Agri-Business
Call for targeted measures for farmers in Budget 2023
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on the government to bring forward a range of targeted measures to support...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on the government to bring forward a range of targeted measures to support...
Agri-Business
The agricultural input price index is up by 39.1% in the year from July 2021, while the output price index...
Machinery
A total of 3,496 tractors have been licensed for the first time so far this year, according to recently published...
Rural Life
Clearances of autodiesel were 5% lower in July 2022 at 296 million litres compared to last year, according to recently...
Dairy
Domestic milk intake last month was up by 1% on the same month in 2021, however overall intake from January...
Beef
Slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs in July of this year were all down on the figures for the same...
Agri-Business
A total of 529,000t of livestock was transported on Irish roads between January and March this year, according to figures...
Agri-Business
Producer prices for dairy products rose by almost 53% in the year to July 2022, according to the Central Statistics...
Agri-Business
Ireland’s imports from the UK have increased by €761 million to €2.166 billion in June 2022 compared to June 2021,...
Rural Life
Demand for diesel cars has fallen back as the popularity of electric and plug-in hybrid cars rises, with the vehicles...
Agri-Business
Food production increased by 8.6% from April to June, compared to the previous three-month period, according to the Central Statistics...
Sheep News
The number of sheep slaughtered during the first half of 2022 increased by 12.3%, compared to the same January-June period...
Agri-Business
The domestic milk intake for June 2022 was down 0.6% compared to the same month in 2021, according to the...
Agri-Business
Total fertiliser sales have increased by 6% to just under 1.7 million tonnes last year, while the nitrogen content is...
Agri-Business
Ireland’s exports of food and live animals increased by €285 million to €1,302 million in May 2022 compared with May 2021,...
Agri-Business
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that food prices will have to rise in order for farmers...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser prices were up by 164% in the 12 months to May this year, according to data from the Central...
Machinery
Last month, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO), 187 new tractors were licensed for the first time – up...