Rural Life
Elderly woman struck by tractor in road traffic accident
A woman in her 70s was seriously injured yesterday (November 3) after she was struck by a tractor and trailer....
Rural Life
A woman in her 70s was seriously injured yesterday (November 3) after she was struck by a tractor and trailer....
Agri-Business
Glanbia, together with its joint venture partners in Southwest Cheese, has announced that it is in advanced discussions for a...
Agri-Business
Glanbia’s Global Ingredients (GI) recorded a revenue decline in the first nine months of 2015 of 14.3%, according to the...
Dairy
Dairy farmers can look forward to ‘volatility proof’ loans, according to the European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan. Speaking at...
Dairy
Cases of milk fever have been quite common this autumn. Milk fever is a calcium deficiency triggered by the increased...
Dairy
Prices at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction have fallen on the last event. The results of the auction concluded...
World News
Brazilian meat production is expected to continue its fast growth in the coming decade, according to the FAO. In its...
Agri-Business
Kerry Group’s sales in the first nine months of the year are up 3.2% compared to the corresponding period in...
EU
The re-introduction of coupled payments could be on the agenda as part of the upcoming review of the CAP, according...
Dairy
Farmers that don’t record dry offs do not receive an accurate annual report for their herd or valid lactations for...
Dairy
Dairy products prices could fall again at tomorrow’s Global Dairy Trade auction with futures markets signalling a fall of 5%...
Beef
By the end of third quarter of 2015 just over 2m calves had been registered on the National BVD Eradication Programme,...
Dairy
United Dairy Farmers’ CEO David Dobbin has said that international dairy markets will deliver an average farmgate price of around...
Pig/Poultry
GM technology is helping soya growers in the US to deliver more for less, according to Eugene Philhower, from the...
Agri-Business
Figures from the FAO/OECD show that worldwide meat consumption is set to grow and the main increase will be for...
Agri-Business
China’s appetite for fruit and vegetables, dairy and meat is expected to increase by 17% between 2015 and 2025, according...
Environment
Some €4.3m has been made available for the 2016 Scheme of Investment Aid for the Development of the Commercial Horticulture...
Dairy
US dairy farmers have been hit by global downward pressure on milk prices, but not to the same extent according...