Arable
New international collaboration to protect the world's crops
Experts from the UK and India are working together to identify and develop novel environmentally-sustainable strategies to control plant pests,...
Latest Stories
Beef
Video: Weighing up improved gross margin with scales
Investing in a weighing scales was key to improving gross margin for Sligo beef farmer Trevor Boland. The part-time farmer...
Arable
Wholecrop ready to harvest
Michael Garvey, CAFRE dairy specialist is advising farmers to walk their wholecrops to assess readiness for cutting by stripping the...
Beef
EU beef prices to stabilise, Rabobank reports
EU beef prices are expected to stabilise in the short-term, according to the latest Rabobank report, Beef Quarterly Q2 2014....
EU
Draft RDP plan includes €395m for On Farm Capital Investment
Included in the final detail of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP), 2014-2020, announced today by the Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Agri-Business
€4 billion rural development fund outlined
The Minster for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney has outlined the Rural Development Programme (RDP) for 2014-2020, with...
Beef
UK beef plants agree longer lead-in periods on carcass specification changes
The UK’s meat processors have given a commitment to give more lead-in warning time when changing carcass specification in the...
Beef
Livestock Event, Day 1 in Photos
Today was the first day of the two day Livestock Event in the NEC in Birmingham. The event, which is...
Arable
€250/ha available for growing protein crops under new measures
Some €250/ha will be available to tillage farmers to grow protein crops, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Opinion
‘It’s safe - just eat it’ attitude won’t win the pro-GMO lobby any support
I read a opinion piece recently lambasting the European attitude to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) and the ignorance about science....
Arable
Costs and younger people see potato sales decline
Market research commissioned by potato packer Wilson’s Country has confirmed that the tonnages of fresh potatoes sold on the Irish...
N.Ireland
CAP agreement for Northern Ireland – a deal well done!
Northern Ireland Farm Minister Michelle O’Neill has kept to her word and delivered a CAP deal for Northern Ireland that...
N.Ireland
CAP agreement for Northern Ireland – a deal well done!
Northern Ireland Farm Minister Michelle O’Neill has kept to her word and delivered a CAP deal for Northern Ireland that...
Beef
VIDEO:Key technologies for profitable suckler beef production
Paul Crossan outlined at beef 2014 what the key technologies are that underpin profitable suckler beef production. He stressed there...
Beef
Minister says no evidence of price fixing in the beef industry
There is no evidence of price fixing in the beef industry, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon...
Agri-Business
Tayto Park among top 10 tourist attractions
Tayto Park is the 6th most popular tourist attraction in Ireland, according to Fáilte Ireland. The Co. Meath theme park...
EU
EU asks WTO to rule on Russian pork import restrictions
The EU has requested the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to rule over a dispute concerning the Russian ban on imports...
Dairy
Earn 1c/L more by improving mastitis control
You could be earning at least 1c/L more by improving mastitis control in your herd, according to Animal Health Ireland...
