Agri-Business
Agri-food sector awareness of nanotechnology low, study
The awareness of the uses of nanotechnology in the agri-food sector was found to be low in a recent study...
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Environment
High hopes for a GLAS top-up organic farming payment
Ireland’s new Green Low-Carbon Agri-environment Scheme (GLAS) payment must include organic farming as a core element and, in particular, organic...
Agri-Business
'Budget vital to combat milk, feed and fertiliser risks'
The expansion process at farm level will put a significant strain on scarce cash resources, cautioned Laurence Shalloo, of Teagasc...
World News
MEPs call for production chain measures to combat food fraud
The View from Europe: MEPs this week called for a review of food production chains, step up checks and revise...
Agri-Business
Cork man dies on farm
Gardai and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) are investigating the death of a 26-year-old man who died in a...
Agri-Business
World food prices in 2013 third highest on record
For the year just gone by the 2013 the World food Price Index averaged 209.9 points, the third highest annual value on...
Environment
New environmental scheme must benefit all - ACA
“The big worry is that the environmental scheme will be just limited to the western seaboard.” This is accoridng to...
Dairy
People management key for farm expansion
UK farmer Ed Dale spoke at today’s Positive Farming conference on the importance of people management for farm enterprises in...
Beef
High throughput in factories, despite young bull issues
Throughput in slaughter plants was up again last week on the same period last year. Supplies of steers, heifers, and...
Machinery
McHale Plant Sales targets growth across the board
Zetor, Merlo and Komatsu distributor McHale Plant Sales of Birdhill, Tipperary, is targeting growth in all departments during the coming year....
Environment
Land drainage key for grass growth
Land drainage is seen as one of the most important components for achievement of Food Harvest 2020 goals. This is...
Agri-Business
Farming in partnership, the view from Cork
Cork-based farmer David Jennings spoke on his own experience of farming in partnership at today’s Positive Farming conference in Clonmel,...
World News
Another food scare for Fonterra
Fonterra Brands NZ is conducting a voluntary recall of 300ml and 500ml bottles of Anchor and Pams fresh cream with...
Dairy
Glanbia creates €5m manufacturing milk price stability fund
Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Limited (GIIL), one of Ireland’s leading dairy ingredients companies, has this week agreed a package of measures...
Dairy
'Milk price outlook, the unforeseen risk of the US'
“The huge increase in supplies of natural gas and oil in the US and Canada will probably pose a strong...
Agri-Business
GIIL investment – jewel in Enterprise Ireland’s agri-food crown for 2013
The commitment by Glanbia Ingredients Ireland Ltd (GIIL) to establish a state of the art processing facility at Belview, on...
Dairy
Body condition scoring key, latest advice from Moorepark
Now is the time to start managing the body condition score (BCS) of cows to ensure optimal body condition score...
Rural Life
BBC TV presenter James Wong to talk plants at UCC
Popular BBC TV science presenter and botanist James Wong is to deliver a free, public talk at University College Cork...
