Dairy
'Milk suppliers don't like being conditioned into accepting price cuts'
Milk suppliers don’t like the feeling that they are being “conditioned” into accepting price cuts, according to the Irish Creamery...
Dairy
Milk suppliers don’t like the feeling that they are being “conditioned” into accepting price cuts, according to the Irish Creamery...
Rural Life
Landowners cannot be coerced into having pylons and the associated interconnector works involved on their land, according to the deputy...
Dairy
Maternity supports need to be put in place for female farmers, according to the deputy president of the Irish Creamery...
Dairy
A farmer can make a good living milking 80 cows and expansion may not suit everybody, warned the deputy president...
Beef
There are no immediate plans to invite live exporters to partake in Beef Forum meetings, according to the Minister for...
Agri Politics
Farming organisations have expressed alarm and disappointment at the options lined out for the future of the Common Agricultural Policy...
Agri Politics
It’s been just 10 weeks since John Comer stepped down as president of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA)...
Dairy
The Irish dairy industry has undergone considerable changes since the abolition of milk quotas in 2015. Farmers are now milking...
Dairy
Following the recent publication of the January 2018 Ornua PPI and the series of January milk price announcements, milk price...
Environment
The recommendation by the Citizens’ Assembly in November 2017 to impose a carbon tax on Irish agriculture is deeply flawed, according...
Machinery
There is still a lack of clarity regarding the possible requirements for an NCT for so-called ‘fast’ tractors, according to...
Beef
The capacity of the recently-confirmed replacement ferry to carry calves for live export remains an issue, according to the Irish Cattle...
Beef
Pat McCormack expects to see live exporters represented at the upcoming Beef Forum – as was agreed at the previous...
Agri Politics
The current implementation system for nitrates records is not working and needs to be reformed, according to Denis Drennan, chairperson...
Agri Politics
A potential EU-Mercosur trade deal “defies logic” and poses the most immediate challenge facing Irish beef exports, Pat McCormack, president...
Agri-Business
A new low-cost loan scheme is scheduled to be up and running in the second half of 2018, the Minister...
Agri Politics
At least 60,000 bales are required to meet the fodder shortage in the north-west alone, which has extended into counties...
Agri Politics
At the age of just 40, Pat McCormack is the youngest ever president to take the helm at the Irish...