Agri-Business
Galway farmer elected new Chairman of Arrabawn
Dairy farmer, Sean Monahan, from Athenry, Galway, was elected the new Chairman of Arrabawn Co-op at a meeting of the...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Global milk markets continued to slide in May
According to DairyCo, global wholesale milk markets moved down further in May as milk production in the Northern Hemisphere reached...
Agri-Business
Nutricia sees profits fall by 97% in wake of Fonterra contamination scare
Nutricia, the New Zealand specialist infant-formula company, saw its profits drop by 97% last year. The figures come after the...
Agri-Business
EU skim milk powder production highest since 1991
EU production of Skim Milk Powder reached its highest level since 1991 in Q1 of 2014 according to DairyCo. It...
Agri-Business
'Planning strikes fear in farmers'
Financial planning should not just be used to get a loan or get someone out of difficulty. It should be...
Agri-Business
Minister to oppose the reintroduction of milk quotas
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney told the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture today that he...
Agri-Business
Slurry gas is lethal – just one breath can kill
In the wake of recent farm tragedies numerous organisations involved in Irish agriculture have appealed to farmers to take all...
Agri-Business
Record number of farmers complete Single Farm Payment application online
The number of farmers completing their Single Farm Payments online reached a record high this year according to the Minister...
Agri-Business
33,000 farmers lose out on €10 million over ineligible land
To date the Lamb Parcel Identification Scheme (LPIS) review has resulted in just over €10 million of Single Payment Scheme...
Agri-Business
Friesland Campina ups milk price for June
The FrieslandCampina guaranteed price for raw milk for June 2014 is €42.00/100kg of milk. The guaranteed price is €1.75 higher...
Agri-Business
'Men inherit farms, women do not'
The favourite son is no longer a tradition in Irish farming, but there are still issues around inheritance with Irish...
Agri-Business
Glanbia appoints new Global Corporate Affairs Director
Glanbia plc has appointed Michael Patten as Global Corporate Affairs Director accountable for group-wide public affairs, reputation, communications and sustainability. He...
Agri-Business
Aurivo to move liquid milk to Donegal from Sligo, 30 jobs at risk
Aurivo Co-operative Society Limited has announced that it is proposing to consolidate production at its Consumer Foods business. The company...
Agri-Business
Study to improve cow's lifetime production launched
The pressure on dairy farmers to focus on milk yield per cow, and the perceived cost of treating cows with...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser demand picks up with silage activity
Demand for fertiliser has picked this week with the silage season in full swing. This is according to the IFA’s...
Agri-Business
World needs another 100 billion litres of milk by 2020
The demand for milk shows no sign of abating either with the world expected to require another 100 billion litres...
Agri-Business
Sustainability labelling is not understood by consumers
Shoppers don’t care about sustainability when it comes to making food choices, according to new research. Professor Dr Klaus G....
Agri-Business
German milk price does still not cover production costs
According to the new results of the study on production costs, the cost of production in Germany in January 2014...
