Rural Life
IFA to protest outside European Commission offices
The IFA is to protest outside the European Commission offices in Dublin tomorrow (Monday, August 31) to demand EU action on...
Rural Life
The IFA is to protest outside the European Commission offices in Dublin tomorrow (Monday, August 31) to demand EU action on...
Dairy
Talking down milk prices is ill-advised and damaging in a world of global and instant communication, IFA National Dairy Committee...
Dairy
FrieslandCampina has reported a first half profit of €192m, up 85% on the first half of 2014. Margins rose due...
Dairy
Current milk prices are putting a pinch on the purse-strings of a lot of farmers, according to former Macra na...
Dairy
Latest trading of dairy futures contracts suggest a further uplift in dairy markets in the coming weeks. Many dairy market...
Agri Politics
Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan has met with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia in Brussels ahead...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney will meet with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan in Brussels...
Dairy
Intervention is now a serious option for Irish dairy processors, according to ICOS Dairy Policy Executive, TJ Flanagan. He says...
Dairy
Dairy product prices rose for the first time since March at the most recent Fonterra Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auction....
Dairy
It is impossible to identify a single causative factor for the fall in world dairy prices, but instead the collapse...
Dairy
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) has called on Aldi and Lidl to pay the same minimum milk price...
Dairy
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan has once again voiced his opposition to increasing intervention prices ahead of...
Dairy
Last year we had the Ice Bucket Challenge this year it’s the turn of the milk bucket challenge to raise awareness...
Dairy
The EU must intervene directly to support the dairy sector, according to Lakelands CEO Michael Hanley. Speaking at the recent Lakeland...
Dairy
Glanbia has said it will pay its member suppliers 26.5c/L including VAT for July milk. This price is inclusive of...
Dairy
The IFA is asking dairy co-operatives to explore all possibilities of consolidation on the back of weak dairy market returns...
Dairy
This week dairy futures prices have surged off their lows, according to New Zealand bank ASB’s Rural Economist, Nathan Penny....
Dairy
The UK has become the fourth country to sell dairy product into intervention. According to latest statistics from the European...