Agri-Business
Glanbia's revenue tops €3.3bn
Glanbia, the global performance nutrition and ingredients group, has reported increased revenues and earnings for 2013. Its reported earnings for...
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Beef
English suckler herd declining, as dairy numbers rise
Similar to the situation in Ireland, the English suckler herd is also declining significantly, as the dairy herd sees growth....
Arable
Ireland's energy crops at a cross-roads
Achieving success in growing energy crops on Irish farms is at a cross-roads. While the significant potential for expansion exists,...
Sheep
Meath teens develop sheep collar monitor to combat attacks
A sheep collar in-built pulse monitor, which sends a VHF signal to a GSM receiver that texts a farmer when...
Agri-Business
Improving trade in processed agricultural goods
The European Commission welcomes today’s European Parliament vote on its proposal to update the trade regime for processed agricultural products (PAPs)....
Agri-Business
New rural all-Ireland artisan producer network
A new rural artisan producers network for the island of Ireland was launched this morning. Teagasc, together with the...
Beef
Snapshot of the mart trade
Snapshot of the mart trade Castlerea Castlerea reported 650 cattle on offer at its latest sale. It says there was...
Arable
Precision herbicide moves toward commercialisation
Precision farming technology that will allow reduced herbicide use by accurately identifying and spot-spraying weeds, developed from research funded by...
Environment
Fodder warning still in place
The improvement in weather and ground conditions has been welcomed by Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, but he also warned...
Environment
Ireland's forestry to be evaluated
Ireland’s forestry programme for 2014-2020 is to be evaluated. The Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the...
Beef
FFA to host All-Ireland stakeholder crisis meeting
Farmers for Action (FFA) has invited representatives from every agri stakeholder group on the island of Ireland – plus the...
Dairy
EU wholesale dairy markets - steady as she goes last month
DairyCo is confirming that most EU wholesale dairy markets stayed stable in February with the exception of butter which saw...
Agri-Business
An Tasice calls for development of National Energy Strategy
In the wake of the announcement last week by the Minister for Energy, Communication and Natural Resources, Pat Rabbitte TD, that plans to...
Beef
Meat trade remains flat
In their most recent market update Bord Bia have noted that the cattle trade eased slightly throughout last week in...
Dairy
New €5 million milk powder plant officially opened
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney T.D. has today opened a new €5 million milk powder...
Environment
Key regulations when transferring slurry between farms
With the weather up to recently making slurry spreading near impossible, many farmers who had slurry tanks at full capacity...
Arable
Crops looking well in the South East
Teagasc tillage advisor Martin Bourke has confirmed to AgriLand that winter cereal crops in the Wexford are showing tremendous promise....
Machinery
Discover AGCO draws a 7,000 strong crowd
More than 7,250 farmers, contractors and guests travelled to the Discover AGCO show at the National Exhibition Centre (NEC) Birmingham,...
