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.

Commission to examine Dawn Meats French merger

Agri-Business

Commission to examine Dawn Meats French merger

The European Commission’s competition authority is set to examine Dawn Meats investment in a French meat processor. Late last year,...

Beef kill to date down 4% on 2014

Beef

Beef kill to date down 4% on 2014

The national beef kill continues to fall with throughput currently some 4% lower since the start of the year compared...

‘European dairy farmers need more help facing volatility’

Dairy

‘European dairy farmers need more help facing volatility’

The EU must bring more balance into the supply chain, introduce better tools against market disturbances and help dairy farmers...

An extra 1.5 billion litres of milk to be produced each year in the EU till 2016

Dairy

An extra 1.5 billion litres of milk to be produced each year in the EU till 2016

EU milk production has been forecasted to grow further in 2015 and 2016, according to European Commission estimates. Estimated figures...

Superlevy deferral scheme won’t be in place for this month’s cheque – ICOS

Dairy

Superlevy deferral scheme won’t be in place for this month’s cheque – ICOS

The new Superlevy Instalment Scheme is ‘unlikely’ to be in place to impact on dairy farmers’ milk cheques this month,...

Strong demand and tight supplies good news for cattle prices

Beef

Strong demand and tight supplies good news for cattle prices

The cattle trade remains strong on the back of continued good demand coupled with tight supplies, according to Bord Bia’s...

‘Subsidies keep drystock farmers out of forestry’

Environment

‘Subsidies keep drystock farmers out of forestry’

More loss-making drystock enterprises should be switching to forestry, according to Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at...

Future of organic farming is up for discussion in Europe this week

EU

Future of organic farming is up for discussion in Europe this week

An informal meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers will take place this week with discussions set to be centred around organic...

More and more UK consumers shun beef for chicken and lamb

Agri-Business

More and more UK consumers shun beef for chicken and lamb

Beef sales in the 12-week period to April 26 were down on the year in both value and volume terms, according...

Agriculture MEPs oppose new emissions reduction targets

Environment

Agriculture MEPs oppose new emissions reduction targets

Members of the European Agriculture Committee have asked to scrap the European Commission’s plans to set new binding reduction targets...

Cuts to Rural Development Programme a blow to rural Ireland – MEP

Rural Life

Cuts to Rural Development Programme a blow to rural Ireland – MEP

Cuts to the Rural Development Programme will be a blow to rural Ireland, according to Independent MEP Marian Harkin. Speaking following...

First quota-free month sees milk supplies rise 14%

Dairy

First quota-free month sees milk supplies rise 14%

Domestic milk intake by creameries and pasteurisers was estimated at 775.5m litres for April 2015, according to the CSO. It...

Tightening finished cattle supplies sees beef kill down 15%

Beef

Tightening finished cattle supplies sees beef kill down 15%

The national beef kill fell 15% last week on the same week last year as the anticipated tightening in Irish...

FrieslandCampina cuts June milk price citing increased supplies

Dairy

FrieslandCampina cuts June milk price citing increased supplies

The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for June 2015 is €30.50 per 100 kilogrammes of milk which is the...

Cork man crowned overall winner of the 2014 Dairygold Milk Quality Awards

Dairy

Cork man crowned overall winner of the 2014 Dairygold Milk Quality Awards

Daniel Dennehy of Clonmoyle, Aghabullogue has been declared Overall Winner of the 2014 Dairygold Milk Quality Awards. The award presentation...

‘Cattle supplies very tight this week’ (kill down 8% last week)

Beef

‘Cattle supplies very tight this week’ (kill down 8% last week)

Supplies of finished cattle to beef factories are set to be very tight this week, according to the IFA’s latest...

UK dairy processor sees profits slump by 60%

Agri-Business

UK dairy processor sees profits slump by 60%

UK milk processor Dairy Crest recently released its end of year financial results, which showed that profit before tax has fallen...

Weak euro sees 35% rise in prime cattle moving North

Beef

Weak euro sees 35% rise in prime cattle moving North

The continued weakness of the value of the euro relative to Sterling has continued to support an increase the number...