Agri-Business
ABP injects £17 million into Scottish investment
ABP has announced an investment of £17 million (€19.4 million) for the planned redevelopment of its processing plant in Perth,...
Agri-Business
ABP has announced an investment of £17 million (€19.4 million) for the planned redevelopment of its processing plant in Perth,...
Beef
During the week ending May 27, the number of cattle processed in Department of Agriculture approved beef plants increased by...
Beef
The Irish Grassland Association Beef Conference and Farm Walk – which was sponsored by MSD Animal Health and Mullinahone Co-op...
Beef
No doubt the debate on how to deliver sustainability for Ireland’s national suckler herd will gather greater momentum over the...
Beef
Currently, the amount of suckler farms in Ireland using AI is low; somewhere in the region of 23% of progeny...
Beef
If the Government can’t persuade Irish Americans to eat juicy grass-fed Irish steaks, it’s “a real stretch of the imagination”...
Beef
When a beef farmer in Kentucky talks of challenging weather conditions, unfair beef prices and a long, hard winter, it’s...
Machinery
Silage making is in full swing and the rain forecast for the weekend has brought the first real pressure point...
Buildings
Farming in Middlequarter, Newcastle, Co. Tipperary, Francis Hallinan operates a suckler-to-weanling enterprise; the Tipperary-based farmer also works full-time off the...
Beef
The decreasing trend in beef calf registrations has continued, recent figures released by the Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) show....
Beef
Farming in Moone, Co. Kildare, Thomas O’Connor and his parents – Monica and Tom – run a mixed farming operation,...
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has confirmed that 200 TB reactors have been removed from a...
Beef
There has been “huge interest” in an upcoming pedigree Limousin sale, according to breeder Tom Bailey of Bailey Limousins. Scheduled...
Beef
The number of cattle presented for sale at cattle marts across the country has continued to fall in recent days....
Beef
Although many factories are starting negotiations with farmers at 415c/kg for steers and 420c/kg for heifers, the number of cattle...
Beef
By Rachel Hessin Most visitors to Balmoral Show settle for a hat or a few pens as a memento –...
CAP / Schemes
Suckler farming is at a “crucial turning point” with current productivity gains all moving in the right direction, the Irish...
Dairy
The spread of a contagious cattle disease in New Zealand has lead to a planned cull of about 126,000 cattle,...