Pig/Poultry
UK consumers buy more poultry than other meat
In 2014, UK consumers bought more poultry than any other meat product, a report by the British Poultry Council has...
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Arable
British arable area declines by 2%
The latest planting and variety survey, from AHDB Cereals & Oilseeds, suggests a decline in the total cereal and oilseed...
Beef
Halal non-stunning of cattle pre-slaughter is a contentious issue, says vet
The non-stunning of animals pre-slaughter, for Halal purposes, is a contentious issue, according to Wicklow vet Pete Wedderburn. Speaking on the Pat...
Arable
‘Tillage farmers' margins increase with hybrids’
Tillage farmers’ margins increase with hybrids was the take home message from Seedtech’s Commercial Director Aidan Moore at this year’s...
Beef
Young bull margins halved with just a €20/t increase in feed costs
Teagasc research has found that just a €20/t increase in feed costs can hit net margins in young bull production...
Dairy
€10,000 up for grabs at dairy livestock competition
A cash prize of €10,000 is up for grabs at the 2015 Diageo Baileys Irish Champion Cow Competition which is now...
Rural Life
2,500 acres of land in the UK is on the market for €24m
A total of over 2,500 acres of farm land has come on the market in the UK for a total of...
World News
World dairy leader expects stock piling of food in Greece
One of the world’s largest dairy exporters is expecting stockpiling of food in Greece and has increased the quantity of...
Beef
Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland
Badger culling is to shortly begin in the second year of a test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) wildlife intervention research project,...
Beef
Badger culling to begin again in Northern Ireland
Badger culling is to shortly begin in the second year of a test, vaccinate or remove (TVR) wildlife intervention research project,...
Dairy
Has the dairy market finally adjusted to Russian ban?
The world dairy market has adjusted to the Russian ban on imports of food products from the EU, says Ornua...
Arable
Soil Association urges farmers not to spray glyphosate pre-harvest
The Soil Association in the UK is urging tillage farmers not to use glyphosate (Roundup, Touchdown) as a pre-harvest spray...
Beef
'Lungworm one of the most important respiratory diseases'
Lungworm infection or hoose is one of the most important respiratory diseases of cattle in Ireland, Animal Health Ireland (AHI) says....
Machinery
Six-cylinder Zetor to be unveiled at Ploughing Championships
The forthcoming National Ploughing Championships this September will see the new Zetor Crystal being unveiled with its six-cylinder engine. This...
Arable
6 non-chemical ways to tackle potato blight
The humid weather over the last week has been ideal for potato blight to establish in the crop, with Met...
Dairy
Farmers are using less sexed semen this year (here's why)
Sexed semen demand has been lower than expected in 2015. This is primarily due to the lower milk price farmers...
Arable
Reward of $500,000 after potatoes are sabotaged with nails
Candian farmers have put up a reward of $500,000 for information on suspects sabotaging their potato crop with pins and...
Dairy
'Just because you don't live in Cork doesn't mean you can't grow lots of grass'
Farmers need to get over the stigma of location when it comes to growing grass, Teagasc’s Michael O’Donovan told farmers...
