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.

Gap widens in UK between farmgate and retail price for beef

Beef

Gap widens in UK between farmgate and retail price for beef

UK beef producers received a smaller share of the average retail price in May than they did in January of...
World food prices have hit a six-year low

World News

World food prices have hit a six-year low

Major food commodity prices hit a six-year low in May as cereal prices fell substantially even though this year’s harvest...
Locals object to farm plans for 30,000 pigs

Pig/Poultry

Locals object to farm plans for 30,000 pigs

A planning application has been submitted in the North to create a 23-acre pig farm which could house 30,000 pigs. If...
The US is to ban antibiotics being used in animal feed

World News

The US is to ban antibiotics being used in animal feed

The US is to ban the use of antibiotics in feed for animals for production purposes such as feed efficiency...
EU sheepmeat imports up 15% from 2014

Sheep

EU sheepmeat imports up 15% from 2014

EU sheepmeat imports increased by 15% from last year in the first quarter of 2015, according to Eblex, the organisations...
EU forecasts increase in maize and barley production

Arable

EU forecasts increase in maize and barley production

The European Commission has increased its estimates for both maize and barley production in 2015/16 in its latest balance sheet and...
Wire in gut one of the main causes of suckler cow deaths in the UK

Beef

Wire in gut one of the main causes of suckler cow deaths in the UK

Post-mortem results for in the UK shows that wire in the gut is one of the main causes of suckler...
How to grow low potash silage for dry cows

Dairy

How to grow low potash silage for dry cows

Silage for dry cows is different to that for milking cows, Michael Garvey of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise...
EU wholesale dairy markets continue to fall in May

Dairy

EU wholesale dairy markets continue to fall in May

EU wholesale markets for dairy products fell again in May as pressure from supply remains, according to Dairyco. Prices across most...
Northern Ireland to see £1m spent on rural broadband

N.Ireland

Northern Ireland to see £1m spent on rural broadband

All rural broadband dwellers should have access to good broadband, the North’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has said. The Minister...
Notice a slowdown in lamb growth rates? It’s due to grass quality

Sheep

Notice a slowdown in lamb growth rates? It’s due to grass quality

Much of the slowdown in lamb growth rates is due to sward quality in June, Pat McCambridge of the College of Agriculture,...
Ostertagia levels running high in spring 2015 – Glanbia

Dairy

Ostertagia levels running high in spring 2015 – Glanbia

Glanbia’s bulk milk disease screening service showed high levels of Ostertagia in dairy herds in spring 2015, Glanbia says. Ostertagia...
EU institutions reach provisional agreement on animal health laws

EU

EU institutions reach provisional agreement on animal health laws

The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a provisional agreement on the outstanding issues concerning the proposal...
Irish sheepmeat exports to the UK have increased

Sheep

Irish sheepmeat exports to the UK have increased

Irish sheepmeat exports have increased by 1% from this time last year, according to Eblex, the organisation for the English...
‘There will be no short cuts on winter wheat this year’

Arable

‘There will be no short cuts on winter wheat this year’

Winter wheat crops are approaching their flag leaf spray, David Leahy Agronomist with Glanbia says. This year programmes have been...
Campylobacter found in 73% of UK chickens

Pig/Poultry

Campylobacter found in 73% of UK chickens

Some 73% of chickens in the UK have tested positive for the presence of campylobacter, the Food Standards Agency (FSA)...
Think you have a fit family? You could win €15,000

Rural Life

Think you have a fit family? You could win €15,000

RTE is now searching the country to find the fittest, fastest, strongest families to enter one of Ireland’s most extreme...
‘Favourable crop conditions in Ireland; EU crops above average’

Arable

‘Favourable crop conditions in Ireland; EU crops above average’

The weather conditions in Ireland continue to be favourable for crop development and in general crop growth conditions throughout Europe...
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