Ciaran Moran

Ciaran Moran is a partner in a beef and sheep farm in Roscommon. He holds an Honours Bachelors Degree in Agricultural Science from UCD where he specialised in Food and Agribusiness Management.

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ABP now rearing 25,000 cattle under ‘Blade Farming’ system in the UK

September 20, 2016

Beef

ABP has some 25,000 cattle under contract through its Blade Farming system in the UK, ABP’s Chief Executive in the UK Tom Kirwan revealed…

UK/Irish beef price differential rises to 60c/kg

September 17, 2016

Beef

UK and Irish beef prices continue to go in different directions with British prices up significantly in the past six weeks. With some…

Hogan moves to make more changes to CAP

September 17, 2016

Commissioner Hogan has announced a further series of measures aimed at simplifying the CAP with a view to easing the burden on and…

ABP and Dunbia under pressure in the UK over cattle grading changes

September 16, 2016

Beef

UK bosses of ABP and Dunbia appeared in front of UK Parliment’s Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee this week over changes to…

UK farmers getting half of the retail beef price

September 16, 2016

Beef

Farmers share of the retail beef price in the UK has improved in recent months, according to latest figures from the AHDB. It…

New Zealand’s LIC Automation to launch automated heat detection system

September 15, 2016

Dairy

One of New Zealand’s leading agri-tech companies, LIC Automation is launching its new Saber farm automation brand in the Irish market. The company…

New man in charge of managing Glanbia’s milk supply

September 15, 2016

Agri-Business

Glanbia Ingredients Ireland (GII) has announced that Sean Molloy will take up an expanded role as Director of Strategy and Supply Development within…

Complaints made to EU ombudsman over national dairy origin labelling schemes

September 13, 2016

The European Dairy Association has written to the EU ombudsman over draft origin labelling plans for dairy products announced by a host of…

Environmental pillar calls for abolition of the agricultural diesel subsidy

September 9, 2016

Agri-Business

Environmental groups are calling on the government to abolish the agricultural diesel subsidy. In a Budget Submission released today the Environmental Pillar, which…

A switch from grants to loans could be the future of CAP

September 9, 2016

Agri-Business

The current mechanism of subsidising EU agriculture via grants and schemes could soon become a thing of the past. Speaking at a recent…

ABP makes case to EU competition authorities on Slaney tie-up

September 8, 2016

Agri-Business

ABP and Fane Valley have said that more effective and better-resourced Slaney in Ireland is needed to compete on international markets. The companies…

French processor to pay 29c/L till December to stop farmer protests

September 6, 2016

Dairy

Following days of intense protest, French Processor Lactalis has agreed a milk price rise with its dairy farmer suppliers. The processor is expected to ensure…

ABP/Slaney tie-up notified to the European Commission

September 5, 2016

Agri-Business

The proposed merger which would see ABP Food Group take a 50% stake in Slaney Foods has been notified the European Commission competition…

European dairy giant says milk prices have bottomed out

September 1, 2016

Dairy

European dairy processing giant FrieslandCampina has said that milk prices have bottomed out. Issuing its half-year results today it said in the second half…

UK beef trade continues to rise

September 1, 2016

Beef

Last week saw another robust increase in beef prices across the board in Britain, according to latest reports from the AHDB. It says…

French farmers to get up to 24c/L under Milk Reduction Scheme

September 1, 2016

Dairy

The French Government has provided extra funding to incentivise its dairy farmers to cut milk production in the coming months. France received €49.9m in…

Record world grain harvest forecast despite troubles in Europe

August 31, 2016

Arable

Despite harvest troubles in many countries across Europe, the International Grains Council (IGC) is still forecasting a record world grain harvest this year.…

Superlevy Instalment Scheme costs Government €35m in 2015

August 27, 2016

Dairy

The final cost of the Superlevy Instalment Scheme to the Government was €35.6m in 2015. Given the very high volumes of milk produced across…

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