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.

Your last opportunity to take in a Focus Farm visit!

Environment

Your last opportunity to take in a Focus Farm visit!

Northern Ireland’s Focus Farms Programme will end on 31 March this year. On the basis of all objective criteria it has...
Biocel on an upward growth curve

Agri-Business

Biocel on an upward growth curve

Biocel’s Paul Kirwan has told AgriLand that the Cork-based company will grow its business turnover substantially over the coming years....
Winter cereal crops seem to be holding up well – despite the rain

Arable

Winter cereal crops seem to be holding up well – despite the rain

Teagasc tillage specialist Tim O’Donovan has told AgriLand that winter crops are holding up pretty well, despite the past four weeks...
Colm McCarthy speaks at food conference

Agri-Business

Colm McCarthy speaks at food conference

Speaking at today’s Agri-Food Business Partners’ conference in Dublin economist Colm McCarthy told delegates that all of the pointers for...
Sheep sector must continue to add value

Sheep

Sheep sector must continue to add value

Delegates attending this morning’s Agri Food Business Partners conference in Dublin were told that Government must do more to support...
Pressure on UK dairy commodity markets

Dairy

Pressure on UK dairy commodity markets

According to DairyCo, healthy milk supplies, along with the strengthening of Sterling against the Euro has put downward pressure on...
Trade deal could open EU to beef imports from Brazil

Beef

Trade deal could open EU to beef imports from Brazil

The Irish Farmers’ Association is deeply concerned that Brazil could secure backdoor access to the European beef market courtesy of...
US dairy expert questions milk price:feed ratio

Dairy

US dairy expert questions milk price:feed ratio

What is the barrier to selling more milk on your dairy? That was the question posed by US independent dairy nutritionist...
Young bull issue must be addressed by meat plants

Beef

Young bull issue must be addressed by meat plants

COMMENT: Yet again beef producers have been left holding the can with animals they were encouraged to produce  for two years...
McAdam to push ahead with legal action against ABP

Beef

McAdam to push ahead with legal action against ABP

Martin McAdam, of Co Monaghan-based McAdam Foods, has told AgriLand that he is meeting barristers in Dublin today in order...
New insights into maximising crop yields

Arable

New insights into maximising crop yields

Plants naturally slow their growth or even stop growing altogether in response to adverse conditions, such as water shortage or...
EU Farm Commissioner looks ahead

Agri-Business

EU Farm Commissioner looks ahead

Courtesy of his speech to the Green Week event in Berlin, EU Agriculture Commissioner Dacian Ciolos took the opportunity of looking...
Another food scare for Fonterra

World News

Another food scare for Fonterra

Fonterra Brands NZ is conducting a voluntary recall of 300ml and 500ml bottles of Anchor and Pams fresh cream with...
GIIL investment – jewel in Enterprise Ireland’s agri-food crown for 2013

Agri-Business

GIIL investment – jewel in Enterprise Ireland’s agri-food crown for 2013

The commitment by Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Ltd (GIIL) to establish a state of the art processing facility at Belview, on...
Reflections of the 2014 Oxford Farming Conference

Agri-Business

Reflections of the 2014 Oxford Farming Conference

There was a tremendous turnout of delegates from this side of the Irish Sea attending the recent Oxford Farming Conference....
EU agrees principle of CAP deal for milk sector

Dairy

EU agrees principle of CAP deal for milk sector

The council of the European Union has adopted the text for the new seven-year Common Agriculture Policy  (CAP) Reform package. The...
Calf rearing and antibiotics

Agri-Business

Calf rearing and antibiotics

Two of the speakers at a recent calf rearing conference touched on the sensitive subject of treating calves with antibiotics....
Comment: EID for cattle – the debate is on

Dairy

Comment: EID for cattle – the debate is on

The European Commission favours the use of electronic identification (EID) for cattle. Assuming the idea gets the green light from...
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