Arable
2013 great year for global grain production
2013 was a favourable year for grain production in all the major grain-growing regions of the world, according to Teagasc....
Arable
2013 was a favourable year for grain production in all the major grain-growing regions of the world, according to Teagasc....
Environment
Adequate and accurate data collection and analysis of antibiotics use and resistance is key for the farming sector. This is according to...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture and its Northern Ireland counterpart are leading a cross-border investigation into ongoing milk smuggling. Reports as...
Dairy
The relationship between quantity and quality of grass on Irish farms and farm profit cannot be under-estimated. This is according...
Machinery
The Belgian machinery manufactures Joskin brought a new bale trailer to Agritechnica this year. Transporting bales plays an ever more...
Environment
The good news for the farming industry is that the current spell of mild weather look set to continue well...
Agri-Business
Latest indicators confirm the ongoing structural trends in rural areas across the EU. The annual report on Rural Development indicators...
Agri-Business
August began with the news that Dawn Fresh Foods was closing its plant in Fethard with the loss 104 permanent...
Agri-Business
A record-breaking 228,000 people turned out in Ratheniska for the three-day event that was the National Ploughing Championships. What a...
Agri-Business
AgriLand reported extensively from Alltech’s Global 500 conference in October. Alltech president Dr Pearse Lyons told AgriLand that Irish dairy...
Beef
Speaking last night at Slaney Foods’ animal health beef seminar, Frank O’Sullivan of Veterinary Ireland stressed the importance of removing PI...
Dairy
According to the ICMSA, two major market indicators have showed further positive moves over recent days, clearly highlighting the ongoing...
Arable
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) recently released data on the Irish grain harvest of 2013. Of note was the reduction in...
Arable
Farmers around the country are taking advantage of the unseasonably dry weather and getting lime spread. Ground conditions across regions...
Environment
“If we are serious about producing renewable energy in Ireland in a serious way. We have to be able to...
Other
Animal Health Ireland (AHI) has reached its target of 1,000 dairy herds enrolling in its voluntary Johne’s disease control pilot programme. Mike Magan, chairman of...
Agri-Business
“There is an old saying, ‘We’re defined by what we do when nobody is watching’. That’s still very true. But...
Environment
Teagasc is leading an EU-funded project GrassMargins, which aims to evaluate the suitability of marginal land for biomass production. Perennial...