Agri Politics
Dairy conversions drive New Zealand sheep flock to lowest level in 80yrs
According to the Beef and Lamb New Zealand stock survey the New Zealand sheep flock has declined 3% on 2013...
Agri Politics
According to the Beef and Lamb New Zealand stock survey the New Zealand sheep flock has declined 3% on 2013...
Dairy
Like it or not we live in interesting times. Dairy farmers today operate in a production environment of unprecedented uncertainty...
Rural Life
The building blocks for a good dairy business post milk quota is to be discussed at this year’s Virginia Show...
Dairy
The ban on food exports to Russia, which was announced last week, could not have happened at a better or...
Dairy
Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine Simon Coveney believes that Ireland remains ready to take its place as a...
Dairy
Increased confidence in the dairy sector is helping more producers to invest in their businesses for the future, according to...
Dairy
A phrase often heard in New Zealand is that ‘managing 400 cows is easy, managing an employee is the difficult...
Beef
The seventh edition of Alltech’s Global Dairy & Beef event is returning to Europe from August 30 to September 2 in...
Agri-Business
Keenan has appointed a new area manager for the Cork region. It says that due to continuing growth and expansion...
Dairy
Teagasc has compiled a list of the most frequently asked questions by new entrants to dairying. Here’s a selection of...
Agri Politics
Reports from New Zealand this morning are saying that a Chinese company, Shanghai Pengxin, through a New Zealand subsidiary has...
Opinion
I was recently involved in a discussion with a small group of west of Ireland dairy farmers. While delighted with...
Other
Strathroy Dairy will be able to source 75% of its liquid milk for the Republic from farmers in the Republic...
Opinion
When one examines the Irish liquid milk market some interesting facts emerge. Gone are the days of buying a pint...
Dairy
Many liquid milk farms will be best served by exiting liquid milk, according to Joe Patton, Teagasc, especially if they...
Agri Politics
Global milk production is expected to reach 928 million tonnes (901 billion litres) by 2023, an increase of 180 million...
Dairy
The market forces have been failing liquid milk and the margins are not there anymore, according to IFA Liquid Milk...
Agri-Business
The average liquid milk differential over manufacturing milk has been 4.21c/L since 1995, yet the price differential between branded and...