Rural Life
'The Broken Hearted Farmer' - a song that never made it to the airwaves till now
A farming song that was allegedly banned by RTE, called ‘The Broken Hearted Farmer’, was played on air for the...
Rural Life
A farming song that was allegedly banned by RTE, called ‘The Broken Hearted Farmer’, was played on air for the...
Dairy
Dairy farmer protests are looming in the UK as milk production figures show a dramatic fall off in production on...
Agri-Business
Danone, the French food company, has posted an increase in net income of 111.5% for the first half of 2016 compared...
Dairy
Dairygold has negotiated lower cost loan and credit facilities for its Milk Suppliers with both Bank of Ireland and AIB...
Sheep
Four clones derived from the same cell line of the original cloned sheep, Dolly, have reached their 9th birthdays in...
Dairy
More detail of the EU’s new Milk Supply Reduction Scheme has emerged this week. Last week, the Commissioner for Agriculture and...
EU
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has appointed Michel Barnier as Chief Negotiator in charge of leading the European Commission Negotiations...
Dairy
Australian milk production has fallen 2% in the 2015/2016 season compared to the 2014/2015 season, new figures from Dairy Australia...
N.Ireland
The Northern Ireland Executive was forced to pay the European Commission a total of £19m last year due to failures...
Sheep
British lamb could soon be back on the menu in the US, with George Eustice, UK Minister for Farming, expected to...
Grass
Reseeding by over sowing is an ideal method to maintain the quality of silage and grazing swards, according to Damian...
Dairy
EU milk production is continuing to slow down, with the latest figures from the European Milk Market Observatory (MMO) showing...
Sheep
A new world record in sheep shearing has been set by Matt Smith of New Zealand after he sheared 731...
Beef
Chinese beef and veal imports are up 60% on the corresponding period last year, reaching 295,000 tonnes, according to the AHDB...
Arable
Harvest 2016 is well underway across the country, with combines taking to the fields to cut this year’s tillage crops....
Machinery
The 67,000th combine harvester to be manufactured at the AGCO Breganze plant in Italy has rolled off the assembly line...
Dairy
Dutch dairy co-op FrieslandCampina has held its guaranteed price for raw milk for the third consecutive month and it will pay its...
Agri-Business
The past week has seen some signs of stabilisation for the UK market, according to Daisy Higgins, of Bord Bia’s...