Rural Life
Online payments threaten rural post offices
An Post has once again won the tender for social welfare payment services from 2014, it was announced this morning....
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Dairy
Outlook for dairy post-quota
The signs are healthy for Irish dairy post-quota. This is according to a recent dairy industry news conference in London. In...
Agri-Business
25% increase in agri-food exports since 2003
The Irish Exporters Association (IEA) has this morning launched the 2013 edition of ‘Trade and Transport’, an up-to-date guide for examination...
Environment
Thatch cottages grant under fire
Grants for the renovation of thatched cottages throughout Ireland are set to be significantly reduced. This is according to the...
Agri-Business
Job losses at meat processing company
More than 150 staff at three meat processing factories for Tulip have been told their jobs are at risk after the company...
Environment
82 ash dieback disease cases confirmed
More than 800 concerned people attended one of a nationwide series of information meetings to learn more about Chalara fraxinea,...
Rural Life
Bog snorkelling as clear as mud
Images of Monaghan and Ireland will be seen by more than 2.8 million people across Canada later this year, after...
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...
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...
