Agri-Business
11 per cent increase in potato crops in Northern Ireland
The View from Northern Ireland: The preliminary results of the June 2013 agricultural census for Northern Ireland have been released...
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Dairy
GIIL rolls out on-farm sustainability plan to its 4,300 milk suppliers
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited (GIIL) this morning announced the roll out of a new on-farm sustainability programme to its 4,300...
Beef
Limousins stretch across Ireland
In Focus: The Irish Limousin Cattle Society is one of the largest cattle society’s in Ireland. The Limousin breed was...
World News
Fonterra 'relived about all clear from Clostridium botulinum'
World View: New Zealand’s Ministry for Primary Industries (MPI) announced today that additional independent testing has established there was no...
World News
Fonterra ups forecast milk price 30c to $7.80
World View: New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has lifted its forecast farmgate milk price for the 2014  by 30 cents to...
Machinery
New models and driver assistance aids for 2014 Claas combines
Following the introduction of the latest Tier 4i compliant Lexion and Tucano combine ranges last autumn, Claas has extended the...
Dairy
Dangers of 'addiction to feed' in dairy farming
Speaking last week at the Virginia Show Dairy Gathering Conference, Joe Patton from Teagasc gave a presentation on Feeding and...
Dairy
Milk quota allocated to 91 new dairy entrants
Some 91 successful applicants have been allocated 15.1 million litres of milk quota under the final New Entrants to Dairying...
Agri-Business
New French export tax will cost Ireland €100m, IEA
A new eco-tax in France on heavy-good vehicles (HGVs) will cost €100m in additional costs each year for Irish exports...
Agri-Business
Profit fall for FBD
Insurer FBD has reported pre-tax profits of €19.1m for the six months to the end of June, down from the €21.8m...
Environment
UK takes Ireland’s lead in badger cull
The UK’s National Farmers Union (NFU) has this morning cited Ireland’s badger controls as justification for culling in the UK to...
Rural Life
Cherry scandal at Iverk Show
Controversy has hit the Great Cherry Cake Competition at the Iverk Show last weekend. The hugely successful county show, which celebrated...
Dairy
Dairy expansion grant deadline this Thursday
UPDATE: The closing date for the Department of Agriculture‘s Dairy Equipment Scheme is this Thursday, 29 August, and the Irish...
Machinery
Ford tractors get in gear, charity harvest day
The annual Greybridge Classic Club Harvest and Charity Day held in Limerick recently brought together 180 ford tractors from across...
Agri-Business
Checkout Ireland's top brands
‘Consumers are shopping around more than ever before’ ‘Increase in sales of retailers’ own-brand products, such as milk’ ‘Frozen Ready...
Agri-Business
Advice on compulsory BVD testing
The View from Northern Ireland: The Department of Agricultural and Rural Development in Ireland (DARD) has announced public awareness sessions...
Rural Life
This week's farmer of the tweet Zwartbles Ireland
Farmers Feed Families launched a social initiative earlier this summer to raise awareness of daily life in farms across Ireland....
Agri-Business
'Banks have left agriculture in the lurch'
John Deere Agricultural Division President Mark von Pentz has indicated that the banks’ decision to “effectively” walk away from agriculture...
