Agri-Business
Kilkenny Mart director secures 'prestigious' Plunkett Award
Former chairman and current director of Kilkenny Co-operative Mart and former director of Glanbia Co-operative, Michael Parsons, has been awarded the...
Agri-Business
Former chairman and current director of Kilkenny Co-operative Mart and former director of Glanbia Co-operative, Michael Parsons, has been awarded the...
Agri-Business
A new study has been granted funding to investigate young farmers’ attitudes to co-operatives, co-op shareholding, co-op boards and possible...
Agri-Business
While the alleviation and reversal of climate change is critically important – and all sectors must play their part –...
Agri-Business
“Decisive progress” and the draft deal reached between the EU and UK negotiators on Brexit have been welcomed by the Irish...
Environment
It has been stressed that farmers need to “build resilience” into their farming systems if extreme weather events are to...
Agri-Business
The importance of efficient risk management in Irish co-operatives was underlined at the 42nd Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) National...
Agri-Business
Glanbia’s recent launch of its Truly Grass Fed (TGF) brand in the US has led to disagreement between the Irish company...
Beef
The proposed directive on unfair trading practices (UTPs) needs to be extended to cover the practices used by meat processors...
Sheep
The introduction of new measures for sheep electronic identification (EID) tagging has sparked an angry reaction from the Irish marts...
Grass
Given the extent of the fodder deficit in Ireland, it is vitally important that European fodder is secured while it is...
Agri-Business
A combined suckler and dairy farmer from Kilrush, Co. Clare, has been elected chairman of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society’s (ICOS’s) National...
Dairy
Teagasc – in association with the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) – has organised a conference to identify solutions and...
Agri Politics
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has elected Michael Spellman as its new president, following a meeting of the board...
Agri-Business
A group of 16 Glanbia branch staff have successfully completed a newly-established ‘Management Development Programme’. This course was designed especially...
Beef
Farm-to-farm sales of calves under 10 days of age should be prohibited, according to the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS). Under...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission today published a draft legislative proposal for the EU’s seven-year multiannual budget (2021-2027). It proposes an overall...
Agri-Business
Mart-goers have been urged to embrace and support the safety measures being implemented on an ongoing basis in marts across...
Beef
Limited mart yard access is “the new reality“, according to the Irish Co-Operative Organisation Society’s (ICOS’s) livestock services executive, Ray Doyle....