Agri-Business
Used equipment from Ireland's closed sugar factories in Mallow and Carlow have aided the resurgence of the sugar industry in Ukraine.
Opinion
Did you hear the one about the poor Kerry dairy farmer looking for a 13th milk payment top-up from his PLC dairy processor?
Agri-food companies “simply can’t ignore” opportunities in the cereal and technology sectors in the Ukraine, a top-level official has stated.
Ireland needs to broaden its horizons on the global food market to become the 'island at the centre of the world' as the Taoiseach envisages.
Tillage
Ukraine has officially reported yet another record grain harvest for 2016, exceeding 66m tonnes in the process.
Beef
Between 2004 and 2014, 4kg out of every 5kg of chilled Irish beef was exported to just four western European countries annually.
Recently, MEP Luke Ming Flanagan accused Minister Simon Coveney of creating a property bubble' scenario around dairy industry expansion.
Europe needs to provide timely milk pricing information for dairy farmers in Europe
Dairy
After an initial uplift in milk prices at the start of 2015, international milk prices have softened again over the last couple of months.
Despite its current difficulties, Ukraine still exported the equivalent of one-million truck loads of grain last year
Irish farmers are arguably not getting value for money on fertiliser purchases. Maybe it's time they started playing hard-ball.
This time next week milk quotas will be ancient history, whatever are we going to talk about?
Irish-based policy makers need to start pursuing more vigorously the trade opportunities emulating from the EU
Food safety concerns relating to dairy ingredients originating in the recent past could potentially boost Irish-made baby food sales in China.
Dairy carbohydrate or lactose is the main sugar in milk. It is used by the infant formula market extensively.
Major international dairy co-operatives, Arla, FrieslandCampina and Fonterra announced milk price reductions in December.
From an Irish dairy farmer's perspective, dairy protein it is the most valued commodity listed on their milk statement.
Cheese exports accounted for over €24 billion or 38% of total dairy exports in 2013.
The history of the Irish dairy industry is very much tied to the production of butter
The growth of milk powder exports has help fuel the exponential expansion of dairy trade globally in recent years.
What is milk and what is used for? This might sound like an obvious question to pose to a farmer, but how often does a dairy farmer reflect on what constitutes milk, its use, and the markets into which it is sold?
Today marks 100 days until the abolition of milk quotas in Europe.
Rural Life
Livestock are getting more aggressive and unpredictable, according to the Health and Safety Authority (HSA).
Women have a very important role in helping to reduce farm death numbers, according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney.
