Dairy
Prices rise 2.4% at Fonterra Global Dairy Trade auction
Fonterra’s Global Dairy Trade for dairy products saw prices rise by 2.4% in the latest auction, which took place today....
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Beef
Mince the only beef product not to rise in price in the UK in 2014
Mince was the only beef product in the UK not to record an increase in price this year, according to...
EU
Farming workers' incomes down across the EU
Farming incomes per worker in the EU decreased by 1.7% in 2014 according to first estimates issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of...
Agri-Business
Glanbia invests €7.8m in new plant to double production
Glanbia has officially opened its newly-built milk protein facility on the existing GII site in Virginia, Co. Cavan. It was...
Beef
Finished cattle in Northern Ireland make €170 more than southern
A gap of €170 per head exists between equivalent cattle prices in Northern Ireland and the Republic, according to latest figures from...
Dairy
Beflast's Winter Fair to move to the Maze
The Royal Ulster Winter Fair is set to move to the Maze, on the outskirts of Lisburn, according to Royal Ulster Agricultural...
Dairy
Clean sweep for southern dairy breeders at Winter Fair
All of the main competition prizes at the recent Royal Ulster Winter Dairy Fair headed south on the back of...
Dairy
Hedging tools to be developed to counter dairy volatility
The dairy sector will develop hedging tools, designed to reduce the impact of volatility within the entire length of the...
Machinery
Feed efficiency at the heart of new Keenan InTouch AgriTech service
At its launch recently in Kilkenny, Keenan highlighted that feed efficiency is at the heart of its new InTouch AgriTech technology....
Rural Life
Christmas gifts ideas for every farmer
Stuck for last minute gift ideas this Christmas for the farmer in your life? Or, perhaps, you haven’t even started...
Beef
Prevention better than cure for animal diseases, says MSD
Farmers at the Winter Fair were reminded by MSD animal health that prevention is better than cure when it comes...
Beef
Prevention better than cure for animal diseases, says MSD
Farmers at the Winter Fair were reminded by MSD animal health that prevention is better than cure when it comes...
Agri-Business
Goodman group to sponsor farm safety initiative
The Larry Goodman ABP Food Group is to sponsor a farm safety exhibition at next year’s BT Young Scientist Exhibition....
Agri-Business
Glanbia appoints Patten HR and Corporate Affairs Director
Glanbia plc has announced the appointment of Michael Patten to a new combined role of Group Human Resources & Corporate...
Rural Life
What farmer doesn't want new wellies for Christmas?
What’s a more ideal present to give a farmer than a pair of wellies? Here are a few choices we...
EU
First Rural Development plans approved by EU
The European Commission has today approved the first three of 118 Rural Development Programmes. EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner...
World News
2014 set to be record year for world cereal production
World cereal production will be at record levels this year, according to the latest indications, with production to reach an...
Agri-Business
EU consumers to benefit from better food labelling this week
New EU food labelling rules, adopted by the European Parliament and the Council in 2011, are set to ensure that consumers...
