Agri-Business
Calf rearing and antibiotics
Two of the speakers at a recent calf rearing conference touched on the sensitive subject of treating calves with antibiotics....
Agri-Business
Agri-Business
Live exports increased by 11% to €240m in 2013
Stronger cattle and sheep exports helped boost the value of livestock exports in 2013. For the year the value of...
Agri-Business
Agri-food exports key for economic recovery, EU commissioner
Agri-food exports, notably quality products rather then commodities, are vital for helping Europe emerge from economic crisis, as we are...
Agri-Business
Decision on co-funding rural development imminent
A decision on the proposed co-funding of the next Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 (RDP) is imminent. Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney...
Agri-Business
China’s one-child policy shift, implications for the infant formula market
Starting in early 2014, China will relax the current one-child policy. China’s family planning laws, first introduced in the 1970s,...
Agri-Business
ABP expands in Poland with acquisition of second production site
ABP Food Group has expanded its operations in Poland with the acquisition of a second production facility in Klosowice, Western...
Agri-Business
Russia now a key market for Dale Farm
Further confirmation that the prospects for dairy are on the up comes with the news that Dale Farm cheese exports...
Agri-Business
Linden Livestock website now fully interactive
Further evidence with regard to the growing use of technology within the livestock sector has come with the news that...
Agri-Business
Agri income per worker up marginally in 2013
Agricultural income per worker was up marginally in 2013, recovering some of the ground lost in 2012 where incomes were...
Agri-Business
Good week, bad week for farming
COMMENT: The tremendous news generated by the dairy sector over recent days has been tempered by the more than challenging...
Agri-Business
Further action from the EU on food labelling
The European Commission has published a report exploring the possibilities of adopting a local farming and direct sales labelling scheme in the...
Agri-Business
Farm incomes forecast to increase by 10% next year
Farm incomes are set to increase by 10 per cent ext year. This will be one of the key take home...
Agri-Business
Keenan hails Japanese visit a success
Keenan, one of Ireland’s leading farming solutions company, has hailed the recent Japanese visit by Taoiseach, Enda Kenny along with...
Agri-Business
It’s been a good week for farmers
COMMENT: Monday of this week saw Department of Agriculture officials in Dublin confirming that the second tranche of single farm...
Agri-Business
China – food exporting opportunities abound
A Chinese economist based in Ireland has told AgriLand that China will remain a country of great opportunity for Irish...
Agri-Business
GIIL welcomes Wexford shareholder endorsement
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited (GIIL) has welcomed the outcome of the vote held at the special general meeting of Wexford...
Agri-Business
New head of HR for Lakeland Dairies
Major cross-border dairy processing co-operative Lakeland Dairies has appointed Tadhg O’Halloran head of group human resources. He will lead the...
Agri-Business
Vote on GIIL's Wexford Creamery bid takes place today
The decision on whether Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Ltd (GIIL) can secure Wexford Milk Producers (WMP) to sell their processing plants...
