Machinery
'If contractors paid €9/hour they'd have no problem getting workers'
Following a huge reaction to a recent Agriland article in relation to contractors’ difficulties securing staff for the busy summer season...
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Dairy
Tesco to cut its UK milk price by over 1p/L
Tesco is cutting the price it will pay its farmers in the UK, by 1.08p/L, from May 1. Some 600...
Dairy
Video: EU not going to be flooded with milk post quota - Hogan
The European Union will not be flooded with milk post quota despite the intentions of some Member States to increase...
Dairy
Top dairy farmers make well in excess of €3,000/ha net profit
The top 10% of spring and winter milk producers generated a net profit of €3,255 and €3,422/ha respectively in 2014,...
Balmoral Show
Balmoral Show to grow 10% this year
Balmoral Show will record a 10% year-on-year growth, according to Royal Ulster Agricultural Society Chief Executive Colin McDonald. “This figure...
Beef
IFA says beef prices are rising with factories paying 5-10c over quotes
Tighter cattle numbers available to meat processors has seen beef prices rise this week, according to the IFA. It says...
Sheep
Traffic jams of a different kind as sheep completely block the road
This makes a change from the traffic situation in the morning. How many sheep can you count? Thousands of sheep block...
Dairy
China continues to look west for milk powder
Chinese dairy companies are increasingly looking westwards in search of milk powder supplies to match increasing domestic demand, according to...
Dairy
Arla UK to increase its April milk price
Arla Foods is raising its on-account price from March 30 by 1.5c/L, the company has said. It says that Sterling...
Dairy
United Dairy Farmers to pay a winter milk bonus
United Dairy Farmers’ members in Northern Ireland will receive a winter milk bonus later this year, according to the co-operative’s...
EU
CAP greening penalties to be relaxed for two years
Potential penalties incurred by farmers under the new CAP greening regulations are to be relaxed for the first two years, according...
Dairy
Milk quotas to end within days, but why were they introduced?
With the end of the EU milk quota system less than seven days away we look back at why they...
Dairy
Smart milk sampling designed to reduce mastitis costs
Udder health is important for cow health and good milk production and the use of Somatic Cell Count (SCC) has...
N.Ireland
UFU discusses Greening difficulties with DARD
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has met with Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) officials to discuss the difficulties associated with...
Dairy
Fonterra announces results below farmers' expectations, warns of commodity volatility
Fonterra has announced its half year results, including forecasting a farm gate milk price of NZ$4.70/kg MS. It is also...
Agri-Business
Dunbia to create over 200 jobs in Northern Ireland
Dunbia is set to create 209 new jobs in at its facility in Dungannon. The announcement was made today by Enterprise,...
Beef
Chinese delegation visit Dawn Meats plant as part of Marketplace 2015
A Chinese delegation has visited Dawn Meats’ Carroll’s Cross plant in Co. Waterford to tour the facility and learn more about the Irish...
Arable
EU forecasts grain yields to decrease from 2014
A new report by the European Commission has predicted that EU grain yields will decrease this year despite the mild winter...
