Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies opens €10m global logistics centre
Lakeland Dairies is to officially open its new €10m global logistics centre at its major dairy foodservice manufacturing plant in...
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Agri-Business
Declining milk prices hits Arla; revenue drops 3.8% year-on-year
Globally declining milk prices have impacted Arla Foods in the first half of 2015 with revenue down 3.8% year-on-year, the...
Grass
Grass advice: Building grass for the autumn well under way
Building grass for autumn is now well underway; however ground conditions are deteriorating after prolonged heavy rainfall in many areas....
Beef
Cattle marts - Prices hold steady despite the poor weather conditions
Despite the dismal weather experienced in country and the consecutive beef price drops in recent weeks the mart trade seems...
Grass
Grass advice: Decisions with the final round of fertiliser
Deciding which fertiliser to use at this time of the year will depend on soil fertility and previous fertiliser used...
Beef
US government forecasts its beef imports will fall in 2016
Latest forecasts from the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) show that US beef and veal imports look set to fall...
Dairy
Profitable milk production and quality to be discussed at west Cork conference
A Taste of West Cork will hold an event to highlight how Irish milk is used once it leaves the...
Beef
Surging Australian beef exports to exceed last year's record
Australian beef exports for the first six months of 2015 have been surging, up 11% year-on-year with shipments at 646,685t,...
Beef
US beef price predicted to fall with bleak outlook for 2016
Early indications from Steiner Consulting Group in the US indicate that US beef price could fall in the coming months....
Agri-Business
Five finalists for ASA Novus Award announced
The five finalists for the inaugural Agricultural Science Association (ASA) Novus Award have been announced. The award, sponsored by Kerry...
Machinery
Michelin's tyre pressure app now available on iPhone and iPad
Michelin’s free agricultural tyre pressure calculator app is now compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch devices. It says that this...
Dairy
Four key tips for dairy herd fertility
There are four key things to getting dairy herd fertility right, according to Meath-based vet Frank O’Sullivan. These are nutrition,...
Sheep
New Zealand lamb production up 1% on 2014, exports down 4%
New Zealand lamb production for the 2014-15 season-to-date (October 2014 to June 2015) is 1% higher than the previous year,...
Dairy
Number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland reaches all time high
The number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland increased by 6% in June 2015 on June last year to 311,500...
Agri-Business
No slip up for Fyffes as first half revenue up 8%
The world’s oldest fruit company Fyffes has readjusted its targets for 2015 on the back of strong financial growth during...
Agri-Business
Know what the agricultural wage is for farm workers?
The agricultural wage in Ireland has, for many years, governed what agricultural workers have been paid. However, after a legal...
Dairy
'A vaccination programme is a cheap insurance policy' - top Meath dairy farmer
The use of vaccinations has become a cheap insurance policy, protecting the herd from the loss in production associated with...
Sheep
Kiwi sheep gives birth to quadruplet lambs
A two-year old Southdown ewe in New Zealand has given birth to healthy quadruplet lambs – a rarity in the...
