Dairy
Rain arrives in the nick of time for dry farms
The warm weather continues and the much needed rain has come on time. On dry farms, the challenge has been...
Latest Stories
Arable
Improving energy from oilseed rape straw
Researchers at the Institute of Food Research in the UK are looking at how to turn straw from oilseed rape...
Opinion
Some dairy losses are really hard to take
I called in with a very good friend of mine a few days ago, only to find him driving his...
Other
Dunbia ranks among UK's top 100 companies
Increased sales and continued expansion has seen Dungannon based meat processor, Dunbia secure its place in the Sunday Times Top...
Dairy
New study finds Moomonitor is best in class
New research, undertaken at Kansas State University, has found that scanning by ultrasonography confirmed that 88.6% of cows identified by...
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,...
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...