Grass
Don't hold out much hope for lower fertiliser prices next year
Despite the recent and forecast future reductions in energy prices, a weaker euro means that fertiliser prices in 2016 are...
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Dairy
Global Dairy Trade set for major turnaround next week
The last Global Dairy Trade (GDT) of the year takes place next week and current indications suggest it may buck the...
Beef
Calls for European Competition Commissioner to investigate ABP Slaney deal
Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy is to write to the European Competition Commissioner asking that they investigate the ABP Slaney...
Rural Life
Video: Great footage of the 2015 maize harvest finishing up
The maize harvest on Milltown Farm in Ballylinan, Co. Laois was completed in the last few weeks by agri-contractors, the...
N.Ireland
Man dies in farm accident after tractor overturns
A man has died in a farm accident in Northern Ireland after the tractor he was working with overturned. It...
Pig/Poultry
13,000 birds culled in Germany as bird flu strikes
Over 13,000 birds have been culled in Bayern, Germany following a case of bird flu in the country, according to...
Dairy
Fonterra maintains its forecast farmgate milk price
Fonterra has maintained its forecast farmgate milk price of $4.60/kgMS (milk solids). In November, the co-op increased estimated earnings per share...
EU
EU action is needed to set legal limits on trans fats - Report finds
EU action is needed to set legal limits on trans fats, a new report by the European Commission has concluded....
Agri-Business
Dairygold appoints Aryzta Non-Executive Director to Board
Annette Flynn has been appointed as an Independent Non-Executive Board Director of Dairygold Co-op. Flynn is currently a Non-Executive Director of...
EU
Commission approves new GMOs despite opposition from MEPs
The European Commission has adopted two Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs) for food or feed uses, despite MEPs from the European...
Beef
'Slaney deal will increase the dominance of Larry Goodman in beef processing'
The announcement last week that the Larry Goodman owned ABP Group is set to take a 50% stake in Slaney...
Beef
Factories hold beef quotes as supplies remain strong
Little change is being reported in the cattle trade this week as supplies are reported to be holding strong. Bord...
Dairy
Volac to host heifer rearing conference this week
With the Irish dairy sector in expansion mode, efficient heifer rearing has become vitally important on many farmers around the...
N.Ireland
Winter Fair to remain a one-day event
There is no appetite to transform the Winter Fair from a one day to a two-day event, according to Royal...
World News
Dairy and meat prices drive world food prices down
The Food and Agricultural Organisation’s (FAO) Food Price Index was down 1.6% in November on October, with dairy and meat...
Beef
Why are my cattle coughing? It may not be lungworm
Farmers should not automatically assume that coughing cattle, including cows, have a lungworm problem, according Co. Meath veterinarian Frank O’Sullivan. “In some...
Pig/Poultry
Avian influenza has potential to impact 2016 poultry market - Rabobank
The threat of avian influenza (AI) remains a real ‘wild card’ which has the potential to impact supply, trade and...
Dairy
South-East Milk Producers supply 70m litres of milk annually to Strathroy Dairy
A group of dairy farmers from the South-East of Ireland will supply 70m litres of fresh milk to Strathroy Dairy...
