Machinery
On display at this year’s Grassland and Muck 2014 will be the latest additions to the Claas Disco mower and...
Beef
The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) along with National Farmers’ Union, NFU Scotland, NFU Cymru and the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU)...
Environment
Environmental strategies are in place to deal with the inevitable increase in greenhouse gas emissions and the impact on the...
Ireland’s application for a renewal of its derogation under the Nitrates Directive has completed all stages of the approval process...
World News
Dairy giant Fonterra has pleaded guilty today to four food safety violations following a botulism scare last year. NZ Government officials...
Dairy
While March is a very busy time on dairy farms, it is important to continue to monitor your cash flow. This is...
Commenting on the Glanbia decision to hold its February milk price, ICMSA deputy president, Pat McCormack, said he didn’t think...
Agri-Business
Dutch dairy giant Friesland Campina reported a full financial year revenue increase of 10.8 per cent to €11.4bn boosted by...
Glanbia, the global performance nutrition and ingredients group, has reported increased revenues and earnings for 2013. Its reported earnings for...
Similar to the situation in Ireland, the English suckler herd is also declining significantly, as the dairy herd sees growth....
Arable
Achieving success in growing energy crops on Irish farms is at a cross-roads. While the significant potential for expansion exists,...
Sheep
A sheep collar in-built pulse monitor, which sends a VHF signal to a GSM receiver that texts a farmer when...
The European Commission welcomes today’s European Parliament vote on its proposal to update the trade regime for processed agricultural products (PAPs)....
Precision farming technology that will allow reduced herbicide use by accurately identifying and spot-spraying weeds, developed from research funded by...
The improvement in weather and ground conditions has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, but he also warned...
Ireland’s forestry programme for 2014-2020 is to be evaluated. The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
“We are a small company with big ideas for growth in the UK – how can we be successful? The...
Prospects for the 2014 harvests are good as the winter climatic conditions have been broadly favourable so far, according to the...
