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.

UK farmers following the French; stage tractor protest

World News

UK farmers following the French; stage tractor protest

UK farmers staged a rolling tractor road block last week on the A50 in Staffordshire, UK, in protest about falling...
Five cows killed after train hits herd and is derailed

Rural Life

Five cows killed after train hits herd and is derailed

A train was derailed in the UK around 9.30pm on Sunday night (July 26) after it hit a herd of...
Monster machinery: Tribine combine with 27t chaser bin

Machinery

Monster machinery: Tribine combine with 27t chaser bin

US company Tribine has announced that its articulated combine with a 27t chaser bin is to go into production. Newton...
Farmers! Now’s your chance to be the CEO of a company

Rural Life

Farmers! Now’s your chance to be the CEO of a company

Farmers! Have you ever wanted be the CEO of a company? Well, now’s your chance. ‘Farmers in Charge’ is a...
Pics: The Durrow Scarecrow Festival starts this weekend

Rural Life

Pics: The Durrow Scarecrow Festival starts this weekend

The annual Durrow Scarecrow Festival starts this weekend on July 26 and runs until August 3, 2015. The event, in...
Danone reports sales up 4.5%, fresh dairy sales down year-on-year

Agri-Business

Danone reports sales up 4.5%, fresh dairy sales down year-on-year

Danone has posted a 4.5% year-on-year increase in sales for the second quarter (Q2) of 2015 and sales in the first...
Arla UK cuts milk price for third consecutive month

Dairy

Arla UK cuts milk price for third consecutive month

Arla Foods has cuts its UK milk price for August by 1c/kg – 0.8p when applied to the UK standard...
Schwarzenegger says climate change is not science fiction

Environment

Schwarzenegger says climate change is not science fiction

Climate change is not science fiction and right now we are failing future generations, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator star...
Global demand to drive Australian beef exports to record high

Beef

Global demand to drive Australian beef exports to record high

Unprecedented global demand is expected to drive Australian beef and veal exports to a new record high by the end...
US June milk production up 0.7% year-on-year

Dairy

US June milk production up 0.7% year-on-year

Milk production in the US in June is up 0.7% to 16.4 billion pounds (7.2m litres) year-on-year however it is down...
Would you try camel milk? Ray D’Arcy did on live radio

Dairy

Would you try camel milk? Ray D’Arcy did on live radio

Have you ever heard of camel milk? A Dutch camel farm is supplying camel milk to musclefood.com and Ray D’Arcy...
Swiss company Aryzta buy La Rousse Foods

Agri-Business

Swiss company Aryzta buy La Rousse Foods

Aryzta, the Swiss-based company, with Irishman Owen Killian at the helm, has bought La Rousse Foods, a premium foodservice provider...
China overtakes US as biggest ice cream market

Agri-Business

China overtakes US as biggest ice cream market

China has overtaken the US as the world’s biggest ice cream market for the first time, new research from Mintel...
Second pig farm in Northern Ireland to have output of 40,000 pigs

N.Ireland

Second pig farm in Northern Ireland to have output of 40,000 pigs

Plans have been submitted for a new pig farm in Northern Ireland which could see over 40,000 pigs going through...
Crop marks for farmer’s marriage proposal with a difference

Rural Life

Crop marks for farmer’s marriage proposal with a difference

A farmer in the UK has proposed to his girlfriend in a very unique fashion: by spraying out the words...
French farmers block roads as ‘25,000 face bankruptcy’

World News

French farmers block roads as ‘25,000 face bankruptcy’

French farmers have caused total gridlock in northwestern France in recent days, by blocking the roads with their tractors and machinery...
Farmer facing fine – for smoking in his tractor cab

N.Ireland

Farmer facing fine – for smoking in his tractor cab

A Co. Antrim farmer could be facing a fine of up to £1,000 after he was found smoking in his...
‘UK food suppliers in financial distress increases 54%’

Agri-Business

‘UK food suppliers in financial distress increases 54%’

The number of UK food suppliers experiencing ‘significant’ financial distress increased by 54% in the past 12 months, a report...
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