Richard Halleron

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News Correspondent

Richard Halleron is an agricultural chemist by background. He is a past chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science and has also served as Chairman of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland.

NIMEA responds on cattle residency issue

Beef

NIMEA responds on cattle residency issue

The Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA)  has responded to the mounting anxiety expressed over recent days by farmers and...
Prices fall at Fonterra auction

Dairy

Prices fall at Fonterra auction

The most recent Fonterra dairy products auction, held on Tuesday of this week,  showed a 4.0% decrease in the overall auction...
RUAS posts encouraging set of annual accounts

Agri-Business

RUAS posts encouraging set of annual accounts

Members of the RUAS will attend the organisation’s annual meeting on Friday of this week buoyed, no doubt, by the...
It’s time to get serious about grass

Environment

It’s time to get serious about grass

COMMENT: It’s hard to believe that March is now with us and the prospect of getting stock out to grass...
UK wholesale dairy markets coming under pressure

Dairy

UK wholesale dairy markets coming under pressure

According to DairyCo, February saw UK supply outstripping demand for fresh products such as cream, butter and curd cheese resulting...
Emerald Isle’s leading dairy show set for April

Dairy

Emerald Isle’s leading dairy show set for April

Tim O’Leary, deputy president of the Irish Farmers Association (IFA) launched the 2014 Emerald Expo earlier today. The event took...
Time for the North’s beef plants to take to the road

Beef

Time for the North’s beef plants to take to the road

COMMENT: Not that long ago the attainment of Farm Quality Assurance status was sufficient, for the most part, to ensure...
Latest thinking on IBR vaccination programmes

Environment

Latest thinking on IBR vaccination programmes

According to Zoetis veterinarian Mary Newman, between 70 and 80 per cent of Irish cattle herds are infected with IBR. “This...
EU Commission publishes state aid guidelines online

Agri-Business

EU Commission publishes state aid guidelines online

The European Commission has put online its draft new rules on state aids in the agriculture and forestry sectors. These...
ACA members updated on the new CAP entitlements regime

Agri-Business

ACA members updated on the new CAP entitlements regime

Outgoing ACA (Agricultural Consultants Association) president Michael Brady has told AgriLand that definitive light has now been shed by the...
New SFP entitlement arrangements must be clarified soon

Agri-Business

New SFP entitlement arrangements must be clarified soon

COMMENT: The issue of single farm payment (SFP) entitlements – and who will own what after 2015 – is one...
It’s a good time to be a dairy farmer

Dairy

It’s a good time to be a dairy farmer

“It’s a good time to be a dairy farmer.” That’s how Lakeland Dairies’ CEO Michael Hanley described the prospects for milk...
New grass varieties will constitute a ‘green’ flooding defence

Environment

New grass varieties will constitute a ‘green’ flooding defence

With large swathes of the country still under water, it is appropriate to highlight the research work that is currently...
Overall prices fall back by 1.2% at Fonterra auction

Dairy

Overall prices fall back by 1.2% at Fonterra auction

This week’s Fonterra auction confirmed a 1.2 per cent decrease in the overall recorded price index. All the major dairy...
Arla – growing from strength to strength

Agri-Business

Arla – growing from strength to strength

Courtesy of its annual results for 2013 Arla Foods has announced the highest performance price ever in the company’s history...
Giving calves the best possible start

Dairy

Giving calves the best possible start

UK veterinarian Roger Blowey has told a group of farmers in Ballymena that newborn calves must receive high-quality colostrum, fed...
Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota warning from Lakeland Dairies

Dairy

Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota warning from Lakeland Dairies

Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota are now inevitable for suppliers to Lakeland Dairies. This is according to the...
‘Chinese whispers’ – the phrase of the day for Ireland’s dairy sector

Dairy

‘Chinese whispers’ – the phrase of the day for Ireland’s dairy sector

The rumour mill is rife that a delegation from one of China’s largest food companies has recently visited – or...
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