Agri-Business
'Budget vital to combat milk, feed and fertiliser risks'
The expansion process at farm level will put a significant strain on scarce cash resources, cautioned Laurence Shalloo, of Teagasc...
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
World food prices in 2013 third highest on record
For the year just gone by the 2013 the World food Price Index averaged 209.9 points, the third highest annual value on...
Agri-Business
Farming in partnership, the view from Cork
Cork-based farmer David Jennings spoke on his own experience of farming in partnership at today’s Positive Farming conference in Clonmel,...
Agri-Business
Calf rearing and antibiotics
Two of the speakers at a recent calf rearing conference touched on the sensitive subject of treating calves with antibiotics....
Agri-Business
Live exports increased by 11% to €240m in 2013
Stronger cattle and sheep exports helped boost the value of livestock exports in 2013. For the year the value of...
Agri-Business
Agri-food exports key for economic recovery, EU commissioner
Agri-food exports, notably quality products rather then commodities, are vital for helping Europe emerge from economic crisis, as we are...
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
ABP expands in Poland with acquisition of second production site
ABP Food Group has expanded its operations in Poland with the acquisition of a second production facility in Klosowice, Western...
Agri-Business
Russia now a key market for Dale Farm
Further confirmation that the prospects for dairy are on the up comes with the news that Dale Farm cheese exports...
Agri-Business
Linden Livestock website now fully interactive
Further evidence with regard to the growing use of technology within the livestock sector has come with the news that...
Agri-Business
Agri income per worker up marginally in 2013
Agricultural income per worker was up marginally in 2013, recovering some of the ground lost in 2012 where incomes were...
Agri-Business
Good week, bad week for farming
COMMENT: The tremendous news generated by the dairy sector over recent days has been tempered by the more than challenging...
Agri-Business
Further action from the EU on food labelling
The European Commission has published a report exploring the possibilities of adopting a local farming and direct sales labelling scheme in the...
Agri-Business
Farm incomes forecast to increase by 10% next year
Farm incomes are set to increase by 10 per cent ext year. This will be one of the key take home...
Agri-Business
Keenan hails Japanese visit a success
Keenan, one of Ireland’s leading farming solutions company, has hailed the recent Japanese visit by Taoiseach, Enda Kenny along with...
Agri-Business
It’s been a good week for farmers
COMMENT: Monday of this week saw Department of Agriculture officials in Dublin confirming that the second tranche of single farm...
Agri-Business
China – food exporting opportunities abound
A Chinese economist based in Ireland has told AgriLand that China will remain a country of great opportunity for Irish...
