Sheep
Nutrition, breeding, genetics key to sheep herd health
Teagasc’s winter sheep seminars kick off this week, with the first meeting taking place in Dungarven, Waterford on Wednesday at...
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Rural Life
Cold weather to dominate this week
Cold weather is set to be a feature of the coming week, according to Met Eireann. Forecasters say showers will...
Arable
Winter oilseed rape management
The View from Teagasc: Crops are very well established this year as many crops are knee high with full ground cover. Where...
Agri-Business
ABP charity gala ball raises €47,000 for kidney research
More than 600 people attended and supported a charity gala ball at the Armagh City Hotel on Friday 15 November,...
Dairy
Ireland .9% over quota as minister reminds of super levy risk
The total volume of milk supplies up to the end of October 2013, taking into account the relevant butterfat adjustment, leave...
Dairy
Think smart when it comes to feed
It is key farmers understand the requirements for their animal, understand their feed source and quantify that feed source during...
Agri-Business
Forty years of farming in the EU
The View from Teagasc: When Ireland joined the EU so started Teagasc’s longest running research project – the National Farm...
Agri-Business
Cream of the crop sparkle at food awards
The cream of the crop of the Irish food and drink industry attended the sparkling Bord Bia awards in the historic setting...
Rural Life
Inch House: Every Inch counts
AgriLand talks to Máirin Egan about Inch House, a busy family operation that embodies the term ‘multitasking’. Inch House was...
Machinery
Deutz-Fahr introduce new tractor ranges
This week at Agritechnica Deutz-Fahr is introducing two new tractor ranges. It said the new offerings bring its high-power applications...
Agri-Business
Join the fellowship
Bord Bia and University College Dublin‘s Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School are looking for 20 of Ireland’s sharpest minds to market...
Dairy
War and peace, the Dairygold Henchy affair
Over 19 days, spread across four months, the case of the former chief executive of Dairygold against his former employers...
Agri-Business
Financing expansion is not without its challenges
A leading US agriculture academic has told AgriLand that a significant number of Irish dairy farming businesses will fail as...
Other
100,000th BVD tag sold in NI today
The View from Northern Ireland: The purchase of the 100,000th BVD tissue tag today is “something worth celebrating” especially given that...
Machinery
Bridgestone announce new line of farming tyres
Bridgestone has selected this year’s Agritechnica show, which runs until 16 November in Hanover, Germany, as the platform to announce a...
Agri-Business
Prestigious award for Dawn Meats
Dawn Meats has won a prestigious Green Apple Environment Award in the UK where it has operations in England, Scotland and...
Agri-Business
Agri ministers focus on animal welfare
The rollout of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), animal welfare, ash dieback and equine registration were discussed in detail by...
Dairy
Tremendous turnout for national dairy think-in
Approximately 300 delegates are attending today’s Teagasc National Dairy Conference in Cavan. This follows on from the 500 plus turnout,...
