Dairy Technical
Dairy advice: Preparing for first-cut silage
Although current weather conditions wouldn’t suggest it, the harvesting of first-cut silage is just over two months away for most...
Dairy Technical
Although current weather conditions wouldn’t suggest it, the harvesting of first-cut silage is just over two months away for most...
Environment
Manure could be used in a new way and become a “prospective bio-based and biodegradable material of the future”, according...
Agri-Business
The difference in fertiliser prices between here and Northern Ireland could cost farmers €250 million this year, according to analysis...
Agri-Business
An Independent TD has urged Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue to urgently investigate “the massive disparity...
Tillage Technical
Teagasc is advising that fertiliser application on winter cereals will be the priority over the coming days. There are large...
Agri-Business
Three young people have died in Spain following the collapse of a tunnel in one of the largest potash mines...
Agri-Business
Recycling and resource recovery company Enva has announced that it has commenced construction on a new fertiliser manufacturing facility. The...
Agri-Business
German chemicals company BASF has announced the closure of one ammonia production plant at its headquarters in Ludwigshafen due to...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has today (Monday, February 28) adopted a proposal on the voluntary digital labelling of EU fertilising products....
Agri-Business
Grassland Agro is confirming that retail standard urea price this week is around €850-860/t in 500kg bags on pallets, and stocks seem to...
Agri-Business
An Irish MEP has said that an investigation is needed into possible price manipulation by some fertiliser manufacturers and in...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling on merchants and co-ops to pass on significant reductions in global fertiliser prices...
Sheep News
The recently elected Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Donegal county chair, Joe Sweeney, has said that his main priorities in his new...
Agri Politics
A call for action on the fertiliser crisis in the EU has been supported by members of the European Parliament...
Agri-Business
The agricultural input price index has increased by 35.1% last year, while the output price index rose by 26.7%, according...
Agri-Business
MEP Colm Markey has stated that he is “very concerned” to hear that some fertiliser retailers may be selling product...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser giant Yara has reported strong cashflow and increased returns despite “significant raw material sourcing challenges and volatile market conditions”....
Dairy
Some co-ops and fertiliser retailers have been refusing to quote farmers a specific price for a specific volume of product...