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.

Ulster Bank makes contact with farmers over proposed sale of their loans

Agri-Business

Ulster Bank makes contact with farmers over proposed sale of their loans

Ulster Bank has confirmed that it is in contact with a number of business customers, many who are farmers, in...

Glanbia confirms ‘significant optimisation work’ at Belview plant over winter period

Dairy

Glanbia confirms ‘significant optimisation work’ at Belview plant over winter period

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has confirmed that ‘significant optimisation work’ has taken place at its new Belview plant to ensure the...

Calls for mandatory milk supply cuts, if voluntary measures don’t work

Dairy

Calls for mandatory milk supply cuts, if voluntary measures don’t work

As the dairy crisis continues across Europe, calls have now been made for the introduction of mandatory milk supply reduction...

Watch: JCB launches new Loadall for the farming sector

Machinery

Watch: JCB launches new Loadall for the farming sector

JCB has launched new Loadall AGRI Pro telescopic handlers featuring a World-first transmission that combines the best characteristics of powershift...

Irish dairy exports to the UK slump at the worst possbile time

Dairy

Irish dairy exports to the UK slump at the worst possbile time

Exports to Britain of key Irish dairy products slumped in the first two months of the year, according to latest...

Dairy

Glanbia cuts 2c/L of March base milk price

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has set a March market price of 22c/L including VAT for manufacturing milk at 3.6% fat...

End of Land Rover Defender production sparks spate of UK thefts

Machinery

End of Land Rover Defender production sparks spate of UK thefts

In January, the Land Rover Defender reached the end of the road as the last of the iconic model rolled...

Fertiliser Price Update: Turf war develops in Munster and South Leinster

Grass

Fertiliser Price Update: Turf war develops in Munster and South Leinster

Fertiliser sales have been a little easier in recent weeks, according to the IFA’s latest update on fertiliser prices. It...

Voluntary EU milk supply management signed into law

Dairy

Voluntary EU milk supply management signed into law

New EU rules providing the opportunity for farmers to take up incentives to reduce milk supplies have now been finalised...

Science ‘sidelined’ in Roundup renewal debate

Arable

Science ‘sidelined’ in Roundup renewal debate

As debate rages in Europe of the future of the commonly used herbicide ‘glyphosate’, Agricultural Science Association President, Neil Keane has...

Volumes of milk powder in intervention hits EU limits

Dairy

Volumes of milk powder in intervention hits EU limits

The volumes of milk powder offered to intervention since the start of the year have reached the EU’s limit of 109,000t....

Is the tide set to turn on cattle prices? (factories report supplies falling)

Beef

Is the tide set to turn on cattle prices? (factories report supplies falling)

Beef factories are reporting a tightening in cattle supplies, but say there will be ‘minimal movement’ in prices in the...

Tesco UK cuts milk price (but its still the best price in Britain)

Dairy

Tesco UK cuts milk price (but its still the best price in Britain)

Tesco has today confirmed that for three months from May 1, it will pay its British dairy farmers 28.69 ppl...

Sterling continues slide against the euro

Agri-Business

Sterling continues slide against the euro

Sterling continues to fall in value against the euro over concerns that the Brexit referendum could spell trouble for the...

Sale of Dunbia to UK firm looks imminent

Agri-Business

Sale of Dunbia to UK firm looks imminent

The future of ownership of Dunbia is in doubt this evening with increasing speculation surrounding its possible merger with a...

ABP set to make move for Polish beef processor

Agri-Business

ABP set to make move for Polish beef processor

ABP Food Group is set to acquire additional beef processing capabilities in Poland. ABP, Ireland’s largest beef processor, recently notified the...

Krone ZX Wagon – possibly the most powerful wagon on the planet

Other

Krone ZX Wagon – possibly the most powerful wagon on the planet

The new Krone ZX looks set to have the largest intake of any wagon ever produced. This is down to...

Solutions to leatherjacket and frit–fly in new grass reseeds

Grass

Solutions to leatherjacket and frit–fly in new grass reseeds

Withdrawal of agrochemicals used widely to control common pests of new grass reseeds should not hamper livestock farmers’ ability to...