2015

Dairy

Glanbia holds its November milk price, while Carbery cuts its price

Glanbia is to hold the price it pays member suppliers for November milk at 25c/L, including VAT. Glanbia Ingredients Ireland...

December 14, 2015

Sheep

‘Australia and New Zealand look set to fill 2016 EU sheepmeat quota’

Australia and New Zealand are set to fill their quotas for sheepmeat exports to the EU in 2016, according to...

December 13, 2015

World News

Pics: Calf has lucky escape after fall into a water course

A Hereford calf in New Zealand had a lucky escape recently after she fell into an underground water course. Farmer...

December 11, 2015

Dairy

Lakeland Dairies holds milk price for November

Lakeland Dairies has held its milk price for November at 26.25c/L. It is the first co-op to set its milk...

December 11, 2015

Beef

Calls for European Competition Commissioner to investigate ABP Slaney deal

Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy is to write to the European Competition Commissioner asking that they investigate the ABP Slaney...

December 11, 2015

Rural Life

Video: Great footage of the 2015 maize harvest finishing up

The maize harvest on Milltown Farm in Ballylinan, Co. Laois was completed in the last few weeks by agri-contractors, the...

December 10, 2015

N.Ireland

Man dies in farm accident after tractor overturns

A man has died in a farm accident in Northern Ireland after the tractor he was working with overturned. It...

December 10, 2015

Pig/Poultry

13,000 birds culled in Germany as bird flu strikes

Over 13,000 birds have been culled in Bayern, Germany following a case of bird flu in the country, according to...

December 10, 2015

Dairy

Fonterra maintains its forecast farmgate milk price

Fonterra has maintained its forecast farmgate milk price of $4.60/kgMS (milk solids). In November, the co-op increased estimated earnings per share...

December 10, 2015