Agri-Business
John Deere hit by falling sales and predicts a further 10% decline in 2016 sales
John Deere has posted a decline in sales and revenues of 13% to $5.525 billion for the first quarter of...
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Dairy
LacPatrick and Kerry Group set milk prices for January
LacPatrick co-op has decided to cut its milk price to 25.25c/L for January supplies of milk, down from the 26.00c/L...
Pig/Poultry
Russia plans 1.2m head pig farm to supply Chinese market
Plans are afoot in Russia to create a pig production cluster which is to have a capacity for 1.2m head...
World News
Video: A 14,000ac model farm...the biggest in the world?
This 14,000ac model farm is believed to be the largest of its kind in North America, possibly the world. It was...
Agri-Business
Record value for EU agri-food exports in 2015
EU agri-food exports to non-EU countries last year reached a record value of €129 billion, according to a new European...
Dairy
Australia blames European dairy farmers for current poor prices
Ongoing milk production in Europe is to blame for keeping global milk prices depressed, according to Dairy Australia. Dairy Australia,...
Sheep
Pics: Lambing 2016 is well underway on farms across the country
The 2016 lambing season has well and truly began with farmers across the country and the UK spending many hours...
Pig/Poultry
Pig prices fall as farmers wait on 'absymal' EU aid
A leading pig farmer has slammed the €1m pig aid payment allocated to Irish pig farmers as ‘absymal’. It comes as...
Agri-Business
'Diplomatic offensive’ by Phil Hogan may bear Mexican fruit
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has completed his ‘diplomatic offensive’ in Central America to try open up new...
N.Ireland
North's farmers must be highly efficient against volatility - Danske Bank
Farmers and food producers in Northern Ireland must be highly efficient if they are to overcome challenges caused by ongoing global...
Rural Life
Video: Meet the cow trained to jump like a horse
A 15-year-old girl in Germany has trained her cow to jump like a horse, after her parents told her she couldn’t...
Other
One third of 2016 EU intervention scheme volumes filled in 6 weeks
The EU public intervention scheme is now over one-third full just six weeks into 2016, according to latest figures from...
Rural Life
Rural crime: Trespassers instill fear among farmers
One farmer in north Co. Dublin is sick of being the victim of rural crime and thinks it’s time for...
EU
French Government knocks €500m off farmers tax bills
The French Government announced yesterday that it will cut the tax bills paid by its farmers by the equivalent of...
Beef
'Brazil is expected to export an extra 1m tonnes of beef in the coming years'
Brazil is expected to deliver an additional 1 million tonnes of beef to the international market in the coming years,...
Sheep
Irish sheepmeat exports to UK back on December 2014 levels
Irish shipments of sheepmeat to the UK in December 2015 were back 3% on December 2014 to 500t, according to...
N.Ireland
The future of Northern Ireland’s pig industry is in doubt - UFU
The future of Northern Ireland’s pig industry is in doubt, with many farmers operating at a loss in the face...
Agri-Business
Global dairy markets expected to turn for the better, late in 2016 - Arla
Global dairy markets are expected to remain unpredictable and tough in 2016, but a turn for the better is anticipated...
