Agri-Business
Potato industry looking forward to a happier new year
European funding will be crucially important in helping maintain the fabric of Ireland’s potato industry, according to a leading packer....
Agri-Business
European funding will be crucially important in helping maintain the fabric of Ireland’s potato industry, according to a leading packer....
Dairy
Fonterra has reduced its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2014/’15 season from $5.30/kg MS to $4.70/kg MS (€37c/kg) When...
Machinery
After a gruelling 2500 km ice-journey, the Antarctica2 expedition team arrived with its Massey Ferguson 5610 tractor at the South...
Agri-Business
The deadline for the Alltech Young Scientist is fast approaching with registration and paper submission due by December 31. Featuring...
EU
The reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could become a bureaucratic monster the new EU Agriculture Commissioner Hogan has been warned. European...
Machinery
A John Deere 5100M tractor recently marked a significant production milestone as the 1 millionth tractor produced at the company’s...
Beef
Managing volatility is something beef farmers must get used to, according to ABP Manager in the UK Stuart Roberts. Group...
Dairy
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra is set to review its farmgate milk price forecast tomorrow (Tuesday), amid poor market sentiment...
Dairy
The medium-term outlook for dairy farming in Europe is good, according to a new report by the European Commission. The...
N.Ireland
The latest animal feed statistics, released by Department Agriculture and Rural Development in Northern Ireland (DARD), have indicated a general...
Arable
Healthy soils are critical for global food production. But we are not paying enough attention to this important silent ally,...
Rural Life
It will be more and more important for farmers to be IT and technology savvy, according to the UK’s Parliamentary...
Rural Life
The heartbroken father of an ‘extraordinary little fellow’ who died in a farm death on his farm has told of...
Dairy
There is a pay-off for retailers to encourage processors in Northern Ireland to sell liquid milk in the south, increasing...
Agri-Business
An investigation by BBC’s Newsnight has reported that Premier Foods, one of the biggest manufacturers in the UK has been...
Arable
Although down 14% from last year, the 2014 UK oat crop is still 20% above the average for 2008-2012, according...
Beef
UK supermarket The Co-op has announced that it will only source UK beef for its own-brand products and ready meals....
Dairy
Good housing means happy, healthy cows according to Animal Health Ireland (AHI) which says that housing increases cows’ exposure to...