Agri-Business
Strathroy management meets with Wexford producers
Strathroy Dairy has issued a seven-point guarantee to Wexford Milk Producers (WMP), as the Co Tyrone-based milk processor strives to...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Agriculture fatalities fall during 2013
Official figures by the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) show there were 46 people killed in work-related accidents during 2013,...
Agri-Business
Decision on co-funding rural development imminent
A decision on the proposed co-funding of the next Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (RDP) is imminent. Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney...
Agri-Business
China’s one-child policy shift, implications for the infant formula market
Starting in early 2014, China will relax the current one-child policy. China’s family planning laws, first introduced in the 1970s,...
Agri-Business
Going for Growth funding under scrutiny
AgriFood Strategy Board (AFSB) Chairman Tony O’Neill has told AgriLand that he plans meeting both the North’s agriculture Minister Michelle...
Agri-Business
Freeze branding – a novel anti-theft deterrent for the beef sector
Freeze branding could be used as a means of deterring thieves from stealing beef cattle and suckler cows. Already widely...
Agri-Business
Looking forward to a prosperous 2014
Agriland does not like odd numbers – so on that basis alone, let’s wish a cheerful goodbye to 2013 and...
Agri-Business
Review of the year: US beef market, TLT, suckler decline and CAP difficulties
November started of with a week-long Bord Bia-led Irish agriculture trade visit to the Gulf States. There was more positive...
Agri-Business
Stormont executive must decide on CAP funding issue today
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) policy director Wesley Aston has told AgriLand that the Stormont executive must meet today in order...
Agri-Business
'Supply, demand factors will drive cattle prices in 2014 - Rabobank'
The Rabobank Global Cattle Price Index has risen by six per cent since June, driven by lower-than-expected beef supply in...
Agri-Business
Foot and Mouth in Southeast Asia helps to boost EU milk prices
According to a number of dairy analysts, milk production in Southeast Asia has come under threat as it struggles with...
Agri-Business
Rural development report confirms EU’s ongoing structural changes
Latest indicators confirm the ongoing structural trends in rural areas across the EU. The annual report on Rural Development indicators...
Agri-Business
Review of the year: Farming festivals, world-class research and third-level agriculture bonanza
August began with the news that Dawn Fresh Foods was closing its plant in Fethard with the loss 104 permanent...
Agri-Business
Review of the year: Heat wave, Kerry Group, Gulf ban lifted, dairy prep & retrospective fines
July brought sunshine, with a heatwave in full swing. Ireland was officially declared in a state of drought and the Department of...
Agri-Business
First Trust Bank is lending to agriculture
Eoin Donnelly, Agri Business Manager at First Trust Bank, has confirmed to AgriLand that his organisation is actively making additional...
Agri-Business
Review of the year: Silage, CAP, cereal harvest
JUNE: With a warm sun on their backs farmers were able to get out into their fields with a degree...
Agri-Business
Review of the year: Weather, sustainability and going for growth
MAY: The weather eventually turned for the better during the second week of May, at which stage the entire farming...
Agri-Business
Review: Milk Quality Conference
The 2013 Teagasc National Liquid Milk Conference and farm tour took place in Navan, County Meath. This year’s event included...
