Dairy
Rabobank expects brakes to be applied to milk production in 2016
Rabobank expects the brakes to be applied to milk production in export regions in the first half of 2016, according to...
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Rural Life
Video: 21 tractors with 39,000 lights drive through a town
Some 21 tractors equipped with 39,000 lights recently drove through the town of Carrick-on-Suir in Tipperary recently. Stuart Downie, the...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy herd decreases for first time in 10 years
In New Zealand, the number of dairy cattle has dropped for the first time since 2005, according to Statistics New...
Dairy
Dairygold holds November milk price
Dairygold is the latest co-op to hold its milk price for November milk supplies. The price it will pay for...
Agri-Business
Dunbia confirms several 'expressions of interest'
Reports from several quarters today suggest that Dunbia – Northern Ireland’s largest meat processor is said to be up for sale....
Rural Life
Farmers in the east are offering to help their flooded western counterparts
Over the last few days, a number of farmers in the east of the country have contacted Agriland about donating haylage...
Pig/Poultry
Video: Want a turkey reared on kale, cabbage and apples for Christmas?
Do you want a turkey reared on kale, cabbage, apples and nettles this Christmas? Gerry McEvoy has been rearing turkeys...
Dairy
Kerry Group follows Carbery, cuts milk price for November
Kerry Group has cut its milk price for November supplies of milk by 1c/L. The group will pay its members...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade auction posts lower than expected increase
Dairy product prices increased by 1.9% at today’s Global Dairy Trade auction the last auction of 2015. The increase is...
Environment
Greenhouse Gas emissions from agriculture actually fell last year (but it's still by far the biggest)
Greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture decreased last year, according to latest research from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). It released...
Rural Life
Pics: Flooding has turned one Mayo farm into the 'local lake'
A Mayo farm family’s home and farmland has now become ‘the local lake‘, after flooding has devastated the area. Stephen...
Beef
Tighter supplies to support beef prices in 2016 - Rabobank
Tighter supplies will support beef prices in 2016 as demand is expected to remain firm even though supply pressure is...
Dairy
Glanbia holds its November milk price, while Carbery cuts its price
Glanbia is to hold the price it pays member suppliers for November milk at 25c/L, including VAT. Glanbia Ingredients Ireland...
Dairy
Müller UK maintains a base milk price of 22.35p/L (31c) for January
Müller UK and Ireland will offer a base price of 22.35p/L (31c) to non-aligned farmers in January 2016. The company...
EU
'EU sheepmeat output to remain stable but prices to fall in the short-term'
Sheepmeat and goatmeat production are expected to stabilise over the next 10 years in the EU, according to the European...
Sheep
'Australia and New Zealand look set to fill 2016 EU sheepmeat quota'
Australia and New Zealand are set to fill their quotas for sheepmeat exports to the EU in 2016, according to...
Pig/Poultry
EU Ministers to look at 'deteriorating situation' in the pigmeat sector
EU Agriculture Ministers are set to examine the difficulties in the pigmeat sector at its Council meeting next week. At...
Dairy
Top prizes at North's Winter Fair go to breeders from the south
Co. Carlow Holstein breeder Liam Murphy won the 2015 Royal Ulster Winter Fair Inter Breed Championship with his home bred...
