Kathleen Rowley

Recipe for success: Heavy metal
Recipe for success: Heavy metal

In a new series AgriLand has linked up with Bord Bia to showcase an agri-food business every Friday. This week AgriLand talks to...

Flexi-milk shortage concerns
Flexi-milk shortage concerns

“With a 28.65 levy on every litre produced over quota, farmers will be hit with severe financial hardship if they...

Does butter taste better when the cows are happy?
Does butter taste better when the cows are happy?

What will dairy cows of the future look like? How much is too much for a litre of milk? Does butter taste...

African expansion for Danone
African expansion for Danone

The View from Africa: Danone is set to buy a 49 percent stake in Fan Milk International, a frozen dairy products...

Farm studs raise thousands in charity auction
Farm studs raise thousands in charity auction

More than 1,000 people attended ‘The Farmer Wants a Wife’ in the Armagh City Hotel on Friday 11 October, to help...

All-Ireland hedgecutters set Guinness world record
All-Ireland hedgecutters set Guinness world record

A Guinness world record was set at the All-Ireland Hedgecutting Championships in Kilkenny at the weekend for the greatest number...

Cheesey does it
Cheesey does it

AgriLand talks to Ailish Durkin of Knockdrinna Farmhouse Cheese on the commitment and passion involved in creating an award-winning cheese....

West Cork has the ‘write stuff’
West Cork has the ‘write stuff’

Four leading journalists from Germany visited West Cork this week, as guests of Tourism Ireland. The group was made up...

Recipe for success: Eight Degrees Brewing
Recipe for success: Eight Degrees Brewing

In a new series AgriLand has linked up with Bord Bia to showcase an agri-food business every Friday.  Recipe for...

Multimillion liquid gold investment for Carlow
Multimillion liquid gold investment for Carlow

Independent, family-owned Walsh Whiskey Distillery will make a significant €25m expansion programme for its award-winning, Irish whiskey brands – The...

All roads lead to Millstreet for National Dairy Show
All roads lead to Millstreet for National Dairy Show

Dairy farmers are at a crossroads as the 2015 post-Quota era approaches fast. There is free advice available at the...

Vets get ready for the Food Harvest
Vets get ready for the Food Harvest

More than 120 vets from Ireland, UK and Denmark gathered in Cork last weekend to consider a Food Harvest strategy for...

Great organic tastes
Great organic tastes

More than 5,000 people visited Dublins’ Marlay Park yesterday for the inaugural National Organic Fair. The event was the brainchild...

The food connection
The food connection

“Strawberries from Israel on the shelves of Wexford supermarkets during their annual strawberry week. Is this sustainable?” asked Michael Kelly...

Organic Food Fair
Organic Food Fair

Clodagh McKenna will be holding free public cooking demonstrations using only Irish organic produce at the inaugural National Organic Food...

Vets play key role in farm efficiency and expansion
Vets play key role in farm efficiency and expansion

“Ireland faces into its biggest opportunity to grow its food production from livestock and dairy sectors since joining the EU,...

Growing education on world hunger
Growing education on world hunger

A ‘World Food – Facts, Figures and Activities’ booklet to mark United Nations World Food Day was launched by the...

Ireland gets cracking
Ireland gets cracking

Up to two million eggs are expected to the cracked open in Irish kitchens today as people take part in...