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.

Agri-Business

US retail meat prices move into record territory

With the summer grilling season kicking off in the US meat lovers will have to pay a few more dollars...

May 8, 2014

Environment

Terms of reference for EirGrid review published

The panel asked to examine the EirGrid Grid West and Grid Link projects has concluded its deliberations and has now finalised...

May 7, 2014

Beef

Changes to price structure at some NI beef plants

Some of the major processors in Northern Ireland have now indicated that they will be making changes to the pricing...

May 6, 2014

Sheep

Sheep trade eases as supplies recover

The sheep trade eased in the past week with a further recovery in supply and a decrease in price. This...

May 6, 2014

Arable

Kale – valuable alternative to conventional winter feeding

Feeding forage kale to weanlings is an alternative forage source to conventional feeding systems of rearing replacement dairy heifers where...

May 4, 2014

Dairy

Measuring May performance on dairy farms

In the latest management notes from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Michael Garvey examined May performance...

May 4, 2014

Agri-Business

News round up

This week there was good news for Irish Dairy processors as every company that applied for approval to export dairy...

May 3, 2014

Agri-Business

‘Dairy farmers need to play the long game with milk quota changes’

The removal of milk quotas provides significant opportunity, but only for those farmers that are well prepared. This is according...

May 2, 2014

Agri-Business

Arla appoints new head of UK dairy business

Arla Foods recently announced the appointment of Peter Gioertz-Carlsen as the new executive vice president for Arla UK, replacing Peter...

May 2, 2014

Environment

Research facility fined for foot-and-mouth experiment failings

A world-renowned animal disease research facility in Surrey has been fined for shortcomings in the management of safety during experiments...

May 2, 2014

Environment

France ban daytime spraying to protect bees

Pesticide spraying by farmers during daylight hours is to be banned in France to protect bees. The plans were unveiled...

May 2, 2014

Beef

Beef farmers vent frustration at meat plant lack of communication

The Ulster Farmers’ Union has expressed its continued frustration and disappointment at the lack of transparency and communication between meat...

May 2, 2014

Agri-Business

Competition Authority approves Glanbia purchase of Wexford Creamery

The Competition Authority has, this morning, approved the Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Ltd (GIIL) purchase of Wexford Creamery from Wexford Milk Producers...

May 1, 2014