Dairy
Expanding dairy farmers have 2 options: get better or get bigger
Dairy farmers thinking of expanding have two options: get better or get bigger, according to Derry O’Donovan of the report ‘Opportunities...
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Dairy
Arla UK holds November milk price
Arla Foods UK has held its on-account milk price for November at 23.04p/L. Arla had increased its October milk price...
Agri-Business
Nextgen Biopesticides named agri-inventor of the year
Nextgen Biopesticides, a company which uses selective breeding approaches to develop effective and safe biopesticides for the control of crop...
Agri-Business
Fonterra's credit rating downgraded... again
Fonterra’s credit rating has been downgraded for the second time in two weeks, this time by Fitch Ratings to A...
Beef
North's beef sired calf registrations up 10% (dairy registrations down 2.5%)
There was a 10% increase in beef sired calf registrations in Northern Ireland in September 2015 from September 2014 levels,...
Arable
Dairygold announces final grain prices for 2015
The 2015 harvest, despite some weather delays, has now been completed with good reports on the yield and quality fronts,...
Dairy
12 Member States exceeded milk quota by 2,938,000t
The total amount by which 12 Member States exceeded their national milk quotas for deliveries in the 2014/2015 quota year...
Agri-Business
Director of Slaney Foods appointed to LMC
Gerry Maguire, Director of Slaney Foods, has been appointed to the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) by the North’s Minister...
Agri-Business
‘TTIP needs to tackle red tape and non-tariff trade barriers’
Red tape and non-tariff barriers to trade need to be tackled in the current Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks,...
Beef
14 top tips to ensure your winter housing is safe
With winter on the way; it’s time to carry out a last minute check on winter housing for livestock. Keep...
Dairy
Figures show fall off in dairy calvings so far this autumn
Dairy calf registrations since September are down 15%, according to latest stats from the ICBF. Since the week ending September...
Dairy
Arrabawn and Lacpatrick hold September milk price
Arrabawn co-op has held its September milk price at 26.00c/L and Lacpatrick has also held its September milk price at...
Dairy
'There was nothing to suggest Global Dairy Trade would fall' - So what happened?
Overall dairy prices fell 3.1% at this week’s Global Dairy Trade auction, following a combined lift of 63% over the...
Dairy
US September milk production up 0.4% year-on-year
Milk production in the US continues to remain ahead of 2014 levels with September production up 0.4% on the same...
Agri-Business
Syngenta CEO to step down
The CEO of Syngenta, Mike Mack has informed the Board of the company of his intention to step down as...
Pig/Poultry
Exchange rates drive limited growth in pork market - Rabobank
The global pork market will continue its slow recovery in the fourth quarter of 2015 with the main driver of...
Beef
Beef farmers 'determined to exploit weight gain' but ignore UK supermarket specs
The push by Irish farmers and farming organisations to increase both the age at slaughter and carcass weights could be...
Dairy
More co-ops hold September milk price
Two more milk processors have announced that they will be holding their milk price for September supplies. Carbery has held...
