Agri-Business
Rise in demand for agriculture courses
There has been an increase of 10 per cent increase in the student demand for agriculture and food courses in...
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Agri-Business
Early harvest yields show moisture levels 15-20%
The good weather and soaring temperatures of the past two weeks look set to deliver a harvest bonus for the...
Dairy
Fonterra auction recovery
Commenting on the results of yesterday’s Fonterra (GDT) auction, which saw the price of the main dairy products for trade...
Dairy
Top awards at IHFA Open Day
Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) National Open Day 2013 National Herds Competition 2013 Results: sponsored by Greenvale Animal Feeds Over 70 section: 1st...
Rural Life
Clash of the ash
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine with responsibility for forestry, today opened a Conference...
Agri-Business
Barley going for gold as first harvest yield a hit
Cereal grower Jimmy Purcell, Orchardstown, Clonmel, Co Tipperary harvested volume six row winter barley at Knocklofty the first of this...
Sheep
Boost in sheep trade, live shipments up
The sheep trade was boosted last week by the announcement of two further live shipments of lambs before the end of this...
Rural Life
Rural transport numbers jump to 1.3m
Public Transport Minister Alan Kelly recently announced the creation of 18 new transport co-ordination units (TCUs) across the country as...
National Ploughing Championships
Anna Marie McHugh appointed general secretary of world ploughing
The executive committee of the World Ploughing Organisation (WPO) recently appointed a new general secretary. Anna Marie McHugh from Republic...
Dairy
2,000 attend IHFA open day in Clonakilty
The IHFA National Open Day 2013 was held on the Kilgarriffe herd of Richard, Marion and Mervyn Helen and family...
Environment
Sweet Mary Robinson
“Ireland has huge potential for wave energy and it should set its sights on what Scotland does to develop this...
Dairy
Lakeland farmers are cream of the crop
At the recent Lakeland Dairies Milk Quality Awards, dairy farmers from both sides of the border won top honours for...
Environment
Trade sanctions on Iceland and Faroes mackerel fishing
Minister Simon Coveney TD, supported by the UK, France and Spain at the Council of Ministers yesterday pushed strongly to...
Agri-Business
Organic change through education
UCC BEES lecturer Eoin Lettice talks to Agriland.ie about the MSc in Organic Horticulture, Europe’s only course in organic horticulture...
Machinery
Katana 65 for forage harvesting
The Katana 65 introduces the largest cutting cylinder in the industry with new features in virtually every area designed to...
Machinery
New Fella centre-drawbar mower works both sides
The new 3m Fella SM 3065 Trans KC, trailed mower conditioner is a clean sheet design that introduces a range...
Machinery
New model joins Fella ‘Transport’ tedder range
The new TH 11008 Trans tedder from Fella is the second model in its latest “Transport” range, which has already...
Rural Life
Cavan farmer dies in tragic accident
A Cavan farmer has died in a farming accident on Friday. Pat Bradley, 57, was in Dungimmon, off Mount Nugent....
