Dairy News
Dairygold announces milk price for August supplies
The Dairygold board today (Tuesday, September 17) announced that it has increased its August quoted milk price by 1.25c/L to...
Milk
Agri-Business
CSO: Cereal prices down over 30% in the year to July
Cereal prices were down by 31.4% in July, when compared to the same month in the previous year, according to...
Dairy News
2024 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards finalists revealed
The National Dairy Council (NDC) and Ornua have announced the 11 farms which are finalists in the 2024 NDC and...
Dairy
Watch: The multi-award winning dairy farmer who likes a challenge
Hundreds of people attended the national milk quality farm walk on the Macnamara family dairy farm in Co. Limerick yesterday...
Dairy
Call for co-ops to pay 48c/L base milk price for August supplies
With dairy markets having moved forward in August and indications that markets will firm further in September, the Irish Creamery...
Dairy News
Domestic milk intake down 34m litres in July - CSO
Domestic milk intake by milk processors and co-ops across the country was estimated at 980.7 million litres in July 2024,...
Agri-Business
Fonterra invests $75m to increase high-value protein production
Fonterra has announced that it will invest $75 million to increase production of high-value protein dairy ingredients. The New Zealand...
Dairy
Arrabawn increases milk price for July supplies
The board of Arrabawn has today (Monday, August 19) confirmed that it has decided to increase its milk price for...
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies increases milk price for July
The board of Lakeland Dairies has confirmed that the price for milk supplied in July will see an increase in...
Dairy
Dairygold offers €15/t rebate on dairy and beef feeds
Dairygold is offering a €15/t rebate on bulk mainline dairy and beef feeds, delivered during the four-week period, from Monday,...
Agri-Business
Consumers paid 66c more for a 2.5kg bag of potatoes in July - CSO
The national average price for a 2.5kg bag of potatoes has increased by 66c to €4.09 in the year up...
Dairy News
Liquid milk suppliers down by 37% in past decade - report
The number of liquid milk producers in the country has fallen by 37% or 688 farmers in the past decade,...
Dairy
CSO: Domestic milk intake down 13 million litres in June
Domestic milk intake by milk processors and co-ops was estimated at 1.03 billion litres in June 2024, a decrease of...
Dairy
ICMSA calls for July milk price to reach 45c/L
Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) dairy committee chair, Noel Murphy has called for an increase in July milk price...
Dairy
Number of GB dairy producers drops by nearly 6%
The number of dairy producers in Great Britain has declined by nearly 6%, according to the Agriculture and Horticulture Development...
Dairy News
40% of dairy farms have average income less than €30,000
Around four in ten Irish dairy farmers had an average income of less than €30,000 in 2023, according to a...
Dairy News
Arrabawn confirms milk price for June supplies
The board of Arrabawn has today (Thursday, July 18) confirmed that it has decided to increase its milk price for...
Rural Life
Consumers paid more for potatoes in June but less for full fat milk
Consumers paid 4c less for 2L of full fat milk in June compared to the price they would have paid...