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.

Environmental lobby says CAP won’t deliver for the environment

Environment

Environmental lobby says CAP won’t deliver for the environment

European environmental lobbyists have slammed changes to the delegated acts which it says diminish the reforms ability to impact on...

Cold week in store this week

Agri-Business

Cold week in store this week

According to Met Eireann temperatures and rainfall will be below normal this week. For many farmers this will bring back...

Video: Rural Development Programme and the environment

Environment

Video: Rural Development Programme and the environment

Rural Development Programmes (RDP) can be important instruments for improving the delivery of environmental services throughout Europe. The film presents...

Shooting in the dark in the absence of a soil test

Beef

Shooting in the dark in the absence of a soil test

Teagasc’s Stan Lalor was keen to emphasise the importance of soil testing when making decisions in regards to soil fertility...

Sheep trade strong as tight supply drives trade

Sheep

Sheep trade strong as tight supply drives trade

The sheep trade remained strong this week as stable demand coupled with tight supply continues to drive price. This is...

Problems with those bugs?- CellCheck

Dairy

Problems with those bugs?- CellCheck

Mastitis is not a mystery disease. It occurs when bacteria get into the quarter, through the teat end. These bacteria...

UFU says farmer pressure forced in-spec incentives rethink

Beef

UFU says farmer pressure forced in-spec incentives rethink

Following confirmation from the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA) and the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) that there will...

Maloney sets out his stall for Coillte

Agri-Business

Maloney sets out his stall for Coillte

Chairperson designate of Collite John Maloney set out his plans for Coillte at a meeting today with the Oireachtas Joint...

‘Food system needs urgent reform’

Agri-Business

‘Food system needs urgent reform’

In an interview with viEUws at the Forum on the Future of Agriculture 2014, Olivier De Schutter – UN Special...

Beef trade steady despite high kill

Beef

Beef trade steady despite high kill

Trade remains steady this week despite throughput levels continuing to remain at elevated levels. This is according to Bord Bia’s...

Beef kill 11% higher so far in 2014

Beef

Beef kill 11% higher so far in 2014

The cumulative beef kill so far in 2014 is some 11% higher than over the same period last year. This...

Turning out cows without ‘crashing’ milk yields

Dairy

Turning out cows without ‘crashing’ milk yields

A key issue facing a lot of dairy farmers at the moment is turning cows out to grass without ‘crashing’...

Young cattle benefit most from early turnout

Beef

Young cattle benefit most from early turnout

Young, growing cattle benefit most from an earlier start to the grazing season, according to Pat McCambridge in the latest...

Final results of Milk Quota Trading Scheme

Agri-Business

Final results of Milk Quota Trading Scheme

The aggregate results of the 16th and final stage of the Milk Quota Trading Scheme were announced today by the...

‘No major changes to in-spec incentives in Northern Ireland’

Beef

‘No major changes to in-spec incentives in Northern Ireland’

The Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) in its latest market bulletin that there will be no major changes to in-spec...

‘Report Offers Pylon-Free Alternative to Grid 25’

Environment

‘Report Offers Pylon-Free Alternative to Grid 25’

A new report commissioned by ReThink pylons claims to offer an Alternative to EirGrid’s Grid 25 project. A key element of...

UFU President calls on to politicians ‘to look to the future’ on CAP reform

Agri-Business

UFU President calls on to politicians ‘to look to the future’ on CAP reform

Ulster Farmers’ Union President Harry Sinclair has called on Northern Ireland’s politicians and administrators to ‘look to the future and...

Managing Recent Storm Damage in Forests

Environment

Managing Recent Storm Damage in Forests

Teagasc, in conjunction with Coillte and the Forest Service, DAFM, is organising two important demonstrations on windblow clearance and forest...