Arable
Precision herbicide moves toward commercialisation
Precision farming technology that will allow reduced herbicide use by accurately identifying and spot-spraying weeds, developed from research funded by...
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Environment
Fodder warning still in place
The improvement in weather and ground conditions has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, but he also warned...
Environment
Ireland's forestry to be evaluated
Ireland’s forestry programme for 2014-2020 is to be evaluated. The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef
FFA to host All-Ireland stakeholder crisis meeting
Farmers for Action (FFA) has invited representatives from every agri stakeholder group on the island of Ireland – plus the...
Dairy
EU wholesale dairy markets - steady as she goes last month
DairyCo is confirming that most EU wholesale dairy markets stayed stable in February with the exception of butter which saw...
Agri-Business
An Tasice calls for development of National Energy Strategy
In the wake of the announcement last week by the Minister for Energy, Communication and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte TD, that plans to...
Beef
Meat trade remains flat
In their most recent market update Bord Bia have noted that the cattle trade eased slightly throughout last week in...
Dairy
New €5 million milk powder plant officially opened
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. has today opened a new €5 million milk powder...
Environment
Key regulations when transferring slurry between farms
With the weather up to recently making slurry spreading near impossible, many farmers who had slurry tanks at full capacity...
Arable
Crops looking well in the South East
Teagasc tillage advisor Martin Bourke has confirmed to AgriLand that winter cereal crops in the Wexford are showing tremendous promise....
Machinery
Discover AGCO draws a 7,000 strong crowd
More than 7,250 farmers, contractors and guests travelled to the Discover AGCO show at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham,...
Machinery
John Deere to feature new balers and mower at Grass & Muck event
A new John Deere 800 Series mower-conditioner, plus three new 400 Series fixed chamber round balers, including a wrapping baler...
Agri-Business
EU projecting strong short term growth for agriculture
This week has seen the EU Commission go on the record, regarding the prospects for farming over the coming months...
Dairy
Retail milk war starts to heat up in the UK
According to DairyCo, three of the UK’s major food retailers have cut their retail milk prices. Tesco was the first...
Arable
New season potato planting to get underway next week
With the expectation of high pressure building and soils drying out, there is every prospect of early potato growers getting...
Beef
NIMEA responds on cattle residency issue
The Northern Ireland Meat Exporters Association (NIMEA) has responded to the mounting anxiety expressed over recent days by farmers and...
Agri-Business
Origin raises full year targets
Although revenue at Origin Enterprises was down in the first six months of the year, the group have increased its...
Dairy
Prices fall at Fonterra auction
The most recent Fonterra dairy products auction, held on Tuesday of this week, showed a 4.0% decrease in the overall auction...
