Agri-Business
Calf rearing and antibiotics
Two of the speakers at a recent calf rearing conference touched on the sensitive subject of treating calves with antibiotics....
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Dairy
Comment: EID for cattle – the debate is on
The European Commission favours the use of electronic identification (EID) for cattle. Assuming the idea gets the green light from...
Government
Grid Link consultation attracts 35,000 submissions
Following a meeting with the Eirgrid Board last night, Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources, Mr. Pat Rabbitte TD gave...
Beef
Moynihan calls for urgent action to protect beef industry
Fianna Fáil TD Michael Moynihan, says Minister Simon Coveney must heed the warnings about the crisis in the beef sector....
Agri-Business
Bank to work with customers affected by bad weather
AIB has indicated to Agriland that it will be announcing its lending commitments to agriculture and to Irish business as...
Agri-Business
Demand responsible for overall increase in world wholesale dairy prices
According to DairyCo, dairy commodity production continues to perform fairly well for the world’s key exporters. Supplies in the US...
Beef
New year brings little change to mart trade
In most marts around the country the first sale of the new year has taken place. Reports to AgriLand suggest...
Beef
Strong live export trade expected in 2014
Speaking at the Bord Bia Live export seminar in Tullamore this week, IFA National Livestock Chairman Henry Burns said the...
Machinery
Holden Agri & Fuels appointed new DeLaval dealer for the northwest
DeLaval has appointed Holden Agriculture & Fuels a family-owned agri-business as its new dealer for counties Donegal, Derry and Tyrone....
Agri-Business
Live exports increased by 11% to €240m in 2013
Stronger cattle and sheep exports helped boost the value of livestock exports in 2013. For the year the value of...
Agri-Business
Agri-food exports key for economic recovery, EU commissioner
Agri-food exports, notably quality products rather then commodities, are vital for helping Europe emerge from economic crisis, as we are...
Environment
Ireland's bees come out tops for pollinating crops
Research at the University of Reading in the UK has found that Europe has 13.4 million too few honeybee colonies...
Agri-Business
Price a key driver in export boom of dairy and beef
A 15 per cent increase in the value of dairy exports, which has exceeded €3bn for the first time ever,...
Dairy
Demand places upward pressure on European dairy prices
According to DairyCo, milk production in the European Union is still performing well with cumulative deliveries (Apr-Oct) just over one...
Agri-Business
Aspirations for rural development in 2014
Teresa Canavan took over as CEO of the Rural Development Council (RDC) in Northern Ireland last September. As she looks...
Agri-Business
25,000 farming jobs created last year as agri-food exports jump 40% in four years
More than 58,000 jobs were created last year in Ireland and 25,000 of these were in farming. This is according...
Dairy
Grass quality and quantity key
The relationship between quantity and quality of grass on Irish farms and farm profit cannot be under-estimated. This is according...
Agri-Business
Strathroy management meets with Wexford producers
Strathroy Dairy has issued a seven-point guarantee to Wexford Milk Producers (WMP), as the Co Tyrone-based milk processor strives to...
