Opinion
Reward for delivering in-spec cattle is abundantly obvious
The mystery of how British prime cattle prices rose by 4p-5p last week (w/e September 6) despite a 12% increase...
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Agri-Business
Global food prices falling but meat prices continue to rise
While the latest food price index from the UN Food & Agriculture Organisation for August fell for the fifth consecutive...
Beef
Tired of the beef sector? Could contract heifer rearing work for you?
As we are facing into a new era post quota abolition Teagasc says contract rearing will become more widely practised...
Dairy
Netherlands dairy herd up 6% in 2 years
The May 2014 census results for the Netherlands indicate that total cattle numbers were up 2%, compared with a year...
Beef
Impact of beef crisis in Northern Ireland highlighted
Ulster Farmers’ Union President Ian Marshall led a delegation of UFU representatives this week to meet with the NI Assembly...
Beef
Impact of beef crisis in Northern Ireland highlighted
Ulster Farmers’ Union President Ian Marshall led a delegation of UFU representatives this week to meet with the NI Assembly...
Agri-Business
Agri research budgets should be doubled
One of the World Bank’s leading agri strategists has highlighted the absolute imperative for international agriculture to tear up its...
Agri-Business
Glanbia set to buy US sports nutrition business for $150m
Glanbia plc has announced that it has agreed to acquire US business The Isopure Company for US$153 million. Isopure is...
Machinery
Claas says 1 in every 2 self-propelled harvesters sold is a Jaguar
With a total of 10 models and a wide number of variants within the two Jaguar 900 and 800 models,...
Dairy
Only 1 in 10 soil samples have the optimum nutrient balance
Teagasc’s soils database shows that only one in 10 grassland soil samples analysed from 2007 to 2013 have the optimum...
EU
Hogan appoints Limerick man as Head of Cabinet
Commissioner-Designate for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has announced this morning that he is to appointment Limerick man Peter...
Agri-Business
Fears trade deal could start a race to the bottom
Concern is mounting that the TTIP deal with the US could have a negative impact on European food and farming standards...
EU
TTIP – a win: lose scenario for agri food in the EU
There is now strong evidence to show that the proposed trade deal between the EU and the US – the...
Environment
Shortage of land will inhibit vast forestry potential
A critical shortage of available land may inhibit the expansion of the Irish forestry sector, the General Manager of one...
EU
Taoiseach has no doubt Hogan is equal Agriculture Commissioner task
In nominating Phil Hogan to the European Commission, the Taoiseach asked President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker to give him a role that...
EU
A quiet word of warning to our MEPs
So Big Phil has got the big job as Farm Commissioner, subject to his little chat with members of the...
EU
Hogan told of his priorities
Courtesy of his letter confirming Phil Hogan’s nomination as Europe’s new Farm Commissioner, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has told...
Beef
Counting farm residencies
Meeting factory specifications at point of slaughter has become increasingly important in recent times with penalties on out of spec...
