AgriLand’s top stories this week

All things Japan: Ireland set to blossom in Japan
All things innovation: Farm waste pilot a huge success

All things milk quality: Key milk quality tools hit the big screen
All things great: Ireland’s growing research fuels economy

All things global food: ‘If we fail on food we fail on everything’
All things grass: Grass use to drive efficiency scoops Teagasc Walsh Fellowship

All things Glanbia Great connections at Glanbia, O2 contract sealed
All things fertiliser All-Ireland study sheds new light on Phosphorous availability

All things research Ireland’s growing research fuels economy
All things milk quality Somatic cell counts dropping
All things IDB IDB confident Ireland can tackle efficiency and milk output head-on

All things safety Children stay farm safe, awareness booklet launched
All things Horses €6.7 million spent on horse seizures since 2011

All things ICMSA ICMSA responds to developments at Wexford Creamery
All things calf rearing Colostrum – it’s all about quantity and quality

All things TLT Probe under way on TLT cattle
All things business Farm business matters

All things Agri Jobs Agriculture jobs boom
All things milk Liquid gold, multimillion ‘milk mining’ investment

All things Dairy Rising milk production costs continue to squeeze margins, Rabobank
All things ICBF Suckler herd fertility, a slow burner

All things forestry Demand for timber high as ash dieback concerns grow
All things educationFamily farm still on the table for student grant means test

All things trade Ireland set to blossom in Japan
All things payments Early Christmas present, €50m AEOS, REPS payments out

All things consultancy Agri consultancy sector to be hit hard by loss of REPS
All things dairy New milk supply contracts for Glanbia in the New Year

All things ESB strike ESB strike ‘a disaster for farming’, talks ongoing
All things Shannon Lowering of Shannon water levels to be trialled

All things land sales Record-breaking land auction
All things milk price Calls for end-of-year milk price top up

All thinks ICOS Spotlight on risk management at ICOS think-in
All things sheep Early lambing ewes – nutrition and health priorities

All things food price Food price inflation falls to lowest level for a year
All thinsg beef: New research puts Irish Piemontese beef top of menu
All things soil: Soil testing shows value

All things sustainability: ABP leads in sustainability
All things JCB: JCB plans to wow at LAMMA show

All things John Deere: Big plans for John Deere at LAMMA
All things strike: ESB strike ‘a disaster for farming’, talks ongoing

All things digital: Ireland’s 400,000 hedgerows go digital
All things Shannon: Lowering of Shannon water levels to be trialled

Teagasc Business Conference

Farming is a business
CAP Department outlines CAP difficulties
The economics of agriculture
Sharing is caring, milk partnerships on the rise

ICOS National Conference

Wall calls for an immediate end to illegal milk exports to Northern Ireland
Enterprise Ireland chief addresses ICOS conference
ICOS delegates look to the ‘futures’
Tremendous turnout for ICOS conference

The View from Northern Ireland

Singapore opens market to NI beef
Agri lending on the up in Northern Ireland
NI alternative control herd applications open
Planning for succession

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