Agri-Business
AgriLand's Top Stories This Week
Top stories on Agriland this week NEWS: All things dairy: Limerick scoops dairy top prize All things E&Y: Top honour for Kerry...
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Agri-Business
Flexi-milk shortage concerns
“With a 28.65 levy on every litre produced over quota, farmers will be hit with severe financial hardship if they...
Dairy
Independent dairy advice key, ACA President
The biggest challenges facing young farmers are lack of profitability in beef, sheep and tillage enterprises; difficulty in entering dairy...
Agri-Business
Grass growth remains strong as grazing conditions deteriorate
COMMENT: Grass growth figures for the week just past show a drop to approx 30 kgsDM/ha across the country, but...
Agri-Business
Drummonds fined €125,000 after death of two workers in grain silo
Agri-mechant business Dummonds Ltd, was today fined a total of €125,000 plus Health and Safety Authority (HSA) expenses of €19,600 and...
Agri-Business
Can you dig it?
Agri Aware has launched a new curriculum-linked educational resource for primary schools across Ireland called ‘Dig In’. This key resource...
Agri-Business
Top honour for Kerry Group founder
“There are huge opportunities out there. The Irish are better than any other nationality I have worked with, dealt with,...
Rural Life
Winter is coming
For hundreds of years, Burren farmers have marked the end of summer by herding their cattle up onto winter pastures...
Environment
A measured approach
The View from Northern Ireland: As ground conditions start to deteriorate on beef farms and cattle are housed for the...
Agri-Business
Ireland's largest-ever Gulf trade mission
This weekend marks Ireland’s largest-ever trade mission to the Middle East and Gulf region. Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney is leading the...
World News
Does butter taste better when the cows are happy?
What will dairy cows of the future look like? How much is too much for a litre of milk? Does butter taste...
Beef
Regional divide in herd sizes
COMMENT: Irish Livestock Farming 10-Year Comparison: Herd Sizes Analysing recent cattle herd and livestock numbers in Ireland, one striking aspect...
Agri-Business
Chinese dairy imports set to grow rapidly
According to Rabobank, China’s demand for dairy imports is set to grow for at least the next two years, as...
Agri-Business
African expansion for Danone
The View from Africa: Danone is set to buy a 49 percent stake in Fan Milk International, a frozen dairy products...
Environment
8,800 farmers to receive Nitrates texts
The Department of Agriculture has confirmed to AgriLand that it plans to issue approximately 8,800 text messages tomorrow to those...
Agri-Business
€33m expansion for Dairygold in Cork
Dairygold Co-op is to invest €33m in expanded facilities in Mitchelstown, Cork. The Minister for Jobs, Enterprise and Innovation, Richard Bruton...
Other
EU agriculture – latest structural trends
The View from Europe: The average farm size in the EU has increased by 3.8 per cent per year in...
Other
Deal with Canada is a good news story for Ireland
COMMENT: The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) was quick to point to the possible downside of the recent ‘free trade’ agreement...
