World News
US livestock and grain data on shutdown
The View from the US: According to media reports, livestock markets across the US are reeling from this week’s disruption of data...
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Environment
Give tanks a final check in preparation for the closed spreading period
The View from Northern Ireland: Recent weather and field conditions have provided an excellent opportunity for livestock farmers to spread any...
Environment
‘Grasping the nettle’ that is farm succession
Alan Jagoe, from the European Council of Young Farmers (ECOYF), has told AgriLand that agriculture must grasp the nettle that...
Agri-Business
'Farmers are in the health business'
Associate Professor of Public Health at University College Dublin Patrick Wall told delegates attending today’s Global 500 event that dairy...
Agri-Business
Entrepreneurial spirit key to farm success, DCU Ryan Academy
In collaboration with industry, the DCU Ryan Academy has developed a Farm Entrepreneurship and Leadership Programme. The next running of...
Rural Life
New foundations for Virginia
There will be a new hub at The Virginia Show in Cavan next year, in the form of €500k sparkling...
Agri-Business
The cow is the best advisor on the farm
Joep Driesen, from Holland, presented the concept of Cow Signals, at today’s Global 500 event, hosted by Alltech in Dublin....
World News
'When animal waste provides greener fertilisers', Q&A with biochar founder
The View from Australia: The Swedish environmental engineer Edward Soméus invented in the early 1980s a CO2-free technology, abiding by the 3R...
Environment
€4.7bn wind energy investment as minister blasts 'misinformation'
Ireland will see a total of €4.7bn invested in onshore wind energy projects between now and 2020, and will more...
Agri-Business
Heifer rearing key to dairy profit, Alltech hears
Delegates attending day two of the Alltech Global 500 event this morning were told that calving maiden heifers at two...
Environment
Fodder, finance and cashflow
The View from Teagasc: A fodder census of 1,240 farmers in September 2013 showed an overall average fodder surplus of eight per...
Agri-Business
Ireland will increase milk output by 50% beyond 2020, Glanbia
Glanbia’s strategy director Sean Molloy has indicated that milk output in Ireland will increase by at least 50 per cent...
Dairy
'Europe will not flood world dairy markets after 2015'
European Dairy Farmers’ president Katrine Lecornu told delegates attending today’s Alltech Global 500 event that EU milk production will increase...
Agri-Business
Alltech president points to period of sustained growth for dairy and beef sectors
Alltech president Dr Pearse Lyons has told AgriLand that Irish dairy and livestock farmers can look forward to a profitable...
Dairy
'Dairy markets to remain solid in 2013 before softening in 2014'
The current Chinese supply tightness has helped maintain high pricing across the globe for dairy products. This period of unprecedented...
Beef
Comment: The quarterly beef price gap
COMMENT: As we enter the final quarter of the year, we see again in recent weeks a growing price gap between...
Rural Life
RDS presents Ireland’s only national allotment awards
Allotments throughout Ireland were recognised at the 2013 RDS Allotment Awards today, not only for fantastic management of the sites...
Agri-Business
Ireland was under quota by three per cent for 2012/2013
For the milk quota year 2012/2013 Ireland was three per cent under quota. This is according to the latest European...
