Dairy
New Zealand’s Finance Minister Bill English has ruled out any Government intervention as its dairy sector faces further milk price...
Agri-Business
Climate smart agriculture will play a pivotal role in feeding at least 9.5 billion people by the middle of this...
Food stocks are perceived to be less exposed to economic cycles than other industrial sectors as they are recognised as...
EU agri-food exports to non-EU countries last year reached a record value of €129 billion, according to a new European...
Tillage
Teagasc’s Tillage Advisor Ciaran Hickey has warned farmers to be more sensible about the prices they lease land for. In...
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has completed his ‘diplomatic offensive’ in Central America to try open up new...
In spite of North Ireland beginning to export its pigmeat to India last month, Bord Bia and the Department of...
Sheep
Any policy that focuses on increasing sheep numbers is bad news for sheep farmers, according to the sheep chairman of...
The agri-taxation measure proposed this week by the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society will be inapplicable for 2016, should it be...
US research has concluded that organic agriculture will be an important resource in facing challenges such as climate change. That...
Currency exchanges, the mild winter and price-competitive poultry have all fed into the decline in value of UK retail beef...
Mexico and the European Commission have begun negotiations towards a bilateral agreement on trade in organic products. Both sides confirmed...
European dairy farmers are demanding immediate action from the EU Farm Council to address the growing dairy crisis, according to...
Environment
Research carried out by the European Commission’s “Science for Environment Policy” suggests a herbicide-light approach to farming does not have...
Product lines at Tesco Ireland have been cut by about 15% over the last year, as the retail giant looks...
The new chair of ICMSA Dairy Committee has called for a stabilizing mechanism to be introduced for the post-quota EU...
Rabobank’s dairy global strategist believes Ireland can exceed its target to increase milk supply by 50% before 2020, based on...
While dairy ingredients make up the bulk of our exports to the Middle East, the future may be in high-value,...
