Dairy
Another positive Global Dairy Trade expected tomorrow
Tomorrow’s Global Dairy Trade auction may post a second consecutive rise, the latest dairy futures market suggests. Earlier this month, it...
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Agri-Business
European sales drive Aryzta's growth
Aryzta has announced a 5.5% increase in revenue in its half year results, which it published today. The Swiss based...
Agri-Business
Dairygold protester ends sit in, now faces High Court
Ned McCarthy, the dairy farmer who staged a sit-in last week, left Dairygold’s Mitchelstown office over the weekend. McCarthy was...
Beef
Managing herd health key when making the switch to organic beef
Lower stocking rates and healthy herds are associated with organic farms, according to Tralee-based Veterinary Surgeon and Organic Farmer Paddy...
Rural Life
Research shows that children who grow up on dairy farms develop less allergies
Children who grow up on dairy farms are less likely to develop allergies such as asthma or hay fever, a...
Arable
English winter crop area lowest in three years
The AHDB Winter Planting Survey was released last week, showing total cereals and oilseed rape planted in England as of...
Dairy
Relaxing of EU quotas not the only factor in global increase in milk supply
The increase in world milk supply is not only due to the ending of milk quotas in the EU, according...
EU
Bluetongue shows no sign of abating in France
Bluetongue outbreaks are continuing in France, six months on from when the first outbreak was reported. Last week, the World...
Beef
Imports of Northern Irish cattle remain at low levels
Imports of cattle from Northern Ireland for further production in the Republic recorded an increase during 2015 but remain a much...
Sheep
Imports of northern hoggets increase 34% in February due to stronger euro - LMC
The number of hoggets crossing the border for slaughter in Ireland has jumped by 34% in February of this year...
Beef
EU beef production expected to increase by 2% in 2016 - European Commission
The volume of beef produced in Europe is expected to jump by 2% in 2016, a recent report published by...
World News
Fourth times a charm: Charolais cow gives birth to quadruplets
A five-year-old Charolais cow has given birth to quadruplets on a farm in Saskatchewan in Canada. It is believed that...
Beef
Pics & video: Behind the scenes on an organic farm finishing 700 cattle
Scale is not always associated with organic beef production, but one Co. Tipperary beef farmer is changing the game. John...
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies first out of the blocks with February milk price
Lakeland Dairies has held its base milk price for February supplies of milk at 25.5c/L (including VAT), a spokesperson has...
Dairy
Dairy farmer stages sit-in protest in Dairygold boardroom
A Cork dairy farmer, and former supplier of Dairygold Ned McCarthy, is staging a sit-in in the co-op’s boardroom and is...
N.Ireland
Farmers in the North hit by flooding to benefit from £1,000 relief
Farmers in Northern Ireland affected by the recent flooding will be able to apply for £1,000 financial aid under a new...
Rural Life
10 tunes to rock your cab this slurry season
Milder, drier weather is on the way and with it brings slurry and fertiliser spreading. So, in order to help...
Rural Life
'We sleep with loaded shotguns..it's not a question of if they'll be used it's how soon'
Farmers in parts of rural Ireland are sleeping with loaded shotguns and it’s not a question of if they’ll be...
