Dairy
Irish milk supply to continue increasing this year and into the future
The Irish milk supply increased by 13% in 2015, according to figures from the industry and it is predicted to...
Dairy
The Irish milk supply increased by 13% in 2015, according to figures from the industry and it is predicted to...
N.Ireland
The Ulster Farmers’s Union (UFU) has called on the European Commission to re-register glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide...
Sheep
European sheep supplies are likely to remain tight in 2016, as the French ewe flock has declined by 2% in...
Agri-Business
Ireland is to receive €1.3m in the latest funding round from the EU’s school Fruit and Vegetables Scheme, the European...
Beef
The IFA’s National Chairman, Jer Bergin, has called on the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney to reject outright the draft offer...
Agri Politics
Brexit would have a significant negative impact on UK farm incomes, a new report commissioned by the National Farmers’ Union...
Tillage
As debate rages in Europe of the future of the commonly used herbicide ‘glyphosate’, Agricultural Science Association President, Neil Keane has...
Dairy
The volumes of milk powder offered to intervention since the start of the year have reached the EU’s limit of 109,000t....
Beef
‘Deep alarm’ has been expressed at progress on a Mercosur trade deal between the EU and South America, which includes proposals...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has adopted a €30m programme which will see it provide 350,000 Syrian children with drinking milk. This...
Dairy
One year ago today, the milk quota regime finally came to an end in Ireland and in EU Member States. 30...
Dairy
Ireland started putting Skimmed Milk Powder back into public intervention this week after it offered 608t to the measure, figures...
Pig/Poultry
Pigmeat consumption is on the rise in the European Union, with the average person consuming 40.9kg of pigmeat in 2015,...
Dairy
EU milk production increased 5.6% in January 2016 compared to the corresponding period in 2015, the latest figures from the...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has adopted a proposal on the application of the financial discipline mechanism for the CAP budget for...
Dairy
Last week, French Agriculture Minister Stéphane Le Foll gathered the key players in the French dairy sector together to consider how to...
Pig/Poultry
Some 37% of Irish pork goes to third country markets (outside of the EU), according to Stephen Howarth, Market Specialist Manager with...
Agri Politics
Environment Committee MEPs have said that the European Commission should not renew glyphosate’s authorisation. They have said that it should...