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More sense than cent in Wexford
More sense than cent in Wexford

The Central Bank today announced this afternoon the Wexford Rounding Trial will commence on Monday 16 September and run until...

Hot spell for consumer spending, cider and icecream boost
Hot spell for consumer spending, cider and icecream boost

The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published this week for the 12 weeks ending 18 August,...

Aldi opens Cork distribution hub creating 160 jobs
Aldi opens Cork distribution hub creating 160 jobs

 ‘Aldi expansion drive in Ireland set to create 460 new jobs over three years’ Aldi Stores this morning announced the...

Clare tops sea farming water quality league
Clare tops sea farming water quality league

“Some progress has been made on water quality but there is room for serious improvement by some councils,” according to...

World’s largest milk powder dryer kicks into gear
World’s largest milk powder dryer kicks into gear

WORLD NEWS: The world’s largest milk powder dryer at New Zealand giant Fonterra’s Darfield site kicked into gear this week...

Stay safe on the road, back to school
Stay safe on the road, back to school

With schools reopening around the country for the start of a new school year, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) is...

Goldcrop advice for sowing oilseed rape
Goldcrop advice for sowing oilseed rape

It’s not too late to sow Winter Oilseed Rape (WOSR), according to seed suppliers Goldcrop who are concerned that the...

Signs French ecotax will be postponed
Signs French ecotax will be postponed

French media are predicting the implementation of a new ecotax will be postponed to January 2014. They are expecting this...

AgriLand’s top stories this week
AgriLand’s top stories this week

AgriLand’s Top Stories This Week All things Ploughing: National Ploughing steps up a gear All things milk quota: Last chance to dispose...

National Ploughing steps up a gear
National Ploughing steps up a gear

As site works for this year’s National Ploughing Championships step up a gear Volkswagen is proud to continue a long-standing arrangement...

Last chance to dispose of unwanted milk quota
Last chance to dispose of unwanted milk quota

Ireland’s 15th Milk Quota Trading Scheme, which will be the first of two trading schemes to allocate quota in respect...

GIIL rolls out on-farm sustainability plan to its 4,300 milk suppliers
GIIL rolls out on-farm sustainability plan to its 4,300 milk suppliers

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited (GIIL) this morning announced the roll out of a new on-farm sustainability programme to its 4,300...

Limousins stretch across Ireland
Limousins stretch across Ireland

In Focus: The Irish Limousin Cattle Society is one of the largest cattle society’s in Ireland. The Limousin breed was...

New models and driver assistance aids for 2014 Claas combines
New models and driver assistance aids for 2014 Claas combines

Following the introduction of the latest Tier 4i compliant Lexion and Tucano combine ranges last autumn, Claas has extended the...

Dangers of ‘addiction to feed’ in dairy farming
Dangers of ‘addiction to feed’ in dairy farming

Speaking last week at the Virginia Show Dairy Gathering Conference, Joe Patton from Teagasc gave a presentation on Feeding and...

Milk quota allocated to 91 new dairy entrants
Milk quota allocated to 91 new dairy entrants

Some 91 successful applicants have been allocated 15.1 million litres of milk quota under the final New Entrants to Dairying...

New French export tax will cost Ireland €100m, IEA
New French export tax will cost Ireland €100m, IEA

A new eco-tax in France on heavy-good vehicles (HGVs) will cost €100m in additional costs each year for Irish exports...

Profit fall for FBD
Profit fall for FBD

Insurer FBD has reported pre-tax profits of €19.1m for the six months to the end of June, down from the €21.8m...