Agri-Business
Used equipment from Ireland’s closed sugar factories in Mallow, Co. Cork and Carlow have aided...
Opinion
Did you hear the one about the poor Kerry dairy farmer looking for a ’13th milk payment’ top-up...
Irish agri-food companies “simply can’t ignore” opportunities in Ukraine’s cereal and...
With Brexit looming, Ireland needs to broaden its horizons on the global food market. Instead of...
Tillage
Ukraine has officially reported yet another record grain harvest for 2016, exceeding 66m...
Beef
Between 2004 and 2014, 4kg out of every 5kg of chilled Irish beef was exported to just four western...
Recently, MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan accused Minister Simon Coveney of creating a ‘property...
We talk about Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions a lot in Ireland – maybe it is because of the...
Dairy
After an initial uplift in milk prices at the start of 2015, international milk prices have...
With a new government instigating reforms, and a pivot towards Europe, could the so-called...
Irish farmers are not getting value for money on fertiliser purchases. Maybe it’s time they...
Later this week milk quotas will be ancient history, whatever are we going to talk...
Irish-based policy makers need to start pursuing more vigorously the trade opportunities emulating...
Food safety concerns relating to dairy ingredients originating from New Zealand in the recent past...
Lactose is the primary constituent in liquid whey. It is the main carbohydrate or sugar in milk....
Major international dairy co-operatives, Arla, FrieslandCampina and Fonterra announced milk price...
From an Irish dairy farmer’s perspective, protein it is the most valued commodity listed on their...
Cheese exports accounted for over €24 billion or 38% of total dairy exports in 2013. The...
The history of the Irish dairy industry is very much tied to the production of butter. Kerrygold...
The growth of milk powder exports has help fuel the exponential expansion of dairy trade globally...
What is milk and what is used for? This might sound like an obvious question to pose to a farmer,...
Today marks 100 days until milk quota abolition in Europe. It’s hard to believe that this...
Rural Life
Livestock are getting more aggressive and unpredictable, according to the Health and Safety...
Women have a very important role in helping to reduce farm death numbers, according to the Minister...
