Machinery
World's biggest tractor built to pull 80ft cultivator
The world’s largest tractor ‘Big Bud’ currently lives in a museum in Iowa, but it was originally custom built for...
Machinery
The world’s largest tractor ‘Big Bud’ currently lives in a museum in Iowa, but it was originally custom built for...
Agri Politics
Farm sizes in the US vary hugely, writes Michael Cox, whose farmer classmate recently told him of his ‘small’ farm...
Machinery
A John Deere 5100M tractor recently marked a significant production milestone as the 1 millionth tractor produced at the company’s...
Agri Politics
Coca-Cola is entering the world’s liquid milk market with news that it will launch a ‘premium milk’ product in the...
Agri Politics
US dairy production is set to increase by over 2% this year, with a further increase forecast for 2015, according...
Agri-Business
United States’ Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced that the country’s farmer, rancher and fishery co-operatives set a new sales record...
Agri Politics
Ireland is very supportive of an EU/US trade deal according to the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney, despite criticism of...
Agri Politics
US Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has given the green light for a new Dairy Margin Protection Programme. This voluntary programme,...
Agri Politics
Concern is mounting that the TTIP deal with the US could have a negative impact on European food and farming standards...
Agri Politics
There is now strong evidence to show that the proposed trade deal between the EU and the US – the...
Agri-Business
In conjunction with launching its half year results today, Glanbia also announced a significant new capital investment programme within Global Ingredients...
Agri Politics
During the first six months of the year the US imported 38,700 tonnes of sheep meat, an increase of 3%...
Tillage
Harvesting in the US is well underway for winter wheat, with the USDA reporting that harvest progress is ahead of...
Dairy
In line with other key milk producing regions, milk production in the US milk is expected to increase this year...
Beef
Latest reports from United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) shows that the national cattle herd has declined 3% since mid-2012...
Beef
Beef production in the US is damaging to the environment, a new study has found. The study states that US...
Agri Politics
Decisions taken under Irish law in relation to developments such as Fracking or GMOs could be undermined if the proposal...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine is confident that Irish beef will be on US shelves by the autumn....