Dairy
Carbery Group has become the latest processor to reveal its milk price for the month of October as it opens its new expansion.
Rural Life
Aldi has agreed a one-year contract extension with the Co. Donegal-based fruit juice producer group Mulrines.
Teagasc never advocated an "unsustainable expansion strategy", according to the authority's director Prof. Gerry Boyle.
Agri-Business
North-west based co-operative and agri business Aurivo has announced a €48 million investment plan for the business for the next five years.
Former Glanbia chairman Henry Corbally outlines his perspective on the future of the dairy sector in Ireland.
The Roscommon couple behind the Drumanilra organic enterprise is in expansion mode. Liam and Justina Gavin relocated to Boyle from the UK.
The milk price will drop unless farmers heed the warnings regarding oversupply in the European milk market, Commissioner Hogan has warned.
The abolition of milk quotas across Europe in 2015 has opened up the door for many Irish farmers to increase cow numbers.
Thomas Dwan and his parents Eddie and Ann were winners of the NDC & Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards in 2014
Padraig Keane milks 126 cows with his father John in Kilcormac, Co. Offaly, having made the decision to enter dairying in 2013.
Teagasc's Donal Patton highlighted the danger of being too reliant on bought-in feed at Moorepark '17 earlier this month.
Sean O'Donnell milks 120 cross-bred cows in Co. Mayo with a straight forward mantra of turning grass into cash.
A similar number of farmers, 44%, indicated that they would prefer the farm to remain the same size, while 13% intended to scale down.
Risk management is just another tool in any dairy farmers tool box, according to US dairy farmer Joe Thome.
Budgets should be the cornerstone of any dairy farming business, according to Mathew Venables.
