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.

Wooly jumper – meet the lamb that thinks it’s a horse

Rural Life

Wooly jumper – meet the lamb that thinks it’s a horse

A lamb on a pet farm in Co. Kildare recently took the phrase ‘wool jumper’ to new heights recently! Stonebrook...

Dublin grower to provide first season spinach this year

Agri-Business

Dublin grower to provide first season spinach this year

Tesco is to be the first Irish retailer to stock new season spinach this year and it will be supplied...

What do you get when you combine the NFL and a tractor? Tractor football!

Machinery

What do you get when you combine the NFL and a tractor? Tractor football!

Sport and farming often interlink each other, but have you ever seen a game of American tractor football? That is exactly what...

‘Debilitating condition meant I crashed into a digger at 40mph and nearly killed myself’

Rural Life

‘Debilitating condition meant I crashed into a digger at 40mph and nearly killed myself’

A farmer from Kilkenny has spoken out about how he struck a digger at 40mph and nearly killed himself, after...

Ornua (IDB) dairy market returns rise in March

Dairy

Ornua (IDB) dairy market returns rise in March

Ornua (formerly the Irish Dairy Board) saw its Product Purchasing Index (PPI) for the month of March rise to 100...

Fire service warns of heightened risk of gorse fires with current weather

Environment

Fire service warns of heightened risk of gorse fires with current weather

Landowners should abstain from burning activities as the current warm, dry weather combined with easterly winds has created “tinderbox” conditions, Clare County Fire and...

Dairy

Three national breed shows to headline UK dairy show

Three national breed shows and classes for four different breeds will headline the National Dairy Show at the Livestock Event in...

How to re-establish a forest after a clearfell

Environment

How to re-establish a forest after a clearfell

Most forest owners know that a forest must be replanted after the final timber crop has been harvested however, Teagasc...

Video: Rally champion sets record for worlds fastest tractor

Machinery

Video: Rally champion sets record for worlds fastest tractor

Valtra and Nokian Tyres have set a new Guinness world record for the fastest tractor after speeds of 130.165km/h were...

Kerry Group to partner Dutch company for infant formula business

Agri-Business

Kerry Group to partner Dutch company for infant formula business

Kerry Group and IOI Loders Croklaan are to form a joint venture company to develop and market the infant nutrition...

Online sales to cut cost of infant formula in China

World News

Online sales to cut cost of infant formula in China

The price paid for infant formula imported into China could be driven down by a new campaign focusing on online sales,...

The steps involved in converting to organic farming

Environment

The steps involved in converting to organic farming

The Organic Farming Scheme will be opening soon, have you considered switching to organic production? Teagasc advise to get acquainted...

JCB secures deal to supply 100 machines worth £5m

Machinery

JCB secures deal to supply 100 machines worth £5m

JCB, the machinery manufacturing specialists, has secured a £5m deal for more than 100 new JCB Loadall telescopic handlers from B&T...

Is this the most photogenic farm on the internet? Instagram followers think so!

Rural Life

Is this the most photogenic farm on the internet? Instagram followers think so!

Benjamin Hole is a farmer from Dorset, England, and his Instagram account has amassed 133,000 followers by posting photos of...

Aryzta to acquire share of Picard worth over €400m

Agri-Business

Aryzta to acquire share of Picard worth over €400m

Aryzta is to acquire a 49% share in the French food business Picard worth €446.6m, it has announced. Aryzta, who...

The Twitter reaction to milk quotas being abolished

Dairy

The Twitter reaction to milk quotas being abolished

Milk quotas in Europe will be abolished this week. For over 30 years farmers had limits on the amount of milk...

Carbery Group appoints new Chairman

Agri-Business

Carbery Group appoints new Chairman

The Cork-based Carbery Group has announced the appointment of Dermot O’Leary as Chairman. Dermot will replace Donal Tobin who stepped down...

Clare shoppers prefer grapes to spuds – Tesco

Agri-Business

Clare shoppers prefer grapes to spuds – Tesco

It’s a given that Irish people love potatoes, but a recent survey by Tesco showed that Clare shoppers do not favour...