Opinion
There is absolutely no need for a new sugar plant in Carlow
Why is there a need for a new sugar-processing plant in Co. Carlow when there are, literally, hundreds of customers...
Opinion
Why is there a need for a new sugar-processing plant in Co. Carlow when there are, literally, hundreds of customers...
Opinion
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the EU Commission is striving to offload its intervention milk powder stocks onto commercial markets...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm has launched two new producer-focused schemes, aimed at encouraging members to supply more milk. The first is a...
Opinion
It is infuriating to hear so-called experts telling consumers that farm gate prices are, in some way, connected to food...
Opinion
Next April will see the introduction of a ‘Sugar Tax’, targeted at soft drink sales in Ireland. In my opinion...
Rural Life
‘Bertha’s Revenge’ small batch Irish milk gin is a product that is making its mark in the marketplace, with the...
Dairy
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has rejected complaints relating to an Irish vegan campaign using adverts with the slogan...
Agri Politics
The first consignment of 165 Holstein dairy cows has been flown into Qatar in order to increase milk supplies in...
Beef
Milk prices, as opposed to beef returns, will determine the future viability of pedigree Aberdeen Angus breeding, according to one...
N.Ireland
A Down-based milk producer has expressed huge annoyance at being excluded from an EU dairy support scheme because his annual...
Other
Annual manufacturing prices climbed 1.8% in April, with growth in dairy delivering a particular boost to the wholesale price index...
Opinion
I was asked to speak at a farmers’ meeting in Co. Longford some months ago, ostensibly to discuss my then...
Agri-Business
Butter prices across Europe have climbed to a record high, with wholesale averages reaching €439 per 100kg last week. The...
Agri-Business
Investors have been left hanging after regulators said trading in shares in Huishan, a major Chinese dairy concern, would not...
N.Ireland
Dale Farm CEO Nick Whelan believes that Brexit could prove challenging for the North’s dairy sector. He said that outsiders...
Dairy
Good practice in the parlour is as much to do with maintaining good operator posture as it has to do...
Dairy
Consumers in the Netherlands have made it clear that they strongly prefer milk produced from cows that have extensive access...
Agri-Business
Shares in Huishan Dairy Holdings, China’s biggest dairy company, plunged downward by 85% on Friday wiping close to $4 billion from its...