Ciaran Moran

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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.

EU Agriculture Ministers to meet next week – here’s what’s on the agenda

EU

EU Agriculture Ministers to meet next week – here’s what’s on the agenda

European Agriculture Ministers will meet next week to debate the state of play in EU markets as weak prices in...
US government forecasts its beef imports will fall in 2016

Beef

US government forecasts its beef imports will fall in 2016

Latest forecasts from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that US beef and veal imports look set to fall...
Futures market signals to further dairy uplift in September

Dairy

Futures market signals to further dairy uplift in September

Latest trading of dairy futures contracts suggest a further uplift in dairy markets in the coming weeks. Many dairy market...
Hogan meets Baltic States ahead of ’emergency’ meeting

EU

Hogan meets Baltic States ahead of ’emergency’ meeting

Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan has met with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia in Brussels ahead...
Euro gains against the pound (worst possible time for the beef trade)

Agri-Business

Euro gains against the pound (worst possible time for the beef trade)

The euro rose to its highest level in six months against the pound yesterday amid stock market turmoil around the...
Case IH to display latest products at National Ploughing Championships 2015

Machinery

Case IH to display latest products at National Ploughing Championships 2015

Case IH will be exhibiting a number of key products at the National Ploughing Championships 2015, including the Magnum Rowtrac...
Why the factories don’t want a repeat of the beef crisis

Beef

Why the factories don’t want a repeat of the beef crisis

A repeat of what happened in our beef markets in spring 2014 would be ‘catastrophic’ if it were to happen...
What to make of this weeks Global Dairy Trade result?

Dairy

What to make of this weeks Global Dairy Trade result?

Dairy product prices rose for the first time since March at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction....
Could beef prices fall below €4/kg in the coming weeks?

Beef

Could beef prices fall below €4/kg in the coming weeks?

Beef prices have fallen as much as 5% in the last two weeks and reports from the industry suggest prices could...
Town of Monaghan, Arrabawn and Aurvio cut July milk price

Dairy

Town of Monaghan, Arrabawn and Aurvio cut July milk price

Town of Monaghan has cut its July milk price to 27c/L – down from its June price of 27c/L. Arrabawn...
Global Dairy Trade records first increase since March

Dairy

Global Dairy Trade records first increase since March

Dairy product prices rose for the first time since March at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction. The...
French wheat harvest tops 40m tonnes

Arable

French wheat harvest tops 40m tonnes

French wheat production is set to top 40m tonnes, according to state body FranceAgriMer. In its latest crop update it said...
Video: Massey dream combo of 7720 tractor with DM Series butterfly mowers

Machinery

Video: Massey dream combo of 7720 tractor with DM Series butterfly mowers

Massey Ferguson recently launched its new DM Series disc mower range which includes light, mounted disc models, front- and rear-mounted...
Co-ops should not shy away from hard decisions including mergers – IFA dairy chairman

Dairy

Co-ops should not shy away from hard decisions including mergers – IFA dairy chairman

The IFA is asking dairy co-operatives to explore all possibilities of consolidation on the back of weak dairy market returns...
Some good dairy news at last – signs of market rebound next week

Dairy

Some good dairy news at last – signs of market rebound next week

This week dairy futures prices have surged off their lows, according to New Zealand bank ASB’s Rural Economist, Nathan Penny....
Dutch dairy expansion could be curtailed by new phosphate limits

Dairy

Dutch dairy expansion could be curtailed by new phosphate limits

The Dutch government recently introduced new phosphate limits which have dairy farmers in the country concerned. The new measures mean...
Video: The square baler that made 10,000 bales in 24hr

Machinery

Video: The square baler that made 10,000 bales in 24hr

The Massey Ferguson’s square baler option (MF1840) was on display at its the manufactures unveiling of its latest equipment range...
Fonterra to cut significantly the volume of product sold on GDT

Dairy

Fonterra to cut significantly the volume of product sold on GDT

Fonterra is significantly reducing its GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) offer quantity forecasts for the next 12 months. Since its inception in 2008...
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