Dairy News
Kerry Group milk suppliers move to establish producer organisation
A group of Kerry Group milk suppliers are to move ahead with a plan to establish a producer organisation in...
Dairy Farmers
Agri-Business
Power in numbers: West Kerry farmer group targets solar PV
A group of farmers in west Kerry is planning to use the power of numbers to secure solar PV installations...
Agri Politics
Healy-Rae: Minister 'failed Irish farmers' on nitrates derogation
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has “failed Irish farmers” when it comes to the nitrates derogation, according...
Dairy
Watch: On the Record - The changes farmers have made need 'time' - ICOS president
Policymakers need to stand back and give the changes that farmers have made the time to “wash into the system”,...
Dairy
Dairy farmers face 'large drop in income' warns Arthur
A “generation” of family farms could face a serious threat to their future because of the introduction of lower nitrates...
Agri-Business
Call for Taoiseach to intervene on nitrates derogation
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on Taoiseach Leo Varadkar to intervene with the European Commission on Ireland’s nitrates...
Agri-Business
Consumers believe dairy farmers can meet climate targets - survey
89% of consumers are confident that dairy farmers can make the changes necessary to achieve climate action targets, according to...
Dairy
LESS tops sustainability action among Tirlán suppliers in 2023
Tirlán milk suppliers have said that spreading slurry using low emissions slurry spreading equipment (LESS) is the top action they...
Agri-Business
AgriSearch webinars to help farmers after 'particularly challenging' summer
AgriSearch is set to host two webinars for Northern Ireland’s ruminant livestock farmers with the aim of helping them mitigate...
Dairy News
Banks must 'step up and support dairy farmers' - Cullinan
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling for support for dairy farmers as they face mounting financial pressures. Speaking at...
Dairy
Milk price: 'Difficult to see significant bounce by year-end'
A recovery in milk price is unlikely before the end of the year and, generally, downward pressure is set to...
Agri Politics
Drop to 220kg of N is 'attack on Irish dairy farmers' - Healy-Rae
With much speculation surrounding the nitrates derogation for 2024, Independent TD for Kerry, Michael Healy-Rae has said lowering the limit...
Dairy News
Brazil buys milk powder to support dairy farmers against imports
The government in Brazil is planning to buy milk powder at retail prices in a bid to support the country’s...
Dairy News
Average Irish milk price to be 25% lower than 2022 - report
The average Irish milk price for 2023 is now likely to be 25% lower than the average for last year,...
Agri-Business
ICMSA: Not all dairy farmers 'culpable' for abuses in RTÉ footage
“Disturbing” scenes aired in an RTÉ Investigates programme tonight (Monday, July 10) are not reflective of thousands of dairy farmers “who...
Agri-Business
Tesco to drop price of own label 2 litre milk next week
One of the largest supermarket groups in Ireland will reduce the price of its own label, two litre fresh milk...
Dairy
ICMSA: Govt wants family dairy farms 'gone'
The government has been accused of launching a “a twin-attack on the family dairy farm system” today, (Friday, June 30)...
Agri-Business
Manage dairy farm cashflow and avoid the 'cost of farming squeeze'
Dairy farmers must review their on-farm cashflow and plan ahead to reduce the impact of the “cost of farming squeeze”,...
