Rural Life
Pics: The Durrow Scarecrow Festival starts this weekend
The annual Durrow Scarecrow Festival starts this weekend on July 26 and runs until August 3, 2015. The event, in...
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N.Ireland
Moy Park becomes official poultry supplier to Ulster Rugby
Moy Park has teamed up with Ulster Rugby for the upcoming 2015/2016 season as official poultry supplier to the squad....
Beef
€327 differential between Irish and UK beef
The price differential between Ireland’s and Northern Ireland’s beef has now increased to 50p/kg or 71c/kg, while the UK beef...
Opinion
Glanbia has key questions to answer regarding its new share offer
Glanbia is fast gathering a significant rump of highly disgruntled farmer suppliers within its ranks, all of whom are totally...
Agri-Business
Danone reports sales up 4.5%, fresh dairy sales down year-on-year
Danone has posted a 4.5% year-on-year increase in sales for the second quarter (Q2) of 2015 and sales in the first...
Dairy
Arla UK cuts milk price for third consecutive month
Arla Foods has cuts its UK milk price for August by 1c/kg – 0.8p when applied to the UK standard...
Environment
Schwarzenegger says climate change is not science fiction
Climate change is not science fiction and right now we are failing future generations, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator star...
Beef
Global demand to drive Australian beef exports to record high
Unprecedented global demand is expected to drive Australian beef and veal exports to a new record high by the end...
EU
Brexit: 'No chance' UK will leave the EU
Odds being laid in Brussels on whether the UK will quit the EU stand at around 1/6 on – which...
Dairy
US June milk production up 0.7% year-on-year
Milk production in the US in June is up 0.7% to 16.4 billion pounds (7.2m litres) year-on-year however it is down...
Dairy
Would you try camel milk? Ray D'Arcy did on live radio
Have you ever heard of camel milk? A Dutch camel farm is supplying camel milk to musclefood.com and Ray D’Arcy...
Agri-Business
Swiss company Aryzta buy La Rousse Foods
Aryzta, the Swiss-based company, with Irishman Owen Killian at the helm, has bought La Rousse Foods, a premium foodservice provider...
Agri-Business
New deal gives Liffey Meats a foothold in French market
Liffey Meats has confirmed that it has taken a majority shareholding in the French meat processor Chiron Viandes. A spokesperson...
Agri-Business
China overtakes US as biggest ice cream market
China has overtaken the US as the world’s biggest ice cream market for the first time, new research from Mintel...
Beef
Under 30mth spec here to stay - Beef processors
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) welcomed what it called ‘the good progress’ made on key issues by the parties to the...
N.Ireland
Second pig farm in Northern Ireland to have output of 40,000 pigs
Plans have been submitted for a new pig farm in Northern Ireland which could see over 40,000 pigs going through...
Beef
The Cork farmer driving a beef farm in a different direction
A Co. Cork farmer has converted 3 acres of her beef farm into a driving academy which includes roundabouts and traffic...
Dairy
What is intervention and how does it work?
With milk prices throughout Europe continuing on a downward trend, there have been many calls for the intervention price to...
