N.Ireland
Children are a major casualty on Irish farms: 105 children died on Northern farms since 1968
Between 1968 and November 2015 there’s been 485 farming-related deaths in Northern Ireland, Malcolm Downey of the Health and Safety Executive...
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World News
Friday feeling: This calf thinks it's a dog...
A Holstein calf in the US believes that he is a dog and can even be found sitting comfortably on...
Sheep
UK police use sheep line-up to reunite farmers with their flock!
Some 14 sheep farmers in England have been reunited with their sheep that were stolen between 2010 and 2013 after...
Dairy
Glanbia launches fixed milk and feed price scheme for suppliers
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has launched a new Fixed Milk and Feed Price Scheme with a base of 30.25c/L (including...
Beef
Dunbia to make changes to UK beef carcass specifications
Dunbia, which processes more than 300,000 animals a year in the UK, has given its producers notice that its beef animal...
Dairy
GDT Analysis: Dairy traders banking on EU to make up Kiwi production decline
Dairy traders are banking on the EU and other producers to make up for the likely significant reduction in New...
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....
Agri-Business
Glanbia announces plans to expand its US cheese plant
Glanbia, together with its joint venture partners in Southwest Cheese, has announced that it is in advanced discussions for a...
Agri-Business
Glanbia's ingredients business reports 14% revenue decline
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' EU loans
Dairy farmers can look forward to ‘volatility proof’ loans, according to the European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan. Speaking at...
Dairy
Six key steps to preventing milk fever in your herd this autumn
Cases of milk fever have been quite common this autumn. Milk fever is a calcium deficiency triggered by the increased...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade reports downward prices for second month
Prices at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction have fallen on the last event. The results of the auction concluded...
World News
Lower feed costs and demand to drive Brazilian meat production - FAO
Brazilian meat production is expected to continue its fast growth in the coming decade, according to the FAO. In its...
Agri-Business
Kerry Group sales up 3.2% year-on-year
Kerry Group’s sales in the first nine months of the year are up 3.2% compared to the corresponding period in...
EU
Coupled CAP payments could be re-introduced - McGuinness
The re-introduction of coupled payments could be on the agenda as part of the upcoming review of the CAP, according...
Dairy
Farmers could be wasting €1,500 by not recording dry off dates
Farmers that don’t record dry offs do not receive an accurate annual report for their herd or valid lactations for...
Dairy
Futures markets signal another fall in Global Dairy Trade
Dairy products prices could fall again at tomorrow’s Global Dairy Trade auction with futures markets signalling a fall of 5%...
Beef
6.7% more calves registered on BVD programme than 2014
By the end of third quarter of 2015 just over 2m calves had been registered on the National BVD Eradication Programme,...
