Dairy
Glanbia peak milk supplies almost double in 5 years
In 2018, Glanbia Ireland paid approximately €1 billion, including VAT, for milk directly to 4,500 farmer suppliers across rural Ireland,...
Dairy
In 2018, Glanbia Ireland paid approximately €1 billion, including VAT, for milk directly to 4,500 farmer suppliers across rural Ireland,...
Beef
The Irish Cattle Breeding Federation (ICBF) has recorded a small financial surplus in the year 2018, according to a report...
Environment
An exceedance for glyphosate has been detected in the public drinking water supply in Newport, Co. Mayo, prompting an appeal...
Dairy
When housing calves there are many different systems and options available to farmers. Building calf sheds can often prove to...
Dairy
Dairygold milk supplier Edward Donovan from Cloyne, east Cork, was declared the overall winner of the 2018 Dairygold Milk Quality...
Dairy
The vast majority of remaining skimmed milk powder (SMP) in European intervention was sold out last week, with the exception...
Dairy
Last week, one of the world’s largest dairy co-ops, New Zealand based Fonterra, announced its third quarter financial results along...
Dairy
In 2015, quotas were abolished and the expansion period began in Ireland for dairy. Since then, milk production has increased...
Dairy
A total of 1.7 million dairy and beef calves have been registered so far this year, figures from the Irish...
Dairy
Despite the exceptionally dry weather and the soil moisture deficits (SMDs) in some parts of the country, we must remember...
Beef
The silage season is well and truly underway across the country, but unfortunately this time of year can be one...
Dairy
‘It’s dry enough’ is common phase used by farmers post mowing when they are trying to decide on whether or...
Agri-Business
Nick Whelan, group chief executive of dairy cooperative Dale Farm, has been named Director of the Year by the Institute...
Dairy
Just last year, John McDonald and his father, also called John, were the very first dairy farmers in the Republic...
Dairy
An agreement has been signed in Beijing to form the ‘China-Ireland Sustainable Dairy Development Centre’. The agreement was signed on...
Grass
Despite the promise of rain last week, farmers have seen very little since and in some areas grass is beginning...
Beef
The EU published the EU Feed Protein Balance Sheet for 2017/2018 this week. A total of 85 million tonnes of...
Agri Politics
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has indicated today, Wednesday, May 22, that it “accepts” the Dairy Beef Index...