Opinion
Beef – it’s all about taste and the US delivers
I have just returned from the US, where I attended the 2015 Alltech symposium. While there, I made it my...
Opinion
I have just returned from the US, where I attended the 2015 Alltech symposium. While there, I made it my...
Beef
US beef distributors are keen to develop business relationships with Irish beef farmers and processors now that the US market...
Agri Politics
A farm spanning 510,527 acres in the US has gone on the market for $725m. The WT Waggoner Estate Ranch...
Beef
The proposed free trade agreement between the US and Europe (TTIP) should allow for the export of hormone treated beef...
Agri Politics
A farmer digging a well in Nevada to help irrigate his land ended up creating one of the most iconic...
Dairy
A Jersey X cow called Portia has been living with a window in her stomach since 2002 at Tufts University in...
Agri Politics
A drone in the US has been approved by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to carry fertilisers and pesticides to...
Machinery
A proposal by John Deere in the US could see the machinery manufacturer retaining still owning part of the machines....
Agri Politics
Chemists at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have come up with a portable sensor that can detect gases emitted...
Dairy
The end of EU milk caps has lifted Irish spirits, but the US Dairy Export Council (USDEC) research shows clouds...
Agri-Business
One of the US’ largest poultry producers, Tyson Foods Inc., has announced that it plans to ban the use of...
Agri Politics
Sport and farming often interlink each other, but have you ever seen a game of American tractor football? That is exactly what...
Dairy
Calving 600 cows as the temperatures drop to -16 (and 5 inches of snow falls) was part of the professional work...
Beef
The Irish Department of Agriculture and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) have agreed a roadmap for the approval...
Agri Politics
The proposed TTIP deal is a wake-up call for all involved, Patrick Kent, President of the Irish Cattle and Sheep...
Beef
The Irish beef sector is likely to be hit hardest by the proposed TTIP trade deal between the EU and...
Agri Politics
A cow has given birth to four healthy quadruplet calves in Dekalb, Texas. The cow, called Number Fifteen, delivered the...
Pig/Poultry
The latest USDA red meat outlook points to increased pork production in the first quarter of this year, in line...