Agri-Business
Does size really matter in the food supply chain?
COMMENT: What have the world’s largest food retailer, the UK’s top five food retailers, the top 20 global dairy companies and...
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Agri-Business
Brand Ireland is key, Coca Cola vice-president
“There is an old saying, ‘We’re defined by what we do when nobody is watching’. That’s still very true. But...
Environment
'Reducing carbon footprint will drive farm efficiency'
Alltech’s European bioscience centre director, Kevin Tuck, has told a grouping of farm industry leaders that the challenge of reducing...
Environment
Perennial grasses for marginal soils
Teagasc is leading an EU-funded project GrassMargins, which aims to evaluate the suitability of marginal land for biomass production. Perennial...
Dairy
Dairy quality assurance scheme, how it will work
AgriLand caught up with Bord Bia to discuss its new National Sustainable Dairy and Quality Assurance Scheme, which is set...
Agri-Business
Three domestic, one foreign buyers eye TLT International
Three domestic buyers and one foreign party have expressed an interest in buying TLT International, one of Ireland’s largest exporters,...
Agri-Business
Veterinary nurses celebrate in style
In the fourth ceremony of its type, more than 30 students received various awards in Animal Nursing and Veterinary Nursing...
Dairy
Vet highlights the significance of sub-clinical ketosis in dairy herds
Elanco veterinarian Francis Cosgrave has highlighted the importance for Irish milk producers and practising vets to recognise the very negative...
Beef
Preventing the onset of respiratory problems in housed weanlings
Bought in suckled calves are extremely prone to respiratory problems at this time of the year, brought on by the...
Rural Life
Home, this must be the place
The View from Bord Bia: The final episode of the Great Irish Bake Off aired on TV last week, achieving an...
Sheep
Nutrition, breeding, genetics key to sheep herd health
Teagasc’s winter sheep seminars kick off this week, with the first meeting taking place in Dungarven, Waterford on Wednesday at...
Rural Life
Cold weather to dominate this week
Cold weather is set to be a feature of the coming week, according to Met Eireann. Forecasters say showers will...
Arable
Winter oilseed rape management
The View from Teagasc: Crops are very well established this year as many crops are knee high with full ground cover. Where...
Agri-Business
ABP charity gala ball raises €47,000 for kidney research
More than 600 people attended and supported a charity gala ball at the Armagh City Hotel on Friday 15 November,...
Dairy
Ireland .9% over quota as minister reminds of super levy risk
The total volume of milk supplies up to the end of October 2013, taking into account the relevant butterfat adjustment, leave...
Dairy
Think smart when it comes to feed
It is key farmers understand the requirements for their animal, understand their feed source and quantify that feed source during...
Agri-Business
Forty years of farming in the EU
The View from Teagasc: When Ireland joined the EU so started Teagasc’s longest running research project – the National Farm...
Agri-Business
Cream of the crop sparkle at food awards
The cream of the crop of the Irish food and drink industry attended the sparkling Bord Bia awards in the historic setting...
