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.

GDT result does not undermine strength of world dairy markets

Dairy

GDT result does not undermine strength of world dairy markets

AHDB analyst Luke Crossman has characterised the 3.9% fall in the average prices paid at this week’s Global Dairy Trade...
Details for the new 4-day Balmoral Show revealed

N.Ireland

Details for the new 4-day Balmoral Show revealed

Saturday will become the new Friday at Balmoral Show, according to RUAS Chief Executive Colin McDonald. All of the championship...
Details for the new 4-day Balmoral Show revealed

N.Ireland

Details for the new 4-day Balmoral Show revealed

Saturday will become the new Friday at Balmoral Show, according to RUAS Chief Executive Colin McDonald. All of the championship...
New technology to revolutionise energy from poultry manure market

Pig/Poultry

New technology to revolutionise energy from poultry manure market

Limerick-based agri-technology business BHSL has agreed €13m in sales of its manure-to-energy technology which is aimed at transforming the environmental...
Scientists develop system to remove phosphorus from slurry

Beef

Scientists develop system to remove phosphorus from slurry

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists have developed a mobile system for removing phosphorus from cattle and, potentially, pig...
‘Almost one in five dairy cows will succumb to lameness each year’

Dairy

‘Almost one in five dairy cows will succumb to lameness each year’

Approximately 20% of dairy cows in Ireland will succumb to one form or other of lameness problem during any 12-month...
Kiwi milk output ‘will struggle’ over the coming months

Dairy

Kiwi milk output ‘will struggle’ over the coming months

Poor spring weather, rather than the effect of the recent earthquake, will determine the scale of New Zealand milk output...
Impact of Brexit must be factored into next CAP review negotiations – McConalogue

Agri-Business

Impact of Brexit must be factored into next CAP review negotiations – McConalogue

The specific implications of Brexit for Irish agriculture must be worked through as part of the next CAP review negotiations,...
Brussels manages to sell only 40t of its SMP stocks in first tender

Dairy

Brussels manages to sell only 40t of its SMP stocks in first tender

The first sales of skimmed milk powder (SMP) from intervention resulted in just 40t of product being sold. A total...
Farm groups in the North respond to TB report which calls for badger cull

Beef

Farm groups in the North respond to TB report which calls for badger cull

The final report from the TB Strategic Partnership Group (TBSPG) in Northern Ireland will drive a new debate on how...
Four key factors that will influence the direction of the 2017 beef market

Beef

Four key factors that will influence the direction of the 2017 beef market

The global beef market heads into 2017 dominated by supply growth and soft global prices, according to the Rabobank Global...
What does the term ‘voluntary levy’ actually mean?

Opinion

What does the term ‘voluntary levy’ actually mean?

January is fast approaching: so here’s a suggestion that might help those farmers who traditionally have problems coming up with...
UK consumers spending less on beef and lamb

Agri-Business

UK consumers spending less on beef and lamb

UK consumers have spent less on beef and lamb in recent weeks, with expenditure on beef falling during the 12...
Wexford-Donegal partnership wins Winter Fair inter breed title

Dairy

Wexford-Donegal partnership wins Winter Fair inter breed title

Breeders from the Republic of Ireland took home a high proportion of the silverware on offer at the Royal Ulster...
Lakeland’s Banbridge plant will not be sold – Hanley

Agri-Business

Lakeland’s Banbridge plant will not be sold – Hanley

Lakeland Dairies’ recently acquired milk processing operation at Banbridge in Co. Down – formerly owned by Fane Valley – is...
‘Oil price hike may well strengthen world dairy prices’

Dairy

‘Oil price hike may well strengthen world dairy prices’

Global oil prices have surged by 15% in the wake of last week’s decision by the Organisation of the Petroleum...
Hogan to propose the introduction of risk management tools tomorrow

EU

Hogan to propose the introduction of risk management tools tomorrow

The European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan, is to endorse the role of risk management tools as a means of...
Grazing winter oats – a US perspective

Arable

Grazing winter oats – a US perspective

Dairy farmers in the US state of Wisconsin are being encouraged to sow winter oats in early August and then...
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