Dairy
Good calf rearing is at the heart of every successful dairy farm
IN FOCUS: Alistair Thompson milks 500 cows across two sites at Beaverlodge Farm, near Artigarvan in North Co Tyrone. Calving...
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Environment
96 ash dieback outbreaks
Just under 100 ash dieback outbreaks in locations across Ireland have been confirmed by the Department of Agriculture. Of these,...
Agri-Business
A ‘back to school’ boost for Dunnes
The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published today for the 12 weeks ending 15 September, show...
Rural Life
This Week’s Farmer of the Tweet: Michael Finnegan
Farmers Feed Families launched a social initiative this summer to raise awareness of daily life in farms across Ireland. Each...
Other
Top Stories this week
Here’s AgriLand’s Top Stories this week All things Ploughing: Ploughing captures the stars All things CAP: Cap is done and...
Other
Hitting the Bullseye
Conor Hyde, managing director, of Bullseye Food Marketing, details his predictions for the agri-food sector. Over the past 12 years,...
Agri-Business
Green green Grassland of home
AgriLand talks to Liam Woulfe, Managing Director of Grassland Agro and Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year nominee. Grassland...
Agri-Business
DeLaval stand busy at National Ploughing Championship
Delaval were among the exhibitors at this year’s national ploughing championship, with their technical and sales personnel busy on...
Environment
King of the woods, forest owner think-in under way
The View from Teagasc: The National Forest Owner Groups Conference will take place at the Ballykisteen Hotel near Tipperary town on...
Dairy
Dairy cow nutrition – some insights into the future
United Feeds’ CEO Dr Keith Agnew has taken the opportunity of reviewing some of the key nutritional developments that may...
Agri-Business
Alltech’s Global 500 – just days away
Large numbers of dairy and beef farmers from all parts of Ireland are expected to attend Alltech’s Global 500 event,...
National Ploughing Championships
Vive la Ploughing, Ireland's top champions heading to France
The highlight of today and the week for most ploughing enthusiasts came with the announcement of Ireland’s two representatives for...
National Ploughing Championships
Record attendance of 228,000, as Ratheniska confirmed for next year
A record-breaking 228,000 people turned out in Ratheniska for the three-day event that was the National Ploughing Championships. “It has broken...
National Ploughing Championships
Follow the Leader, Enda ploughs on
Taoiseach Enda Kenny arrived at this year’s National Ploughing Championships amid much fanfare today. The man of the moment ploughed...
Dairy
Heifer rearing programme is a real hit with dairy farmers
Gain Feeds’ Rob O’Keeffe has told AgriLand that the company’s heifer-rearing programme, launched earlier this year, is fast becoming the...
Agri-Business
No delays in live export applications, nine in, two approved - Minister
There are no delays in live exports approval applications, according to Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney TD who was speaking...
Agri-Business
Eircom launches 4G as part of €330m investment
Eircom Group has launched Ireland’s first 4G mobile service offering super-fast mobile data speeds that are up to 10 times...
National Ploughing Championships
Top-class innovations take ploughing by storm
The GrazeMate paddock Controller exhibited by Neilus Murphy from Coolagown, Fermoy, Co Cork was the overall winner of the National...
