Agri-Business
Hay and straw in good demand as farmers house stock - Straw makes €8-15/bale
Many farmers are housing stock around the country which has increased the demand for both hay and straw. Prices of...
Latest Stories
World News
Video: Ever wondered what it's like to farm in Australia?
Ever wondered what it’s like to farm across Australia? This video can give you an idea of what it’s like....
Sheep
Warning Graphic Pics: Dog attack on pedigree sheep flock costs farmer €3,500
A dog attack on a Co. Carlow pedigree sheep flock has resulted in over €3,500 worth of damage, with six...
Pig/Poultry
'Highly pathogenic' case of bird flu confirmed in France
A case of avian influenza also known as bird flu has been confirmed in Dordogne, France following an abnormal death, according...
Beef
Beef kill back 76,576 head - Weekly throughput above 32,000
The cumulative beef kill at beef processors last week was back 5% on the corresponding period last year, figures from...
World News
Fonterra aiming to be the number one player in the Chinese dairy market
Fonterra aims to become the number one dairy player in the Chinese market, according to its CEO, Theo Spierings. Speaking...
World News
Bluetongue spreads to two other EU countries
There have been further outbreaks of Bluetongue in France and the disease has spread to Slovenia and Austria, according to...
Rural Life
'There's farmers out there sleeping with a shotgun beside the bed'
The rural community are easy targets and there’s a lot of very agitated farmers out there sleeping with a shotgun...
Rural Life
Embrace FARM to set up Cork support network
Embrace FARM is to establish a bereavement support network for farm families in Co. Cork. According to the network, the...
World News
'The US beef herd is undergoing aggressive expansion'
The US beef herd is undergoing aggressive expansion and this has finally resulted in the halt in the decline of...
Dairy
Only 22 and plans to be milking 275 cows in Co. Galway
At only 22 years of age and less than two years into his dairy farming career Aurivo supplier, Kevin Moran...
Dairy
China's infant formula demand to increase by 10% - Rabobank
Demand for infant milk formula in China is expected to increase by 10%, after China relaxed its one-child policy; allowing...
N.Ireland
Popularity of Angus and Hereford sires rise in Northern dairy herds - LMC
There was over 80,000 beef sired calves registered in Northern Ireland from dairy dams during the first 10 months of...
N.Ireland
Popularity of Angus and Hereford sires rise in Northern dairy herds – LMC
There was over 80,000 beef sired calves registered in Northern Ireland from dairy dams during the first 10 months of...
Machinery
Vintage Ferguson machinery collection sells for over €700,000
The world’s most complete collection of Ferguson machinery went under the hammer on November 14 in the UK and sold for...
Beef
Ulster Farmers Union critical of UK cattle price difference
The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) has accused the Northern Ireland Meat Exporters (NIMEA) of misleading farmers on the reasons for...
EU
Countries have stopped offering product to intervention
No country offered skimmed milk powder (SMP) into intervention for the week ending November 15, 2015, figures from the Milk...
Agri-Business
Fonterra to sell its 50% stake in US joint venture
Fonterra is to sell its 50% interest in Dairiconcepts, the co-ops US joint venture with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA)....
