Agri-Business
The Head of Tax at IFAC accountants has said that contrary to the perception of those in the PAYE sector,...
German multinational chemical and pharmaceutical company Bayer may buy US-agribusiness giant Monsanto for more than $40 billion, according to the...
Other
With the Brexit referendum just six weeks away, the Bank of England has voted unanimously to maintain its bank rate...
Michael Creed met with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, yesterday evening for the first time since...
The new Department of Regional Development, Rural Affairs, Arts and Gaeltacht has vowed to oversee the revitalisation of rural Ireland...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s former Minister for Agriculture, Michelle O’Neill, has been re-elected to the Northern Ireland Assembly. According to Sinn Fein...
Macra na Feirme National President Seán Finan has again warned that the lack of any National Reserve in 2016 could...
Environment
The environmental impact of land used for building new roads, houses or energy grids should be better integrated into European...
Macra na Feirme National President Seán Finan has paid tribute to the organisation’s outgoing Chief Executive Officer Edmund Connolly. The longest-serving...
Dairy
Experts from the Irish dairy processing industry and national and international research institutes joined forces at a recent DairyWater workshop...
Since it’s launch in October 2014, over a quarter of all lending by the Strategic Banking Corporation of Ireland (SBCI) has...
Lakeland Dairies acquisition of Country Down-based Fane Valley Dairies was a prudent move in light of a potential Brexit in...
Agri-food exports to the UK could lose €233m this year if the British pound continues to weaken at the same...
Beef
Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Patrick Kent has intimated that the EU may have decided to remove...
A cattle feed additive has been found to cut bovine methane production by 30%, without affecting the health of the...
Eight Aurivo milk suppliers from seven counties were recognised for their excellence in milk production at the annual Aurivo Milk...
The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD) in the UK is urging Northern Irish farmers to submit their single...
The roll-out of beef genomics evaluations by Teagasc and the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has been deferred until August....
