Machinery
67,000th combine harvester rolls off the AGCO production line in Italy
The 67,000th combine harvester to be manufactured at the AGCO Breganze plant in Italy has rolled off the assembly line...
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Dairy
FrieslandCampina holds milk price for third consecutive month
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
First signs of stabilisation for UK market post Brexit
The past week has seen some signs of stabilisation for the UK market, according to Daisy Higgins, of Bord Bia’s...
Arable
Crop circle of an alien appears in a field of wheat in the UK
Crop circles have been appearing in fields across the UK over the last number of weeks and no one has...
Arable
A 'milestone' for Monsanto as Commission approves 3 soybean GMOs
Three genetically modified organisms (GMOs) soybean varieties for food/feed uses have been approved by the European Commission and Monsanto has...
Dairy
No let up in offerings of SMP from Member States into intervention
Member States offered 6,613t of skimmed milk powder (SMP) to the public intervention system last week, the latest EU Milk Market...
Dairy
Arla holds milk price for August supplies
Arla Foods has held its on-account milk price for August at 19.05p/L (22.81c/L) for the UK standard litre. The co-op had...
Beef
Weak US Dollar results in US beef imports dropping 10% year-on-year
A weak US Dollar in May has resulted in a weakening of US beef imports for the month, with the...
Dairy
US milk production and cow numbers rise again in June
June milk production in the 23 major states of the US was up 1.6% on June 2015 levels with 16.7...
Agri-Business
British crops in danger of being left in the ground following Brexit
British crops could be left unharvested if foreign labour is restricted, following the recent Brexit vote the National Farmers Union has...
Dairy
EU share of the world dairy market continues to grow
The European Union’s share of the world dairy market is on the rise, according to latest figures from the European...
Grass
10 steps to take in order to reduce damage to silage bales
Silage bales are an expensive commodity therefore protecting them should be a priority for farmers, according to Caitriona Mullin, North...
Rural Life
'Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters'
Farmers and farming families are still under siege from rising flood waters at a number of turloughs in Roscommon and Galway, Fianna...
Agri-Business
Syngenta posts drop in profits of 7% for first half of 2016
Syngenta, the Swiss agribusiness that produces agrochemicals and seeds, has posted a drop in profits at actual rates of 7% for...
Sheep
French sheep meat market struggling with supply and demand levels
French sheep meat production has increased so far this year but imports and consumption have both been down, according to a...
N.Ireland
Farmer receives 3-month suspended sentence on animal welfare charges
A farmer in Northern Ireland has been handed a three-month prison sentence, suspended for two years, on several animal welfare...
Other
'Reducing milk production will have little benefit in the long-run'
The proposed Voluntarily Milk Reduction Scheme will not benefit Northern Ireland’s dairy industry in the long-term, according to Ulster Farmers’...
Dairy
LacPatrick the latest co-op to set June milk price
LacPatrick Co-op has held its milk price for June supplies of milk at 23.25c/L, including VAT, a spokesperson for the...
