Ciaran Moran

Ciaran Moran - Author - Agriland.ie

Ciaran Moran is a partner in a beef and sheep farm in Roscommon. He holds an Honours Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Science from UCD where he specialised in Food and Agribusiness Management.

Dairy

Volac to host heifer rearing conference this week

With the Irish dairy sector in expansion mode, efficient heifer rearing has become vitally important on many farmers around the...

December 8, 2015

New EU trade deal with Vietnam to see majority of tariffs removed

A new trade deal has been agreed between the EU and Vietnam. The agreement will give the EU access to...

December 6, 2015

Arable

MEPs block approval of new GM maize variety

MEPs have opposed the authorisation of a new variety of GM maize, which is tolerant to glyphosate – the main ingredient...

December 5, 2015

Other

No major milk price rise until 2021 says EU outlook report

The European Commission released its latest medium-term outlook for the Agriculture sector this week. The report suggests that there may...

December 4, 2015

Agri-Business

Concerns raised over new ABP and Slaney Foods tie-up

The Linden Food Group is set to restructure its Slaney Foods business in the Republic of Ireland, resulting in the...

December 4, 2015

Dairy

Global Dairy Trade prices increase for the first time since early October

Prices at today’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction increased for the first time since early October. Today’s event saw the...

December 1, 2015

Environment

New tranche of hugely popular Organic Farming Scheme launched

The second tranche of the new Organic Farming Scheme (OFS) has been launched by the Minister of State at the Department...

December 1, 2015

Dairy

Hopes for Global Dairy Trade turnaround tomorrow

The first Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction of the month takes place tomorrow and latest indications suggest it could buck...

November 30, 2015

Dairy

Shocking video footage puts spotlight on New Zealand’s dairy industry

An investigation by New Zealand animal rights group SAFE has put the country’s dairy industry under the spotlight. SAFE is...

November 29, 2015

Dairy

Only 22 and plans to be milking 275 cows in Co. Galway

At only 22 years of age and less than two years into his dairy farming career Aurivo supplier, Kevin Moran...

November 23, 2015

Dairy

Global Dairy Trade ‘out of whack’ with dairy fundamentals

Overall dairy prices at the Global Dairy Trade auction fell 7.9% this week for third consecutive auction fall. Overall and...

November 19, 2015

Agri-Business

Increased payments sees record numbers of farmers converting to organics

The Department of Agriculture launched a new organics scheme this year which has proved to be hugely successful since its...

November 19, 2015

5 ways Phil Hogan wants to make farmers lives easier

CAP simplification is part of European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan’s overall strategy to streamline and reduce EU legislation wherever possible....

November 18, 2015