Beef
Dairy News
Commercial Beef Value Series: Watch – high CBV calves in Limerick
Environment
GHG emissions fell in Ireland in Q3 2023 – Eurostat
Rural Life
€4m allocated under ‘Our Rural Future’ for outdoor recreation
Dairy News
New set of breeding guidelines for dairy herds
Rural Life
New book teaches children about animals and wellbeing
A new children’s book involving farm animals has been released today (Thursday, March 28). Entitled ‘The Little Lamb Who Led’, it…
Dairy News
Almost 450,000 calves genotyped so far this year – ICBF
The Irish Cattle Breeders Federation (ICBF) has said that 448,123 calves have been genotyped to date under the National Genotyping…
Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings rose by 5.5% in February
The total number of cattle slaughtered in February rose by 5.5% to almost 165,000 head when compared to the same…
Agri Politics
EMB: ‘A lot more’ to be done in EU to improve producer positions
The European Milk Board (EMB) has said that there is “still a lot more that should be done” to strengthen…
Agri-Business
Labour costs among biggest challenges for food sector – FDI
Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the Ibec group representing the food and drink sector, has emphasised the importance of government policy…
Agri-Business
Healy-Rae: ‘We’re in the middle of a fodder crisis’
Independent TD Michael Healy-Rae is calling on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue to roll out a…
Agri-Business
Progressive Farm Program: Huge genetic gains on dairy-beef enterprise
The Progressive Farm Program series is brought to you by Agriland Media in collaboration with Progressive Genetics and AgriNet HerdApp. The sixth focus…
Video
Technology to optimise fertility performance | Partners in Reproduction Series
The Partners in Reproduction Series is a collaboration between MSD Animal Health and Agriland Media Group. In the second part…
Dairy
Who is currently offering feed rebates to milk suppliers?
Feed rebates are currently being offered by various milk processors across the country to their milk suppliers. These processors and…
N.Ireland
Concern over availability of spring barley seed
According to College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprises (CAFRE) crops advisors, spring barley seed may be in short supply…
Dairy Technical
Breeding season: What criteria is being used to select sires?
The breeding season is just around the corner and many farmers will have selected their sires or are in the…
Dairy News
‘Plane loads’ of young people leaving Ireland adding to farm labour shortage
The effects of “plane loads of young people leaving Ireland” are being seen in labour shortages on farms nationwide this…
Pig/Poultry
Rabobank: Demand for poultry is ‘improving’ in Europe
The outlook for the European poultry industry is “moderately positive” as chicken remains an affordable choice for consumers according to…