Beef
Tesco beef labelling move will boost competition, IFA
UPDATE: The latest developments in Tescos in retail labelling protocols on beef has been welcomed by the Irish Farmers Association...
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Agri-Business
Origin Green celebrates birthday
Bord Bia’s Origin Green initiative is celebrating its first-year anniversary this week. Origin Green is a unique sustainability development programme...
Agri-Business
Relish Ballymaloe
AgriLand talks to Little Island-based Maxine Hyde of Ballymaloe Foods about the evolution of the Ballymaloe brand. Ballymaloe House is...
Other
Complete review of Ireland's food inspection system
Ireland’s entire food inspection system is under review and for the first time outside consultants are set to advise the...
Dairy
EU milk monopoly concerns post quotas
An EU regional committee has raised serious concerns about the liberalisation of the milk market, in particular monopoly behaviour by...
Dairy
Italian farmers to pay €1.4bn milk quota fines
The European Commission this afternoon officially requested Italy to recover surplus levies due from Italian milk producers. It called on...
Rural Life
Earley was a show-stopper at Kildare
The Kildare County Show on Sunday the 16th of June did not disappoint. The weather was a worry in the...
Arable
Ireland passes water quality report
A Teagasc report into water quality and farming in six catchment areas has showed positive results. The report on phase...
Agri-Business
Agri-food leads in energy savings
Agri-businesses Liffey Meats, Tescos, Carbery Group and Carton Bros are among 22 companies and organisations participating in energy efficient projects that...
Agri-Business
Chicken price protests across supermarkets
Poultry, chicken and egg producers from across Ireland protested this afternoon at a number of major retail outlets in Dublin....
Agri-Business
Glanbia purchases Wexford Creamery
Glanbia GII is set to purchase Wexford Creamery, pending a favourable vote by Wexford Milk Producers shareholders and approval by...
Rural Life
Tweeting farmers take the lead
Farmers Feed Families  launched the first of its initiatives entitled Tweeting Farmers on the 6 June in Old Farm, Lorrha, Co...
Beef
Schmallenberg meetings under way
Following the granting of a license to MSD Animal Health to market the new Schmallenberg vaccine in Ireland, five information...
Environment
Farmers most active Allsop buyers
Some 19 land holdings and development sites are being offered for sale in an Allsop auction next month, with the...
Other
ICA carer up for Mom of the Year
“You are a mother you just get on with it.” These are the wise words of full-time carer and mother...
Other
Social media key for ICA
Social media and twitter are key to the future of the Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA), its recent AGM in Portlaoise...
Other
ICA member celebrates her 103rd birthday
Lucy Carty, an Irish Countrywomen’s Association (ICA) member from Bishopstown Cork celebrated her 103rd birthday recently. She celebrated this occasion...
Environment
Seven heatwaves the past 30 years
Ireland has experienced seven heatwaves in the past 30 years and latest research from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) says...
