Agri-Business
EU agri-food sector 'remarkably' resilient one year on from Russian ban - Commission
Just over one year ago, the Russian Govenment announced an embargo on imports of a range of agricultural products from the...
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Dairy
Video: Help prevent mastitis by changing liners every 6 months
To help prevent mastitis, CellCheck recommends that liners are changed every 2,000 milkings, or every six months – whichever comes...
Beef
Store heifers and steers fall by €20-30/head
Store cattle prices have fallen by €20/head last week as a result of the poorer weather and the reduced factory...
Dairy
Video: Cows take over supermarket aisle as farmers protest over milk price
Farmers for Action in the UK took action over the price of milk in an Asda supermarket by marching in...
Rural Life
If the goat was mistreated he would not be putting on weight - Healy-Rae
If the puck goat knew what was ahead of him, there would be goats queuing up outside of Killorglin said...
Beef
UK beef exports fall by 11% - LMC
UK beef exports have fallen by 11% in 2015, reports the LMC (Livestock and Meat Commission of Northern Ireland). There...
Arable
Scotland moves to ban GM cultivation
Growing genetically modified (GM) crops will not be permitted in Scotland, its Rural Affairs Secretary Richard Lochhead has announced. In...
Dairy
Lakeland: Fane Valley deal was 12 months in the making
The joint venture businesses recently announced by Lakeland Dairies and Fane Valley Co-op had been in the gestation phase for...
Dairy
9 out of 10 Kiwi dairy farmers to take on extra debt this year
Fonterra’s announcement that its 2015-16 Forecast Farmgate Milk Price is reducing from $5.25 to $3.85 means a further reduction of $150,000...
Dairy
'Dairy pickup is on the horizon, but it's too early to say when'
While the immediate prospects for the dairy industry are not favourable, the medium and long-term prospects for the industry are...
Beef
Australian shipments drive up beef imports in Japan
Shipments from Australia have driven Japanese beef imports up in the second quarter (Q2) of 2015, AHDB, the organisation for...
N.Ireland
'Collaborative approach needed to address milk price concerns'
The dairy sector needs a collaborative approach to address milk prices concerns, according to the North’s Agriculture Minister, Michelle O’Neill....
Agri-Business
Aldi wins big at Great Taste Awards with 62 awards
Irish Aldi stores recently picked up 62 awards at the international 2015 Great Taste Awards, more than any other retailer in...
Machinery
New Holland construction range now available from ag dealers
Due to farmer demand, the New Holland range of construction equipment is now available in Ireland and the UK from...
N.Ireland
North's Ploughing Championship to return to Balmoral Park
Northern Ireland’s Ploughing Championships are to return to Balmoral Park this year for the seventy-second running of the event. This...
Sheep
Australian lamb exports to reach record levels
Australian lamb exports are to reach record levels in the second half (H2) of 2015, AHDB the English organisation for...
Dairy
'High number of late embryo deaths in dairy cows in May'
There was a significant number of late embryo deaths in pregnant dairy cows during the May period, according to Reproinfo’s...
Rural Life
Driver of car stopped with sheep: 'I took it for a treat to McDonald's'
Police in the UK came across a problem of the woolly kind recently when they stopped a car on suspicion...
