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

‘There’s farmers out there sleeping with a shotgun beside the bed’

The rural community are easy targets and there’s a lot of very agitated farmers out there sleeping with a shotgun...

November 24, 2015

Rural Life

Embrace FARM to set up Cork support network

Embrace FARM is to establish a bereavement support network for farm families in Co. Cork. According to the network, the...

November 24, 2015

Dairy

China’s infant formula demand to increase by 10% – Rabobank

Demand for infant milk formula in China is expected to increase by 10%, after China relaxed its one-child policy; allowing...

November 23, 2015

Machinery

Vintage Ferguson machinery collection sells for over €700,000

The world’s most complete collection of Ferguson machinery went under the hammer on November 14 in the UK and sold for...

November 22, 2015

Beef

Ulster Farmers Union critical of UK cattle price difference

The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has accused the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters (NIMEA) of misleading farmers on the reasons for...

November 22, 2015

Countries have stopped offering product to intervention

No country offered skimmed milk powder (SMP) into intervention for the week ending November 15, 2015, figures from the Milk...

November 22, 2015

Agri-Business

Fonterra to sell its 50% stake in US joint venture

Fonterra is to sell its 50% interest in Dairiconcepts, the co-ops US joint venture with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)....

November 22, 2015

World News

Australia blocks sale of 185,000 cattle farm due to ‘security reasons’

The sale of Australia’s largest farm to foreign investors has been blocked by the Australian government, according to Treasurer of...

November 21, 2015

N.Ireland

UFU voices concerns over mislabelling of red meat

Concerns about the mislabelling of red meat in Northern Ireland were highlighted by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) at a...

November 21, 2015

Rural Life

Video: Croatian farmer blocks cars in field by ploughing

An annoyed Croatian farmer has decided to block cars into his field by ploughing around them. The disgruntled farmer came...

November 20, 2015

N.Ireland

Dairy farmers in the North start to receive EU aid payments

Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK started to receive their EU aid payments, two weeks...

November 18, 2015

Rural Life

Farm contractors raise €18,000 for Embrace FARM and Galway Hospice

The Farm Contractors of Ireland (FCI) held a recent fundraising barbeque which raised over €18,000, of which €9,100 was donated...

November 17, 2015

Dairy

Global Dairy Trade falls for third consecutive month

Dairy product prices at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction have fallen on the last event. The results of the...

November 17, 2015

Dairy

New Zealand dairy cows are producing 18% more milk than 10 years ago

The average New Zealand dairy cow produced on average 4,235L of milk last season, 18% more than 10 years ago...

November 17, 2015

Dairy

Fonterra increases its forecast earnings per share

Fonterra is increasing its forecast earnings per share, which will increase its total forecast cash payout to $4.95-5.00/kg of milk solids (MS). The...

November 16, 2015