Agri-Business
Horse DNA detected in canned beef on UK shelves from Romania
The View from the UK: The Food Safety Authority (FSA) in the UK has been informed that a batch of...
Latest Stories
World News
International dairy research
The World Dairy Situation 2013, the International Dairy Federation’s (IDF) flagship publication, was presented during the dairy policies and economics...
Agri-Business
Money matters for your business
The View from Northern Ireland: There is quite definitely something off putting about the subject of farm finance. Even though...
Other
Renewed sense of optimism among pig producers
COMMENT: There was a renewed sense of optimism among pig producers at this year’s Pig Farmers Conference, which was held...
Rural Life
Break the silence on mental health issues – DARD
Northern Ireland’s Agriculture and Rural Development Minister Michelle O’Neill has said that the provision of a dedicated suicide prevention officer...
Agri-Business
Kerry Group announce 'strong' Q3 figures
Kerry Group has released its quarterly figures, with 2.9 per cent increase in continuing business volumes (Q3 +3.2 per cent)...
Rural Life
Broadband "inadequate in parts of rural Ireland" - Minister
The issue of broadband prevision in rural areas was raised in the Oireachtas last week. Deputy Michael Moynihan TD from...
Agri-Business
Origin makes acquisition in the Ukraine
Origin Enterprises, the Agri-Services Group has announced that it has reached conditional agreement to acquire a controlling interest in the...
Agri-Business
Household budget fears lead to grocery market slowdown
The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published this week for the 12 weeks ending 13 October,...
Rural Life
The rocky road through Burren
The Burren, home to last weekend’s Winterage Weekend, has always been an immovable, rugged facet of Irish culture. Its inspiring...
Rural Life
Unsettled weather set to continue
Winter 2013 is set to continue to bite hard this week, with shorter evenings and Met Eireann forecasting that the...
Rural Life
Pump it Up!
15,000 attendants, including families, farmers, dancers, actors, joined some very big seasonal vegetables at the Virginia Pumpkin Festival in Cavan...
Agri-Business
Kerry Group opens new development centre in Dubai
Kerry Group today formally opened a new Kerry Regional Development & Application Centre in Dubai, UAE, to serve Kerry’s global...
Agri-Business
Glanbia Sales rise 14%
Glanbia has announced that total group revenue grew by 14 per cent in the 9 months to October compared to...
Beef
'Europe's beef classification scheme just doesn’t shape up'
A leading US livestock production specialist has told AgriLand that the EU’s current beef classification system is not fit for...
Machinery
CLAAS launches its infinitely variable transmission system
Following the introduction of the new ARION 600 and 500 last year, CLAAS has extended the range with the introduction...
Agri-Business
Banks left agriculture in the lurch, John Deere president
John Deere agricultural division president, Mark von Pentz, has told AgriLand that the banks’ decision to ‘effectively’ walk away from...
Dairy
'Dairy industry must get on top of digital dermatitis'
UK Veterinarian and cattle lameness specialist Roger Blowey has highlighted the increasing importance of digital dermatitis (DD) related infections that...
