Rural Life
The Veterinary Council of Ireland has welcomed 133 new vets along with 48 nurses to register so far in 2020.
Tillage
The increase in price of US corn was welcome as low-priced corn has been shown to decimate prices here in Ireland in the past.
N.Ireland
One-in-five (21%) Northern Irish adults admit to being part of the litter issue, with people across the UK found to be dropping it in the street (44%), in the park (23%) and in rural areas (21%) in the last three months.
Agri-Business
A third of Irish farms find themselves vulnerable to being a viable business, according to the results of the Teagasc National Farm Survey.
Family farm income (FFI) distribution figures showed that 44% of farms earned less than €10,000 last year.
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A total of 6,497 farmers had penalties applied to their Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) payments in 2019 for various reasons.
Business leaders from the agricultural sector are among the finalists revealed by the Institute of Directors (IoD) for the Northern Ireland Director of the Year Awards.
75% of Irish food and drink businesses fear a recession prompted by Covid 19, according to a new report from Bord Bia.
Dairy
An Bord Pleanála has approved plans by dairy giant Glanbia to build a facility as part of an investment worth €140 million.
Domestic Irish milk supply increased by 5% in spite of a poor back-end to the production season, according to the National Milk Agency.
A new digital finance management and planning tool for farmers is available from today, which is a joint project by IFAC and Bank of Ireland.
Northern Ireland's Agriculture Minister Edwin Poots has announced how he plans to divvy up a £25 million aid package for the region's dairy farmers.
Teagasc has been listed as the fifth highest organisation in the EU in terms of projects awarded in agri-food research.
Following the announcement of the USDA's Acreage Report on Tuesday, June 30, CBOT corn for July closed at 338.50c/bu.
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Danone has unveiled its facility in Wexford, Ireland, as the first baby formula production site in the world to be certified carbon neutral.
Details have emerged of a two-year long extension to programmes under the CAP set to be formally agreed at EU level.
Beef
Tesco has described a move to buy steaks "destined for now shut high-street restaurants" as a "major success with shoppers".
The national average percentage of farms with farm-related debt in 2019 stood at 38%, according to the Teagasc National Farm Survey 2019.
Direct payments from the EU in the form of the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and various other schemes...
Total take-home grocery sales increased by €630 million during lockdown, compared to the same period of time last year.
Agri Politics
The 2019 National Farm Survey by Teagasc shows the scale of the task facing the new Government, according to the IFA.
The average family farm income rose by 2% in Ireland in 2019, according to the new National Farm Survey report by Teagasc.
Innovative software designed in Northern Ireland to drive efficiency in the local pig industry has been shortlisted for a prestigious award.
