Beef
Reseeding this year?
“Plant breeders are continually striving to produce improved grass varieties while weeds and weed grasses are continually invading existing swards....
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Value of NI food and drink processing sector increases by 5.3%
The value of sales in Northern Ireland’s food and drink sector increased by 5.3% from £4,020 million in 2011 to...
Beef
Stagnation in French economy impacts on beef market
The French beef market so far in 2014 has been under considerable pressure from lower consumer demand, as the French...
Machinery
New Holland Roll-Belt variable chamber round baler gets upgrade
Over the past 40 years, New Holland has produced over 235,000 roll belt balers, and in celebration of this...
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
Minister says no evidence of price fixing in the beef industry
There is no evidence of price fixing in the beef industry, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon...
Arable
Improving soil fertility is a long-term process
Getting the soil balance right was the key theme addressed by Teagasc’s Mark Plunkett at the recent Alltech Crop Science...
Dairy
Farming for profit? Profit for loss?
Agriland recently reported on a Teagasc Dairy Expansion seminar where it was stated that ‘If you’re not farming for profit,...
Dairy
Butterfat deal is only part of the quota challenge
ICOS Dairy Policy Executive T J Flanagan has told Agriland that today’s decision in Brussels to either grant – or...
Agri-Business
Nutricia sees profits fall by 97% in wake of Fonterra contamination scare
Nutricia, the New Zealand specialist infant-formula company, saw its profits drop by 97% last year. The figures come after the...
Agri-Business
Slurry gas is lethal – just one breath can kill
In the wake of recent farm tragedies numerous organisations involved in Irish agriculture have appealed to farmers to take all...
Beef
Live cattle exports up 17%
Figures from Bord Bia show that live exports of cattle from Ireland are up some 17% since the start of...
Beef
Live trade to UK is open for business - Minister
Live trade of cattle to the UK is open for business, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, and...
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...
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...
Beef
Beef trade unchanged
The beef trade continues to remain similar to previous weeks as strong supplies continues to influence the trade. This is...
Agri-Business
Meat factories categorically deny they are subverting free trade
Meat Industry Ireland Director Cormac Healy has denied categorically that Irish red meat processors are acting to subvert the free...
Dairy
Oppoisition to milk quota 'soft landing' at Council meeting
A ‘soft landing‘ in regard to the end of milk quotas in the EU was discussed again at European Council...
