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.

Industry has delivered on price – MII

Beef

Industry has delivered on price – MII

The beef industry has delivered on price in the past number of years, according to Cormac Healy of Meat Industry...
Snapshot of the mart trade

Beef

Snapshot of the mart trade

Snapshot of the mart trade Castlerea Castlerea reported 550 cattle on offer at its most recent sale. On the day...
Feed 50 per cent more colostrum say scientists

Dairy

Feed 50 per cent more colostrum say scientists

Three, not as previously thought two litres, of colostrum are required promptly by new born calves according to AFBI Hillsborough...
Soil comes first for Dutch greenhouse grower

Agri-Business

Soil comes first for Dutch greenhouse grower

Soil is crucial to the survival of Dutch greenhouse grower Adri Jonkers. Together with his wife Mia and his son Jorrit,...
Lely expands wagon range with Tigo PR

Machinery

Lely expands wagon range with Tigo PR

Lely is adding to its loader wagon range with the addition on the new Lely Tigo PR. According to Lely,...
Level of the Shannon expected to stabilise or fall, as flood risk study continues

Environment

Level of the Shannon expected to stabilise or fall, as flood risk study continues

The level of the Shannon is expected to stabilise or fall marginally over the next five days. That is according...
‘Dairy farmers could gain €60 per cow using sexed semen’

Dairy

‘Dairy farmers could gain €60 per cow using sexed semen’

When discussing the benefits of sexed semen there is always those who emphasises the extra cost and lower conception rates....
Low uptake of rainwater harvesting scheme

Environment

Low uptake of rainwater harvesting scheme

Just 94 farmers applied to the Department of Agriculture‘s Rainwater Harvesting Scheme by the closing date of 31 December 2013....
Minister calls for beef pricing, penalties re-think

Beef

Minister calls for beef pricing, penalties re-think

Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has called on the Norther Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA) to re-think its proposed changes to...
Trade improves in sheep marts

Sheep

Trade improves in sheep marts

Sheep marts throughout the country have reported a livelier trade for sheep of late, as prices in the factories move...
John Deere receives two awards at FIMA 2014

Machinery

John Deere receives two awards at FIMA 2014

Two John Deere innovations have won awards at the 2014 FIMA show, one of Europe’s leading agricultural equipment trade fairs...
Get the record straight on milk

Dairy

Get the record straight on milk

“It is easy to identify that you have a cell count problem in your herd, however it is much more...
The beet is on for cattle

Beef

The beet is on for cattle

Sugar beet is nutritious, palatable and energy rich. However it is also lacking in protein, phosphorous and calcium and is...
‘1,000 farm families keen for Midland wind farms’

Environment

‘1,000 farm families keen for Midland wind farms’

An outline of Element Power‘s Greenwire project to develop 40 wind farms on 20,000 hectares of lands in the Midlands...
Snapshot of the mart trade

Beef

Snapshot of the mart trade

There was a mixed trade in marts throughout the country this week, with the terrible weather all over last week...
Farmers urged to take stock of milk supply as quota position improves

Dairy

Farmers urged to take stock of milk supply as quota position improves

The total volume of milk supplies up to the end of January 2014, taking into account the relevant butterfat adjustment,...
More tests for horsemeat in food under way

World News

More tests for horsemeat in food under way

More DNA tests for beef across Europe are under way following last year’s investigations which revealed some 4.6 per cent...
Suckler herd in decline, what action is the Government taking?

Beef

Suckler herd in decline, what action is the Government taking?

Recent data from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Identification and Movement database for 2013 confirmed that the suckler herd is...
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