Agri-Business
Hutches – the totally versatile calf rearing option
Recent trails have confirmed that the use of hutches can bring calf mortality rates down to 2%, or possibly lower,...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Fischler says sustainable farming is the future
Sustainable farming is about innovation, according to Franz Fischler, former EU Agriculture Commissioner, but biotechnology does not provide the full...
Agri-Business
Economically weakest towns in Offaly and Carlow
Offaly and Carlow are home to the economically weakest towns in the country, according to a new study by Teagasc. ...
Agri-Business
Meat factories categorically deny they are subverting free trade
Meat Industry Ireland Director Cormac Healy has denied categorically that Irish red meat processors are acting to subvert the free...
Agri-Business
Single Farm Payment forms 'in the post'
Single Farm Payment application forms have been issued and farmers who haven’t received their Single Farm Payment application form in...
Agri-Business
Fivemiletown to decide on Glanbia offer tonight
Shareholders at troubled creamery Fivemiletown, Co. Tyrone, are meeting tonight to decide on the future of the business. The co-op...
Agri-Business
Maloney sets out his stall for Coillte
Chairperson designate of Collite John Maloney set out his plans for Coillte at a meeting today with the Oireachtas Joint...
Agri-Business
Blast off for satellite to help monitor crops
Farmers can expect extraterrestrial help with crop growth analysis as a new EU satellite to monitor the earth is launched...
Agri-Business
Final results of Milk Quota Trading Scheme
The aggregate results of the 16th and final stage of the Milk Quota Trading Scheme were announced today by the...
Agri-Business
Arla in merger mood
Dairy cooperatives Eupener Genossenschaftsmolkerei Walhorn (EGM Walhorn) and Arla Foods amba have today announced their intention to merge. The Boards...
Agri-Business
GIIL deal could lead to 50 job losses at Fivemiletown Creamery, Tyrone
Fivemiletown Creamery, Tyrone, may be shut down, with the loss of 50 jobs, according to a number of dairy analysts....
Agri-Business
Suspected South: North illegal movement of milk – latest news
The FSA in Northern Ireland, in conjunction with the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD), supported by the PSNI...
Agri-Business
UFU President calls on to politicians ‘to look to the future’ on CAP reform
Ulster Farmers’ Union President Harry Sinclair has called on Northern Ireland’s politicians and administrators to ‘look to the future and...
Agri-Business
DeLaval commits to DSF
DeLaval has become an associated member of the Dairy Sustainability Framework (DSF). The newly established initiative enables the international dairy...
Agri-Business
Ciolos to hold meetings with MEPS on Delegated Acts
Dacian Ciolos, European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is to hold meetings with MEPS over the next number of...
Agri-Business
UK dairy wholesale prices recover during March
According to DairyCo prices for both butter and cream markets recovered slightly in March as Easter demand brought some buyers...
Agri-Business
GIIL seek to do deal with Fivemiletown Co-op
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Ltd (GIIL) has indicated to AgriLand that it is in advanced discussions with Fivemiletown Co-op regarding the...
Agri-Business
Comment: It’s time to reform the way our farming organisations are funded
Well done Strathroy Dairies. Courtesy of the bit of the business the company has just completed with its new group...
