Dairy
Giving calves the best possible start
UK veterinarian Roger Blowey has told a group of farmers in Ballymena that newborn calves must receive high-quality colostrum, fed...
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Environment
'1,000 farm families keen for Midland wind farms'
An outline of Element Power‘s Greenwire project to develop 40 wind farms on 20,000 hectares of lands in the Midlands...
Dairy
Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota warning from Lakeland Dairies
Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota are now inevitable for suppliers to Lakeland Dairies. This is according to the...
Dairy
‘Chinese whispers’ – the phrase of the day for Ireland’s dairy sector
The rumour mill is rife that a delegation from one of China’s largest food companies has recently visited – or...
Environment
Haulage of fodder to be exempt in new height limits
UPDATE: The drafting of exemptions is under way for the haulage of agricultural fodder in Ireland’s height limits regulations brought...
Dairy
Ever-growing demand for Irish dairy breeding stock in the UK
Cork-based Grasstec is confirming a significant growth in demand for Irish bred dairy cows and heifers from its fast-evolving farmer-client...
Agri-Business
Opportunity knocks but once
The opportunities for Ireland’s agricultural sector, dairy in particular, are endless but there are challenges and influencing factors on the road ahead...
Agri-Business
O’Neill comes under pressure to reveal her CAP Reform plans
The North’s Agriculture Committee Chairman Paul Frew has told AgriLand that Farm Minister Michelle O’Neill must come out with her...
Beef
Snapshot of the mart trade
There was a mixed trade in marts throughout the country this week, with the terrible weather all over last week...
Dairy
Strengthening cheese market in the UK
The latest DairyCo figures confirm that those Irish companies exporting cheese on to the UK market have backed a winner,...
Sheep
Farmers see sheep equal milk for margins
More than 1,000 producers came to look, learn and listen, question and query, when Ulster Grassland Society President John Martin...
Agri-Business
Banking on agriculture
The agri-business sector has been a consistent mainstay of the Irish economy for generations. However, today, given that almost a quarter...
Dairy
Farmers urged to take stock of milk supply as quota position improves
The total volume of milk supplies up to the end of January 2014, taking into account the relevant butterfat adjustment,...
Environment
Calls for EU flood relief funding as many dairy farmers still without electricity
The ICMSA is calling on the Government to apply for additional flood relief funding from the EU following last week’s...
World News
More tests for horsemeat in food under way
More DNA tests for beef across Europe are under way following last year’s investigations which revealed some 4.6 per cent...
Dairy
Getting herd feed demand right in the spring rotation
Spring grazing must strike a balance between feeding the herd well and setting up the sward for the next rotation. This...
Beef
Suckler herd in decline, what action is the Government taking?
Recent data from the Department of Agriculture’s Animal Identification and Movement database for 2013 confirmed that the suckler herd is...
Beef
Fury at ‘residency’ penalties on Northern cattle
Hampton Hewitt, owner of Markethill Livestock Mart in Co Armagh, has indicated to AgriLand that the decision taken by the...
