Beef
No progress yet on cattle residency issues in Northern Ireland
There has been no progress yet on finding a solution to the issue of the number of ‘residencies’ cattle can...
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Arable
NI potato industry agree to collect potato promotion funding
Following a meeting of potato industry stakeholders to discuss the best way forward for the industry. Potato packers, merchants and...
Arable
Russian wheat harvest up, prices down
The Russia wheat harvest has finished at 4t/ha, up 22% on 2013, according to Black Earth Farming. The investment company...
Machinery
John Deere launches 'information-enabled agriculture'
John Deere recently announced a suite of innovative precision farming products at an event held at the company’s European Technology...
Rural Life
Google 'street view' brings Co. Clare scenery to millions
Google has just launched the first Irish collection from the ‘Trekker Loan Programme’ with scenes from some of the most...
Dairy
Russia turns to Switzerland for cheese
With the Russian government’s EU wide ban on certain food products now taking hold Switzerland looks most likely to benefit...
Arable
New research results on the impact of pyrethroid resistance
Research has confirmed that pyrethroid resistant cabbage stem flea beetles are present in the UK. This information is vital for...
Dairy
Aurivo holds July milk price at 37c/L
Aurivo Co-op has held its milk price for July, the co-op has confirmed today (Friday) after its board met to decide...
Beef
Northern Minister approves application for 'nomad' cattle to be labelled as 'Irish'
‘Nomad’ cattle can now be labelled as ‘Irish’, the Northern Ireland Minister for Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill announced. The Minister has...
Beef
Farmers' cut of retail UK beef price down to 48%
Farmers’ share of the retail price in the UK has, in the past year, fallen from 62% to less than...
Arable
UK harvest is 45% complete
Latest reports from the HGCA show that 45% of the UK combinable area has been harvested. It says the remnants...
Agri-Business
New Zealand finance minister says 'corporate farming' won't survive
New Zealand’s Minister of Finance Bill English has cast doubts over the long-term viability of corporate farming in New Zealand....
Dairy
Swiss experience a cautionary tale on quota abolition
“Five years after the quota system was abolished, producers still have no stable market conditions in the long run.” That...
Machinery
Case launches new headers on European market
Case recently announced that it is to introduce a series of new headers to the European market. It says advanced...
Agri-Business
Aldi wins 35 awards at the 'Foodie Oscars'
Aldi stores won more titles than any other retailer in Ireland at the international 2014 Great Taste Awards in London,...
Agri-Business
Dairygold breaks records at international cheese awards
Dairygold Food Ingredients has won the coveted Kerrygold Trophy for the Best Irish Cheddar at the internationally renowned Nantwich Cheese...
Opinion
Farm safety policy – too much carrot – not enough stick?
Speaking at the Tullamore Show this week the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney said that he...
Dairy
Russian food ban a reminder that volatility is outside our control
The ban on food exports to Russia, which was announced last week, could not have happened at a better or...
