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

EU Ministers to consider measures to support milk market

At the request of the Polish delegation, the European Council of Agriculture Ministers will take stock of the possibility of...

October 13, 2014

Beef

Record cattle numbers head North for slaughter

Exports of prime cattle to Northern Ireland for direct slaughter last week were the highest for the year to date at...

October 13, 2014

Dairy

More milk processed into powders and butter

More milk is being processed into powders and butter according to the European Commission’s latest outlook. It says between January...

October 9, 2014

Beef

Dairy herd restocking brings more beef to EU market

After three years of continuous decline, the EU beef production is likely to increase in 2014 by more than 110...

October 8, 2014

Dairy

UK produced an extra billion litres of milk this year

Farms in the UK have increased production by more than 1 billion litres of milk this year – almost an...

October 6, 2014

Agri-Business

Tipperary food company announces 100 new jobs

The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation Richard Bruton TD has announced the creation of 100 new jobs by Irish...

October 6, 2014

N.Ireland

Use of NI pork label by retailers welcomed

The Ulster Farmers’ Union welcomed major retailers Tesco and Lidl show of support for local pork as both retailers roll...

October 5, 2014

Machinery

Commission aims to reduce farm machinery emissions

The European Commission has proposed new measures will cut emissions of major air pollutants from engines in non-road mobile machinery and...

October 4, 2014

Machinery

New auger option on Joskin grain trailer

The Joskin Drakkar multi-purpose trailers can now be fitted with an unloading auger to unload grains into a road transport...

October 4, 2014

Poll: Will Phil Hogan make a good EU Agricultural Commissioner?

Ireland’s European commissioner-designate Phil Hogan won the support of over 70% of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee to become the...

October 3, 2014

EU-Wide concern on CAP’s ‘Greening’ implementation

All of the EU’s major farming organisations are extremely concerned on how the EU Commission’s ‘greening’ requirements under the reformed...

October 3, 2014

Beef

Beef exports to France up 7%

Despite French beef imports falling 3% on the year, largely on the back of lower volumes from the Netherlands and...

October 2, 2014

Arable

Dairy farmers increasingly buying up prime arable land

When examining the profile of buyers in the latest Sherry FitzGerald Agricultural Land Price Index, dairy farmers were found to...

October 2, 2014

N.Ireland

NI farmers 2014 Single Farm Payment hit by exchange rate

Northern Ireland farmers will be disappointed with the levels of Single Farm Payment that they will receive this year according...

October 2, 2014

New Commissioner must put responsible milk policy into practice

A coalition of European non-governmental organisations have called on Phil Hogan, the designated European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development...

October 1, 2014