Agri-Business
Organic farming grows from strength to strength
Global figures for organic market performance demonstrated growth in 2012 and 2013 across Europe and North America. US, Germany, France...
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Dairy
Get the record straight on milk
“It is easy to identify that you have a cell count problem in your herd, however it is much more...
Environment
Report critical of EirGrid plans
The case for EirGrid’s Grid 25, based on a need to upgrade the transmission system to accommodate additional wind generation and...
Environment
New grass varieties will constitute a ‘green’ flooding defence
With large swathes of the country still under water, it is appropriate to highlight the research work that is currently...
Agri-Business
Oh là là, bringing the cheese to France
For the first time 14 Irish farmhouse cheese makers will feature at a leading cheese trade fair, Salon du Fromage, taking...
Beef
The beet is on for cattle
Sugar beet is nutritious, palatable and energy rich. However it is also lacking in protein, phosphorous and calcium and is...
Dairy
Overall prices fall back by 1.2% at Fonterra auction
This week’s Fonterra auction confirmed a 1.2 per cent decrease in the overall recorded price index. All the major dairy...
Agri-Business
Arla – growing from strength to strength
Courtesy of its annual results for 2013 Arla Foods has announced the highest performance price ever in the company’s history...
Environment
Imported fodder payments of €2.4m issued, more on the way
UPDATE: More than 18,000 farmers benefited under the Imported Fodder Transport Scheme, under which, to date, payments worth some €2.4m...
Dairy
Giving calves the best possible start
UK veterinarian Roger Blowey has told a group of farmers in Ballymena that newborn calves must receive high-quality colostrum, fed...
Environment
'1,000 farm families keen for Midland wind farms'
An outline of Element Power‘s Greenwire project to develop 40 wind farms on 20,000 hectares of lands in the Midlands...
Dairy
Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota warning from Lakeland Dairies
Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota are now inevitable for suppliers to Lakeland Dairies. This is according to the...
Dairy
‘Chinese whispers’ – the phrase of the day for Ireland’s dairy sector
The rumour mill is rife that a delegation from one of China’s largest food companies has recently visited – or...
Environment
Haulage of fodder to be exempt in new height limits
UPDATE: The drafting of exemptions is under way for the haulage of agricultural fodder in Ireland’s height limits regulations brought...
Dairy
Ever-growing demand for Irish dairy breeding stock in the UK
Cork-based Grasstec is confirming a significant growth in demand for Irish bred dairy cows and heifers from its fast-evolving farmer-client...
Agri-Business
Opportunity knocks but once
The opportunities for Ireland’s agricultural sector, dairy in particular, are endless but there are challenges and influencing factors on the road ahead...
Agri-Business
O’Neill comes under pressure to reveal her CAP Reform plans
The North’s Agriculture Committee Chairman Paul Frew has told AgriLand that Farm Minister Michelle O’Neill must come out with her...
Beef
Snapshot of the mart trade
There was a mixed trade in marts throughout the country this week, with the terrible weather all over last week...
