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New Zealand’s tillage, horticulture and vegetable sectors have embarked on a seven-year programme, which…
The organic arable sector in Ireland has much more scope than is currently being explored. That’s the perspective of north Cork farmer Thomas Fouhy,…
Ireland’s seed potato sector looks set to get a Brexit shot in the arm. This was one of the key messages delivered courtesy…
The €10 million straw chopping scheme set out for tillage farmers needs to be workable – but represents a welcome support for a…
Teagasc will play host to a major Europe-wide event on agricultural extension and education later this year. The European Seminar on Extension and…
The Ulster Farmers’ Union has called for a department-led pilot on protein crop payments to be extended to a second year. The pilot scheme,…
According to the Head of Teagasc’s Crops Knowledge Transfer Department, Michael Hennessy, tillage farmers would be keen to deliver a significant increase in…
Researchers from Trinity College Dublin and the University of Limerick are among a European consortium that has secured over €7 million to promote…
€221 million in horticulture and cereals was exported last year according to the latest report from Bord Bia. This was despite a slight…
The Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board (AHDB) has issued a ‘yellow rust watch list’ to help flag UK winter wheat varieties most likely…
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Grain Committee chairman Mark Browne has welcomed the Boortmalt forward fixed price offer of €200/t for the 2021 malting…
Not getting the maincrop harvest completed until the days directly before Christmas has added considerably to the production costs incurred during 2020 by…
Minister of state Pippa Hackett has said it is “wonderful to see young people, particularly girls, involved in STEM”, as she congratulates the…
The chairman of Stormont’s Committee on Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs, Declan McAleer MLA, has cautioned against the public commitment from the UK…
With tighter EU regulations coming down the track and a growing global population, the pressure is on farmers to ensure that they can…
The Argentinian agricultural ministry has announced that it will lift the ban on corn exports which was announced in December and introduce a…
Compound feed prices are set to increase by as much as €15 per tonne over the coming days, grain trade sources have revealed…
Major Northern Ireland arable conference, the Agronomy and Business Management Conference for Arable Growers, is set to go digital for 2021. This online event,…
