Agri Politics
The removal of milk quotas in a year will profoundly modify allocation of dairy production volumes across EU countries. MTT...
Rural Life
Cows DNA is an Irish company set up to develop technology for ultrasound assessment of bovine reproduction and this month...
Teagasc and University College Cork researchers are using satellite imaging to observe and predict grass growth rates across Ireland and...
Breaking News
Ireland’s application for a renewal of its derogation under the Nitrates Directive has completed all stages of the approval process...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture has this morning published the terms and conditions of the 2014 Beef Genomics Scheme (BGS) and the...
Ireland’s native dairy cattle breed, Kerry Cattle, is under threat of extinction due to declining numbers of pedigree cows. This...
Agri-Business
A number of key decisions relating to entitlements from 2015, which had overwhelming support from stakeholders in the recent Common...
Dairy giant Fonterra has pleaded guilty today to four food safety violations following a botulism scare last year. NZ Government officials...
At the recent EU Milk Advisory Committee, the EU Commission was at its most explicit in reacting to pressure for...
While March is a very busy time on dairy farms, it is important to continue to monitor your cash flow. This is...
A review of Ireland’s commonage framework is under way, where key communications between farmers directly managing the lands, relevant state agencies,...
Commenting on the Glanbia decision to hold its February milk price, ICMSA deputy president, Pat McCormack, said he didn’t think...
The European Commission is launching a call for experts such as farmers, advisors, scientists and other relevant actors for four...
Global dairy markets increased significantly in 2013 as supply failed to keep pace with the continued strong demand from China...
EU Commission officials are currently in Ireland to assess and audit ongoing land eligibility issues among other items. According to...
Dutch dairy giant Friesland Campina reported a full financial year revenue increase of 10.8 per cent to €11.4bn boosted by...
Glanbia, the global performance nutrition and ingredients group, has reported increased revenues and earnings for 2013. Its reported earnings for...
Similar to the situation in Ireland, the English suckler herd is also declining significantly, as the dairy herd sees growth....
