Agri-Business
Aldi strikes gold and wins 12 awards
Aldi Stores Ireland has won more titles than any other retailer in Ireland at the inaugural Irish Quality Food and...
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Agri-Business
Biomass plant in Offaly aims to add €7m pa in revenues for farmers
Farmers across the Midlands could be in for a windfall of up to €7m a year in additional revenue after...
Agri-Business
Lilywhite Butchers top of the league
O’Gorman’s Meats in Castledermot, Kildare has this evening been named Butcher Shop of the Year by Associated Craft Butchers of Ireland...
Agri-Business
Historic bonanza harvest for Bord na Móna
Bord na Móna‘s total peat harvest for 2013 amounted to 166 per cent of the company’s annual target. The final...
Agri-Business
Corkman pleads guilty to numerous bovine disease, animal ID offences
At a sitting of Bandon District Court today Anthony Dineen, Inchafune, Dunmanway, Co Cork pleaded guilty to six sample offences out...
Agri-Business
Community wind farm in Tip takes flight
Ireland’s first community owned wind farm in Templederry, Co Tipperary launched this week. Templederry Community Wind Farm counts students, farmers...
Agri-Business
Horse-breeding mask company onto a winner
Equilume, a University College Dublin (UCD) spin-out company supported by Enterprise Ireland, is aiming to become a world-leader in light...
Agri-Business
Keep moo-ving moo-ving, top award for cow pedometer innovation
World View: A cow pedometer experiment to monitor behaviour has won an international science award. Researchers from Scotland’s Rural College...
Agri-Business
Maize silage, buyer beware
The View from Teagasc: When buying, or selling, maize silage remember that there can be large differences in feeding value....
Agri-Business
ABP Group ceo to address agri-science conference today
The CEO of ABP Food Group, Europe’s largest beef exporter, is set to headline the annual Agricultural Science Association (ASA) conference, which...
Agri-Business
Whiskey in the jar for Tullamore, work begins on €35m new distillery
Whiskey production is coming back to Tullamore for the first time in 60 years with the official turning of the...
Agri-Business
Innovation challenges for family farms, minister
Speaking yesterday at a meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers in Lithuania, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon...
Agri-Business
Glanbia opens its 53rd store
Glanbia opened its 53rd store in the former WFC premises in Bunclody, Co Wexford last Thursday. Glanbia Agribusiness Bunclody stocks...
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Farm management tips for September
The View from Teagasc: Here are the latest farm management tips for September from Teagasc. Fodder September is the last chance...
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Dairymaster signs new partnership deal with German CRI Genetics GmbH
Dairymaster and CRI Genetics GmbH have partnered and established a new distribution channel to sell and support the Dairymaster heat...
Agri-Business
Make the most of autumn grass
The view from Northern Ireland: Excellent ground conditions throughout the summer have resulted in high levels of grass utilisation, and this...
Agri-Business
40 jobs lost as meat processor closes down
A meat processor in Roslea, County Fermanagh has closed down, resulting in the loss of 40 jobs. Empire Meats Limited,...
Agri-Business
Calf births decline for first time in three years
According to Bord Bia, calf births are on the decline for 2013 compared to last year. Over the past few...