Beef
National BVD eradication programme update
Animal Health Ireland has today released summary statistics from the first year of the national compulsory BVD eradication programme. Headline...
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UK/NI beef price difference highlighted
The View from Northern Ireland: The Livestock and Meat Commissions (LMC) of Northern Ireland launched a report this morning on Northern...
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EirGrid operators under the spotlight
EirGrid chairman designate John O’Connor will be appearing before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Transport and Communications this morning to...
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'Dairy, pig expansion driving agriculture lending'
Statistics released by The Central Bank this afternoon show agriculture continues to comprise the largest share of gross new lending...
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ABP supplies beef to research-hunger students
ABP Beef is to supply Dundalk Institute of Technology culinary arts students with beef for use in training to work...
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1000 herds signed up for Johne’s pilot programme
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has reached its target of 1,000 dairy herds enrolling in its voluntary Johne’s disease control pilot programme. Mike Magan, chairman of...
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Allerton project could provide options for greening on arable farms
The View from Northern Ireland: Taking productive land out of production goes against many farmers‘ interest in producing food. Many...
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100,000th BVD tag sold in NI today
The View from Northern Ireland: The purchase of the 100,000th BVD tissue tag today is “something worth celebrating” especially given that...
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Collaborative farming initiatives post 2015, cow leasing, contract rearing, share farming
The View from Teagasc: The major challenge in Irish farming is to mobilise scarce land resources into productive and profitable...
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Top stories this week
Top Stories This Week All things machinery Huge Irish presence set for Agritechnica All things community: Farmers are the heart of...
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High Court hears Henchy cattle claims
The former chief executive of Dairygold has told the court that in order to pay the outstanding balance on his...
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46% drop in young bull kill week year on year
One of the highlights from last week’s beef kill statistics released from the Department of Agriculture is the reduction in the...
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Online forestry services available from November
A new digital forestry service has been announced today to facilitate online applications for 2014 forestry premiums. The service will...
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Renewed sense of optimism among pig producers
COMMENT: There was a renewed sense of optimism among pig producers at this year’s Pig Farmers Conference, which was held...
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EU agriculture – latest structural trends
The View from Europe: The average farm size in the EU has increased by 3.8 per cent per year in...
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Deal with Canada is a good news story for Ireland
COMMENT: The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) was quick to point to the possible downside of the recent ‘free trade’ agreement...
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BVD – Eradication timetable remains on track
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) Chief Executive Joe O’Flaherty has told Agriland that Ireland remains on course to eradicate BVD within...
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Dale Farm secures multimillion export orders in Africa
Dale Farm, the commercial arm of leading Northern Ireland co-op United Dairy Farmers, has announced that it has secured African...
