Environment
Coffee chain stops using milk from UK badger cull areas under pressure from protesters
UK coffee chain Caffe Nero has stopped using milk from dairy farmers in the UK’s badger cull regions, as pressure...
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Sheep
5 tips to ensure you dose sheep correctly
Teagasc has produced a short guide to dealing with worms in sheep. It says to dose lambs based on faecal...
Environment
'Subsidies keep drystock farmers out of forestry'
More loss-making drystock enterprises should be switching to forestry, according to Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at...
Agri-Business
Syngenta rejects Monsanto's second takeover offer
Syngenta has rejected a second offer from Monsanto to acquire the company, the company says. The only change to Monsanto’s...
Beef
UK prime cattle supplies expected to be tighter over next six months
Prime cattle supplies in the UK are expected to be tighter over next six months according to Quality Meat Scotland...
N.Ireland
'China impressed with the North's standard of pork'
China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) is impressed with the standard of pork production in Northern Ireland,...
World News
Farmer chases thief (successfully) on his John Deere tractor
A US man who was cutting wood in a forest stopped a man trying to steal his truck; by giving...
Sheep
Sheep film scoops award at the Cannes Film Festival
A film about sheep in Iceland called ‘Rams’ has won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival....
Agri-Business
Monsanto expected to increase bid to buy Syngenta
Monsanto is expected to increase its bid to buy Syngenta, after its bid of $45 billion was rejected by Syngenta....
Beef
'Once a Charolais calf gets up, you know that nothing can beat it for growth rates and weight'
The new Beef Data and Genomics Programme aims to dramatically improve maternal traits in the national herd over the next...
Dairy
'High dairy production levels in New Zealand will take time to be absorbed'
Dairy prices in New Zealand are expected to remain weak for the coming months, before beginning to ‘recover in earnest’...
Sheep
Amazing video of farmer herding thousands of sheep from the sky
It’s like a scene from the Lion King as a New Zealand farmer uses a drone to not only film his...
Grass
Silage 2015 is in full swing, has your photo made the cut?
Silage cutting is taking place across the country at the moment and while rain in places has led to problems...
Arable
New malting barley group to seek contract price negotiating rights
Irish Malt Growers (IMG) will become an active stakeholder organisation within the malting barley sector, according to the new pressure...
Beef
Gap widens in UK between farmgate and retail price for beef
UK beef producers received a smaller share of the average retail price in May than they did in January of...
Grass
Silage wrap prices set to increase by €7/roll
Silage wrap prices are set to increase by €7/roll over the coming weeks, according to Silawrap’s Maurice Keady. “The market...
Machinery
McHale to resume normal business 'as soon as possible' following fire
The McHale manufacturing plant in Ballinrobe, Mayo, is hoping to resume normal business as soon as possible, the company says,...
World News
World food prices have hit a six-year low
Major food commodity prices hit a six-year low in May as cereal prices fell substantially even though this year’s harvest...
