Agri-Business
Forty years of farming in the EU
The View from Teagasc: When Ireland joined the EU so started Teagasc’s longest running research project – the National Farm...
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Agri-Business
Cream of the crop sparkle at food awards
The cream of the crop of the Irish food and drink industry attended the sparkling Bord Bia awards in the historic setting...
Rural Life
Inch House: Every Inch counts
AgriLand talks to Máirin Egan about Inch House, a busy family operation that embodies the term ‘multitasking’. Inch House was...
Machinery
Deutz-Fahr introduce new tractor ranges
This week at Agritechnica Deutz-Fahr is introducing two new tractor ranges. It said the new offerings bring its high-power applications...
Agri-Business
Join the fellowship
Bord Bia and University College Dublin‘s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School are looking for 20 of Ireland’s sharpest minds to market...
Dairy
War and peace, the Dairygold Henchy affair
Over 19 days, spread across four months, the case of the former chief executive of Dairygold against his former employers...
Agri-Business
Financing expansion is not without its challenges
A leading US agriculture academic has told AgriLand that a significant number of Irish dairy farming businesses will fail as...
Other
100,000th BVD tag sold in NI today
The View from Northern Ireland: The purchase of the 100,000th BVD tissue tag today is “something worth celebrating” especially given that...
Machinery
Bridgestone announce new line of farming tyres
Bridgestone has selected this year’s Agritechnica show, which runs until 16 November in Hanover, Germany, as the platform to announce a...
Agri-Business
Prestigious award for Dawn Meats
Dawn Meats has won a prestigious Green Apple Environment Award in the UK where it has operations in England, Scotland and...
Agri-Business
Agri ministers focus on animal welfare
The rollout of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), animal welfare, ash dieback and equine registration were discussed in detail by...
Dairy
Tremendous turnout for national dairy think-in
Approximately 300 delegates are attending today’s Teagasc National Dairy Conference in Cavan. This follows on from the 500 plus turnout,...
Arable
Online facility for registration of pesticide advisors and inspectors launched
A new online registration facility for pesticide advisors and inspectors of pesticide application equipment has been launched by Department of...
Agri-Business
'It’s time for total transparency from field to fork'
COMMENT: I sense that sales of sunglasses went through the roof a few weeks ago given the number of food...
Agri-Business
'More than 30 livestock marts owed money by TLT'
More than 100 farmers and mart directors across Ireland gathered in Athlone last night for an update on TLT International,...
Environment
Ireland's organic sector much smaller than EU average
Only 1.1 per cent of Ireland’s agricultural area is farmed organically. This compares to an average figure of 5.4 per...
Other
Collaborative farming initiatives post 2015, cow leasing, contract rearing, share farming
The View from Teagasc: The major challenge in Irish farming is to mobilise scarce land resources into productive and profitable...
Agri-Business
Talbot takes the helm at Glanbia
Siobhán Talbot has taken over from John Moloney as managing director of Glanbia, the global performance nutrition and ingredients group...
