Agriland

Biomass plant in Offaly aims to add €7m pa in revenues for farmers
Biomass plant in Offaly aims to add €7m pa in revenues for farmers

Farmers across the Midlands could be in for a windfall of up to €7m a year in additional revenue after...

Lilywhite Butchers top of the league
Lilywhite Butchers top of the league

O’Gorman’s Meats in Castledermot, Kildare has this evening been named Butcher Shop of the Year by Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland...

Historic bonanza harvest for Bord na Móna
Historic bonanza harvest for Bord na Móna

Bord na Móna‘s total peat harvest for 2013 amounted to 166 per cent of the company’s annual target. The final...

Talk of compulsory dairy income insurance at EU post-Quota debate
Talk of compulsory dairy income insurance at EU post-Quota debate

A high-level European Parliament debate on dairy quotas post 2015 is taking place next Wednesday. It is being pinned as a...

Great innovations for Carlow at Ploughing 2013
Great innovations for Carlow at Ploughing 2013

From internet hosting technology to a treatment for tired eyes, from sportswear to world-leading water technologies, some of Ireland’s latest...

Ireland heading towards super levy milk fine
Ireland heading towards super levy milk fine

The Department of Agriculture announced this afternoon that based on estimated milk deliveries by milk purchasers for the period up to...

Community wind farm in Tip takes flight
Community wind farm in Tip takes flight

Ireland’s first community owned wind farm in Templederry, Co Tipperary launched this week. Templederry Community Wind Farm counts students, farmers...

FSAI ceo to lead Fonterra inquiry
FSAI ceo to lead Fonterra inquiry

World News: The ceo of the Food and Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) is to head up the New Zealand Government’s...

Plan your future in dairy farming
Plan your future in dairy farming

EU quotas are being abolished and new dairy markets are opening up in China and India. The global dairy landscape...

Horse-breeding mask company onto a winner
Horse-breeding mask company onto a winner

Equilume, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company supported by Enterprise Ireland, is aiming to become a world-leader in light...

Nitrogen extension deadline approaching
Nitrogen extension deadline approaching

Farmers across Ireland have until the end of September to use bagged Nitrogen. Normally mid-September is the deadline to stop applying...

ABP Group ceo to address agri-science conference today
ABP Group ceo to address agri-science conference today

The CEO of ABP Food Group, Europe’s largest beef exporter, is set to headline the annual Agricultural Science Association (ASA) conference, which...

Ireland gets ‘engaged’, Turn2Me to launch new digital support service
Ireland gets ‘engaged’, Turn2Me to launch new digital support service

Turn2me, an Irish online mental health organisation, is set to launch an innovative new digital support programme for those adults...

ABP Food Group to bring Polish supplier to court over alleged horsemeat supply
ABP Food Group to bring Polish supplier to court over alleged horsemeat supply

ABP Food Group, controlled by Larry Goodman, has today commenced High Court proceedings for breach of contract against Polish supplier,...

Clean water key for agri-food industry, EPA
Clean water key for agri-food industry, EPA

Protecting the environmental resources we already have, including our water resources, will be a priority for the Environmental Protection Agency...

Sheep fencing funding boost
Sheep fencing funding boost

Sheep farmers received good news today with the announcement of a funding boost for sheep fencing in mountainous areas. And the...

Milk video tools to help farmers
Milk video tools to help farmers

A new tool to improve milk quality standards has been developed at Teagasc, Moorepark. It consists of video clips showing...

Glanbia opens its 53rd store
Glanbia opens its 53rd store

Glanbia opened its 53rd store in the former WFC premises in Bunclody, Co Wexford last Thursday.  Glanbia Agribusiness Bunclody stocks...