Agri Politics
Coca-Cola's venture in liquid milk, with its Fairlife brand, has started with its launch in the US.
South Island New Zealand dairy farmers are coming under extreme pressures in recent months due to a prolonged period of dry weather.
Two consecutive rises in milk prices at January Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions may have signalled that international dairy markets have bottomed out.
In this Brussels Briefing on Agriculture, AGRA FACTS journalists Rose O’Donovan & Ed Bray provide an update on the latest developments in the European Union’s farm policy
Fonterra Co-operative Group Limited has announced a reduction in its milk volume forecast for the 2014-15 season to 1,532 million kgMS
IBEC’s Cormac Healy has welcomed the news that an end could be in sight to the current Russian ban on EU food imports.
The European Parliament’s agriculture committee is fully aware of dairy farmers’ deep concerns regarding their prospects for 2015 and beyond
Arla Foods Ingredients is set to sell lactose ingredients through the Global Dairy Trade (GDT) online auction platform
But the idea of spreading the 2014/15 superlevy bill over a number of years at an interest free rate has gained some traction in the European Commission.
The push to promote Irish beef in the United States will be formally kick started in early February, according to Bord Bia.
The guidelines for farming Producer Organisations (PO) have been launched by the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan.
USIT is looking to fill over 50 places on Canadian farms as part of an Agricultural Exchange Program this year.
The European Council has agreed to a proposal to give Member States more flexibility to deal with GMO regulation on their own territory
Irish MEPs have been called on to reject next Tuesday's vote in the European Parliament on GMOs by Dublin Sinn Féin MEP Lynn Boylan.
The demand in China for foreign animal protein products shows great growth potential, according to Rabobank.
Monsanto has posted its first quarter results for 2014 which, it says, delivered earnings per share ahead of expectations.
Simplification of the CAP is not simple, according to Professor Alan Matthews.
Securing the potential 2 million jobs that a successful EU-US trade deal (TTIP) could create in Europe is a goal worth striving for, according to Sean Kelly MEP.
The first quarter of 2015 promises to be very busy from an EU agri-legislation front.
The shortest bull in the world lives in Co. Antrim and has made it into the Guinness Book of Records.
Farm sizes in the US vary hugely, writes Michael Cox, whose farmer classmate recently told him of his 'small' farm of just 50 cows and 4,500 acres of corn.
€1.14 million in additional funding is to be provided by the Department of Agriculture to support emergency operations associated with the Syrian Conflict.
Calls have been made to include EU agriculture projects in €315 billion, Juncker Investment plan adopted by EU heads of state today by Copa-Cogeca.
