Agri-Business
Lakeland Dairies appoints new Chairman
Lakeland Dairies has appointed a new Chairman – Alo Duffy of Corbrack, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan. Alo was first elected to...
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Beef
UK beef markets to firm significantly during early 2015
UK beef prices should firm up next year amid tighter supplies, according to the latest forecasts from EBLEX – the...
N.Ireland
Calf registrations up 11% in Northern Ireland
Beef-sired sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland were up 11% for October, while dairy-sired calf registrations are also up. In...
Arable
Reduced plantings of wheat, oats and oilseeds in the UK next year
According to the Home Grown Cereals Authority’s Early Bird Survey of UK tillage farmers’ planting intentions for 2015, a reduction...
Pig/Poultry
Bird flu found on Yorkshire farm
Avian influenza or Bird flu has been detected on a farm in the UK, according to the latest reports from the...
EU
‘Today’s farmers are new Renaissance men’
“Today’s farmers are new Renaissance men: they must possess the right mix of science, economics, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness to...
Dairy
UK fresh milk merger may lead to further restructure - DairyCo
The proposed purchase of Dairy Crest’s (DC’s) dairy operations by Muller Wiseman Dairies (MWD) may mean that in the long...
Dairy
Wanted: 12,000 acres to build dairy farm to supply China with baby formula
One of the richest women in the world is looking for over 12,000 acres of land to set up a...
Beef
Factories say negotiation strategy 'vindicated'
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has welcomed the agreement reached at the Beef Roundtable in the early hours of Thursday morning....
Machinery
Lely installs its 20,000th robot
Lely’s 20,000th Astronaut milking robot has been installed at a dairy farm belonging to Josef Härle in Ochsenhausen (Germany). The...
EU
Watch the key decisions in Europe affecting farming this month
In this Brussels Briefing on Agriculture, AGRA FACTS journalists Rose O’Donovan and Ed Bray provide an update on the latest...
Environment
Monsanto pays €1.9m after GM strains found in wheat
Monsanto has settled with wheat farmers for €1.9m in the US after a number of lawsuits were taken by the farmers...
EU
Concerns expressed over Commission attempts to cut EU Agriculture Budget
Concerns were expressed by EU Agriculture Ministers at this weeks’ council meeting over the EU Commission proposal to cut support...
EU
'Reducing antibiotic usage won't necessarily reduce resistance levels'
Reducing antibiotic usage in animals won’t necessarily reduce resistance levels in humans and countries should not be trying to outdo...
Arable
Record volumes of wheat milled by UK millers
A record 641,000t of wheat was milled in the UK in September, according to DEFRA data released this week, up...
Agri-Business
$25m GMO and pesticide safety study launched
The world’s largest study on GMO and pesticide safety was launched in London today. The $25m ‘Factor GMO’ study will...
Beef
'Protests impact on supply of fresh beef to important customers'
Beef processing plants have had a further two days of blockades and business disruption and according to meat processor representatives...
Pig/Poultry
Heated pork markets slowly cooling down
The global pork market will likely cool down in Q4 2014, as the buoyant market circumstances from the first three...
