Rural Life
Agri-Business
Progressive Farm Program: Huge genetic gains on dairy-beef enterprise
Dairy News
Almost 450,000 calves genotyped so far this year – ICBF
Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings rose by 5.5% in February
Agri Politics
EMB: ‘A lot more’ to be done in EU to improve producer positions
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…
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…
Agri-Business
Hackett: Sustainability ‘now plays key role’ in US consumer choice
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine Pippa Hackett has said that environmental sustainability and…
N.Ireland
Protest in London addressed ‘fear over food security’- FFA
Representatives from Farmers For Action (FFA) in Northern Ireland travelled to London on Monday, March 25 to support Save British…
Beef News
Bord Bia to set up monitoring group for PGI beef
Bord Bia has confirmed to Agriland that it is currently in the process of establishing a monitoring group to oversee…
Tillage
Ukraine grain exports to EU ‘have returned to 2022 levels’
Exports of grain from Ukraine to the EU have “returned to the level of 2022”, according to the country’s agriculture…
Rural Life
Road safety warning issued ahead of Easter weekend
Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Jack Chambers, the Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána are…