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It's legal to drive a tractor and trailer on the motorway (but there's a catch!)
If you are driving your tractor on the motorway and towing a trailer, the trailer must be capable by design...
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Dairy
Low milk price likely to cause a jump in EU dairy slaughterings this year
Low farm-gate milk price is likely to result in an increase in the number of dairy cows slaughtered in Europe...
Agri-Business
Arrabawn signs €2m gas supply deal with Vayu energy
Arrabawn has announced that it has signed a gas supply deal, valued at over €2m per annum, with Vayu Energy....
Dairy
Chaos as half of sales at Kingston 950-cow herd auction fall through
It has been announced that half of the cattle auctioned off at this week’s dispersal sale of the Peter Kingston...
Rural Life
Video: Ploughing and sowing spring seed on a 12,000ac farm in the UK
Warter Priory Estate, a farm in the UK, has filmed its farmers ploughing, cultivating and harrowing the land as it...
Dairy
Calls for mandatory milk supply cuts, if voluntary measures don't work
As the dairy crisis continues across Europe, calls have now been made for the introduction of mandatory milk supply reduction...
Dairy
Kerry Group the latest co-op to set a price for March milk
Kerry Group is holding its milk price for March supplies of milk at 25c/L (including VAT), a spokesperson for the...
Machinery
Watch: JCB launches new Loadall for the farming sector
JCB has launched new Loadall AGRI Pro telescopic handlers featuring a World-first transmission that combines the best characteristics of powershift...
Agri-Business
Alltech confirms it's in talks to takeover Keenan
Alltech has confirmed that the company is in talks with Keenan, after it was announced that receivers had been appointed...
Dairy
Irish dairy exports to the UK slump at the worst possbile time
Exports to Britain of key Irish dairy products slumped in the first two months of the year, according to latest...
Agri-Business
FBD appoints new Chief Financial Officer and Director
FBD Holdings plc has appointed John O’Grady as Chief Financial Officer and as Director of both the Group and of FBD Insurance...
Beef
Agriland Vet: Video on dealing with a calf coming backwards
Now that we are in the middle of the spring calving season in both dairy and suckler farms, one of...
Agri-Business
Infant nutrition key to Nestle's first quarter growth
Nestle has reported sales of CHF (Swiss Francs) 20.9 billion for the first-quarter (January to March) of 2016, with its infant...
Dairy
Glanbia cuts 2c/L of March base milk price
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has set a March market price of 22c/L including VAT for manufacturing milk at 3.6% fat...
Agri-Business
'Investment in new technology' drives Arrabawn's 2015 results
Arrabawn Co-op has reported an operating profit of €2.1m for 2015 which Chairman Sean Monahan has said is “largely down...
Machinery
End of Land Rover Defender production sparks spate of UK thefts
In January, the Land Rover Defender reached the end of the road as the last of the iconic model rolled...
Environment
European Parliament votes in favour of glyphosate - 7 year extension granted
The European Parliament has voted to renew glyphosate for a further seven years, following a meeting of MEPs in Luxembourg...
Grass
Fertiliser Price Update: Turf war develops in Munster and South Leinster
Fertiliser sales have been a little easier in recent weeks, according to the IFA’s latest update on fertiliser prices. It...
