Agri-Business
Reduced sales of livestock products for Zoetis in Europe
Sales of livestock products decreased 6% operationally for Zoetis in Europe, Africa and the Middle East, according to the latest...
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Agri-Business
Questions raised over compatibility of UK milk and Irish quality assurance schemes
The Deputy President of ICMSA has questioned the compatibility of milk imports and the Dairy Quality Assurance (DQA) scheme. Pat...
Agri-Business
Has spring finally arrived?
Although the weather forecast for the next few days isn’t that good, most farmers will agree that the spring of...
Environment
Terms of reference for EirGrid review published
The panel asked to examine the EirGrid Grid West and Grid Link projects has concluded its deliberations and has now finalised...
Agri-Business
Glenisk heads up agri-food finalists for Entrepreneur of the Year
Yogurt-maker Glenisk heads up the agri-food companies of the 24 finalists finalists for the EY Entrepreneur Of The Year 2014...
Agri-Business
Extended opening hours to return Single Farm Payment applications
Farmers are being reminded that they have 10 days to return their Single Farm Payment application forms to the Department...
Beef
Cattle out, bales in at Greenmount!
By Dr Norman Weatherup, Senior Grassland Technologist, CAFRE, Greenmount The damp and generally mild conditions over winter permitted considerable grass...
Beef
Changes to price structure at some NI beef plants
Some of the major processors in Northern Ireland have now indicated that they will be making changes to the pricing...
Agri-Business
Brazil cow tests positive for BSE
The suspected case of BSE in a 12-year-old cow in Brazil has tested positive. According to the World Organisation for...
Sheep
Sheep trade eases as supplies recover
The sheep trade eased in the past week with a further recovery in supply and a decrease in price. This...
Arable
Kale – valuable alternative to conventional winter feeding
Feeding forage kale to weanlings is an alternative forage source to conventional feeding systems of rearing replacement dairy heifers where...
Dairy
Measuring May performance on dairy farms
In the latest management notes from the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) dairy advisor Michael Garvey examined May performance...
Agri-Business
News round up
This week there was good news for Irish Dairy processors as every company that applied for approval to export dairy...
Agri-Business
'Dairy farmers need to play the long game with milk quota changes'
The removal of milk quotas provides significant opportunity, but only for those farmers that are well prepared. This is according...
Agri-Business
Arla appoints new head of UK dairy business
Arla Foods recently announced the appointment of Peter Gioertz-Carlsen as the new executive vice president for Arla UK, replacing Peter...
Agri-Business
€23 million EU support to promote agricultural products
The European Commission has approved 20 programmes to promote agricultural products in the European Union and in third countries. The...
Environment
Research facility fined for foot-and-mouth experiment failings
A world-renowned animal disease research facility in Surrey has been fined for shortcomings in the management of safety during experiments...
Environment
France ban daytime spraying to protect bees
Pesticide spraying by farmers during daylight hours is to be banned in France to protect bees. The plans were unveiled...
