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Social media a hot potato
Social media a hot potato

For the first time ever to celebrate National Potato Day Teagasc will host a national social media workshop on growing...

1,499 new tractors in first seven months this year, FTMTA
1,499 new tractors in first seven months this year, FTMTA

The latest figures from the Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association‘s (FTMTA) Statistics Service for July registrations of new tractors show...

Third-level agriculture bonanza
Third-level agriculture bonanza

The growth and interest in Ireland’s agricultural industry is thriving. Popularity of careers and the numbers of applicants in agriculture,...

Free SME mentoring to break US markets
Free SME mentoring to break US markets

The Irish Export Association is developing an advanced food and drink development programme for small businesses specifically to provide free...

New chairman appointed to Carbery Group
New chairman appointed to Carbery Group

West Cork based Carbery Group has announced the appointment of Donal Tobin, a dairy farmer from Rosscarbery, as chairman to...

‘Alarming decline’ in soil fertility levels
‘Alarming decline’ in soil fertility levels

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) have noted an “alarming decline” in soil fertility levels, particularly soil phosphorus levels in recent weeks....

Herring fishery licences available from September
Herring fishery licences available from September

The View from Northern Ireland: The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) has announced that licences for the Mourne...

Brochure out for 82nd National Ploughing Championships
Brochure out for 82nd National Ploughing Championships

The National Ploughing Association (NPA) and Bank of Ireland recently launched a promotional brochure giving details of the upcoming 82nd...

A bed of roses for Dáithí Ó Sé
A bed of roses for Dáithí Ó Sé

AgriLand was hot on the heels today catching up with Rose of Tralee’s biggest star the one and only Dáithí Ó...

Fonterra will offer compensation
Fonterra will offer compensation

World News: Fonterra will offer compensation to companies supplied with potentially contaminated whey protein concentrate. This has been reported in Fairfax...

ABP Group to contest McAdam Food defamation allegations
ABP Group to contest McAdam Food defamation allegations

UPDATE: The proprietor of an Irish meat trading company McAdam Food Products Ltd, Martin McAdam will sue ABP Food Group...

A-maizing progress for Samco, Ernst & Young finalist
A-maizing progress for Samco, Ernst & Young finalist

In Focus: AgriLand profiles Samco Agricultural Manufacturing, based in Adare and run by Samuel Shine who has recently been nominated for...

Aldi seeks third milk supplier in Ireland
Aldi seeks third milk supplier in Ireland

UPDATE: Supermarket multinational Aldi intends to appoint a third milk supplier in the Republic of Ireland in the near future....

Deere profits surge with demand
Deere profits surge with demand

WORLD NEWS: Farming equipment maker John Deere has today reported a stronger than expected 26 per cent increase in third-quarter earnings...

Man on Bridge launched
Man on Bridge launched

Man on Bridge is an online documentary that sets out to tell the story of Arthur Fields, a Jewish Ukrainian...

Calls for credit flexibility for farmers and merchants on foot of fodder crisis
Calls for credit flexibility for farmers and merchants on foot of fodder crisis

Measures to prevent a re-emergence of a fodder shortage later this year, whether there is an adequate supply of fodder imported...

Meetings under way to reconstruct sugar beet industry
Meetings under way to reconstruct sugar beet industry

Sugar beet meetings with the Department of Agriculture are under way with the view to re-construction of the beet industry. However,...

A flavour of farming in Fingal
A flavour of farming in Fingal

The 2013 Flavours of Fingal County Show is taking place this weekend at Newbridge House and Farm, Donabate, North County...