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

Dairy prices expected to stay high – Rabobank

International dairy commodity prices strengthened from already high levels in the three months to mid-December and are expected to remain...

December 20, 2013

Environment

RSA issue road safety alert

The Road Safety Authority (RSA), is asking road users to remain cautious while using the roads, as Met Éireann warn...

December 19, 2013

Beef

National BVD eradication programme update

Animal Health Ireland has today released summary statistics from the first year of the national compulsory BVD eradication programme. Headline...

December 19, 2013

Beef

Meat factories eroding confidence among beef finishers

IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns accused the meat factories of eroding confidence among beef finishers and stymieing any bit...

December 19, 2013

Beef

Latest sheep and beef slaughtering figures

The beef kill was down slightly again last week on the previous week. Statistics released from the Department of Agriculture...

December 18, 2013

Beef

UK/NI beef price difference highlighted

The View from Northern Ireland: The Livestock and Meat Commissions (LMC) of Northern Ireland launched a report this morning on Northern...

December 17, 2013

Agri-Business

Growth in grocery agri-food spend

A survey carried out for Checkout magazine by Empathy Research has found that 29 per cent of consumers feel the...

December 17, 2013

Agri-Business

Agri income per worker up marginally in 2013

Agricultural income per worker was up marginally in 2013, recovering some of the ground lost in 2012 where incomes were...

December 16, 2013

Agri-Business

Bryan condemns retailer behaviour

IFA President John Bryan has lashed out at retailer bosses, including the discounters, for making a mockery of the hard...

December 16, 2013

Dairy

Result of penultimate milk trading and current quota position out

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, announced the aggregate results of the 15th Milk Quota Trading...

December 14, 2013

Beef

Slaney outlines new disease monitoring system

At its beef seminar in Tullow, Co Carlow last night, Wexford-based Slaney Foods outlined to farmers and vets developments in its new disease monitoring scheme....

December 13, 2013