Arable
Sprayer course places still available ahead of November deadline
The deadline to become a trained and registered professional user of pesticides with the Department of Agriculture is November 26,...
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Dairy
Dairygold holds its August milk price
Dairygold has confirmed that it will hold its August milk price – at 25.5c/L. The Dairygold board met today and...
Dairy
Here's why the Commission won't budge on intervention prices
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has been clear all the way through the current dairy...
Agri-Business
FBD raises €70m through agreement with Fairfax
FBD Holdings plc has announced that it has entered into an agreement pursuant to which Fairfax Financial Holdings Limited will...
Dairy
Glanbia cuts its milk price again - August milk price down 0.5c/L
Glanbia has cut its August milk price by 0.5c/L with member suppliers set to receive 26c/L including VAT for August milk....
Beef
Heifer price sits at 405c/kg - No change in factory beef price
Factories have resisted the urge to increase beef price, despite the reduced numbers of cattle coming for slaughter. The prime...
Dairy
Why things are looking up for Global Dairy Trade prices
Overall dairy prices spiked 16.5% at yesterday’s Global Dairy Trade auction for the third consecutive strong gain. The lift was...
Agri-Business
Keenan joins with Intel to provide 'end-to-end' farming information
Keenan is now working with IT giant Intel which, it says, will improve data sharing and enhance nutritional analysis. According...
Beef
'Overfeeding young bulls can reduce their breeding potential'
Some pedigree cattle breeders are overfeeding young bulls to the detriment of the animals’ subsequent fertility, according to Galway veterinarian...
Rural Life
€25,000 up for grabs at 2016 BT Young Scientist Exhibition
Time is running out for students to enter the BT Young Scientist and Technology Exhibition (BTYSE). There are only 12...
Dairy
Major lift in Global Dairy Trade
Dairy product prices rose again at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade auction. The event represents the third positive...
EU
My proposals are a better solution than intervention price increase - Hogan
The measures included in the recently announced EU aid package for the dairy and pigmeat sectors constitute a better solution than...
Beef
Poor weekend weather has little impact on cattle trade at marts
Despite the poor weather conditions over the weekend, the mart trade for the most part remained unchanged this week. However,...
Machinery
Lely to build Splendimo mower - live at Ploughing 2015
In another first from Lely, visitors to this year’s Ploughing will not only have the Live milking exhibition to enjoy...
Dairy
Global Dairy Trade set for another bounce this week
Prices at Fonterra’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) are set to rise again at tomorrow’s auction. According to latest futures market...
EU
Bluetongue in France; 1.3m doses of vaccine made available
There has been an outbreak of bluetongue in a sheep and cattle herd in Allier, France, the department of agriculture in...
Dairy
Carbon to replace milk as the new quota in farming
Carbon will become the new quota in Irish farming, according to Trinity College economist Professor Alan Matthews. Matthews was addressing...
Agri-Business
Neil Keane elected President of the ASA
Neil Keane has been elected President of the Agricultural Science Association (ASA). Keane becomes the 65th President of the ASA,...
