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New EU rules on farm machinery emissions set to come into force
Plans to update EU type approval rules and emission limits for internal combustion engines in non-road mobile machinery (NRMM), such...
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It's legal to drive a tractor and trailer on the motorway (but there's a catch!)
If you are driving your tractor on the motorway and towing a trailer, the trailer must be capable by design...
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Krone ZX Wagon - possibly the most powerful wagon on the planet
The new Krone ZX looks set to have the largest intake of any wagon ever produced. This is down to...
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How Fonterra plans to dominate the Chinese dairy market with 15,000 cows
Fonterra announced its interim results for 2015, it predicted a possible upturn in dairy prices towards the end of 2016....
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US dairy cow yields predicted to increase to 12,000/L by 2025
A surge in milk production in the United States is being forecast for the next ten years, by its Department...
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One third of 2016 EU intervention scheme volumes filled in 6 weeks
The EU public intervention scheme is now over one-third full just six weeks into 2016, according to latest figures from...
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EU storage aid scheme for pigmeat closed after just 3 weeks
The pigmeat Private Storage Aid Scheme (PSA) open since 4 January 2016 has been closed. The decision comes following a...
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Competition: Nominate your 'Champion for Change' (€1000 up for grabs)
FBD is asking people to nominate their Champion for Change, as part of the FBD Champions for Change programme –...
EU
A new report has looked at what EU farmgate prices will be like in 10 years time
A new report from the European Commission has looked at the future for farmgate prices across the EU over the...
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No major milk price rise until 2021 says EU outlook report
The European Commission released its latest medium-term outlook for the Agriculture sector this week. The report suggests that there may...
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IFA message to members in wake of IFA pay scandal
The revelations of the last number of weeks have been very difficult for our members. We want to apologise unreservedly...
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Belgian Blue shuts down M50 (no joke!)
Stray cattle caused traffic chaos in Dublin this evening. According to reports from An Garda Siochana there are stray cattle...
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The problem is not Belview - the market is the problem, says Glanbia
Glanbia has said that its closure of the Belview plant this week was scheduled and is not a problem –...
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More countries sell dairy product into intervention
Poland and Belgium last week moved to follow Lithuania’s lead in selling dairy product into intervention. It now means that...
Dairy
Farmers are using less sexed semen this year (here's why)
Sexed semen demand has been lower than expected in 2015. This is primarily due to the lower milk price farmers...
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Generally dry weather for the weekend and much of next week - Met Eireann
In general the weather will be mainly dry for the weekend and much of next week, according to Met Eireann’s...
Beef
Prospects of a firmer UK beef market next year
The latest AHDB/EBLEX forecasts for beef and veal indicate that 2015 will be a year of lower cattle availability and...
Beef
Poll: Does the collection of levies create a conflict of interest?
Farmers hand over substantial amounts of money in levies to farm organisations though their milk or beef cheques. These voluntary...
