Richard Halleron

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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.

‘Northern processors may go bust if dairy downturn continues’
‘Northern processors may go bust if dairy downturn continues’

Northern Ireland’s dairy processing sector is operating at a significant loss, according to Fane Valley Chief Executive Trevor Lockhart. Speaking...

€140/t on offer for winter barley
€140/t on offer for winter barley

New season barley is making up to €140/t, according to Wexford-based grain merchant John Cullen. “That’s up €10/t on this...

Glanbia has key questions to answer regarding its new share offer
Glanbia has key questions to answer regarding its new share offer

Glanbia is fast gathering a significant rump of highly disgruntled farmer suppliers within its ranks, all of whom are totally...

‘EU is dragging its feet on GMO issues despite food safety sign off’
‘EU is dragging its feet on GMO issues despite food safety sign off’

The EU Commission is still taking far too long to authorise the use of new genetically modified (GM) maize and...

Dairygold cuts 1c/L for June milk while Carbery to pay just short of 29c/L
Dairygold cuts 1c/L for June milk while Carbery to pay just short of 29c/L

The Carbery Group has confirmed a milk price for June of approximately 28.9c/L (including VAT and an SCC bonus of...

Aurivo’s June milk price cut by 2c/L
Aurivo’s June milk price cut by 2c/L

Aurivo is paying 28c/L (including VAT) for June milk, down 2c/L on the previous month. “We have no option but...

Fonterra to push more milk powder onto market (likely more price pressure)
Fonterra to push more milk powder onto market (likely more price pressure)

Prices at this week’s Fonterra Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction could come under further pressure, according to AHDB Dairy’s senior...

Who knew, but sheep prefer to move anti-clockwise!
Who knew, but sheep prefer to move anti-clockwise!

Sheep have a natural inclination to move in an anti-clockwise direction, according to Animal Management Specialist Miriam Parker. “Flock owners...

Meatlinc sheep breed showcased for the first time in Ireland
Meatlinc sheep breed showcased for the first time in Ireland

The Meatlinc breed was profiled for the first time at this week’s Sheep NI2015 event in Ballymena, Co. Antrim. Comprising...

‘Hoose problems on the horizon once the weather breaks’
‘Hoose problems on the horizon once the weather breaks’

Dairy and beef farmers should be on the lookout for quite an intense period of lungworm infection (hoose) once the current...

Winter barley growers advised to act now to halt the progress of Sterile Brome
Winter barley growers advised to act now to halt the progress of Sterile Brome

Sterile Brome grass has the potential to have a detrimental effect on the growing of winter barley in Ireland, according...

Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland
Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland

Badger culling is to shortly begin in the second year of a test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) wildlife intervention research project,...

Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland
Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland

Badger culling is to shortly begin in the second year of a test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) wildlife intervention research project,...

Soil Association urges farmers not to spray glyphosate pre-harvest
Soil Association urges farmers not to spray glyphosate pre-harvest

The Soil Association in the UK is urging tillage farmers not to use glyphosate (Roundup, Touchdown) as a pre-harvest spray...

Phil Hogan is living in an ivory tower, says North’s Minister of Agriculture
Phil Hogan is living in an ivory tower, says North’s Minister of Agriculture

The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan is living in an ‘ivory tower’ and is not recognising the economic pressures...

London’s first underground farm unveiled
London’s first underground farm unveiled

London’s first underground farm, located in a disused World War II bomb shelter at Clapham Junction, will start supplying produce...

Global wheat output projections take a tumble
Global wheat output projections take a tumble

World wheat output expectations for 2015/16 have been slashed by 4m tonnes compared with last month, according to AHDB Cereals...

GM wheat trials in the UK ‘disappointing’
GM wheat trials in the UK ‘disappointing’

The results of genetically modified (GM) wheat trials carried out by Rothamsted Research in the UK confirm that the cultivars...