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Ornua PPI drops for the seventh consecutive time

Dairy

almost 10 years ago

Ornua PPI drops for the seventh consecutive time

The Ornua Purchase Price Index (PPI) fell for a seventh consecutive time by 0.5 of a point in...

Farmers fearful of income cuts from land eligibility inspections - INHFA

Environment

almost 10 years ago

Farmers fearful of income cuts from land eligibility inspections - INHFA

The threat of land eligibility inspections is now a major stress factor for many farmers, according...

Video: The potato harvest came to an end in Kildare recently

Rural Life

almost 10 years ago

Video: The potato harvest came to an end in Kildare recently

The O’Gorman Brothers recently finished harvesting potatoes in Co. Kildare and Martin Coogan was...

Government is 'crossing its fingers and hoping for the best' on milk prices

Dairy

almost 10 years ago

Government is 'crossing its fingers and hoping for the best' on milk prices

The Government’s policy on low milk prices seems to be one of crossing their fingers and hoping...

Ornua appoints One51 boss as Independent Non-Executive Director

Agri-Business

almost 10 years ago

Ornua appoints One51 boss as Independent Non-Executive Director

Ornua has announced the appointment of Denis Cregan, the current Chairman of One51 plc as the...

Beef

almost 10 years ago

Total live cattle exports fall 24.5% in 2015 - Weanling exports back by 7,500 head

The total number of live weanling exports have dropped by 7,490 from January 1 to October 31...

Total live cattle exports fall 24.5% in 2015 - Weanling exports back by 7,500 head

Rural Life

almost 10 years ago

Farmer (59) dies after falling off roof on farm

A 59-year-old farmer in Co. Galway has become the latest fatality in Irish farming. The...

Farmer (59) dies after falling off roof on farm

Environment

almost 10 years ago

'Glyphosate unlikely to pose carcinogenic hazard to humans'

Glyphosate, the chemical used widely in pesticides including Roundup, is ‘unlikely to pose a...

'Glyphosate unlikely to pose carcinogenic hazard to humans'

Sheep

almost 10 years ago

Cumulative sheep kill back by 15,486, a 9% increase in weekly spring lamb kill

The cumulative throughput of sheep at sheepmeat export plants has dropped by 1%, figures from...

Cumulative sheep kill back by 15,486, a 9% increase in weekly spring lamb kill

Rural Life

almost 10 years ago

Clare Marts' site planning row - decision expected in December

A decision on the planning objection against Aldi building a supermarket on the mart’s site in...

Clare Marts' site planning row - decision expected in December

Rural Life

almost 10 years ago

Extension of TAMS II closing dates announced

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has announced extensions to the closing dates of...

Extension of TAMS II closing dates announced

Agri-Business

almost 10 years ago

Minister says TAMS II grants cannot be approved individually

Approvals for new farm building grants cannot be made by the Department of Agriculture on an...

Minister says TAMS II grants cannot be approved individually

Dairy

almost 10 years ago

New Zealand central bank warns of dairy farmer debt

New Zealand’s Central Bank has warned of excessive debt building up on dairy farms as farmers...

New Zealand central bank warns of dairy farmer debt

Beef

almost 10 years ago

Marts want grants for new ringside screens to show EBI and suckler scheme data

ICOS are to meet the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney next week to discuss the installation...

Marts want grants for new ringside screens to show EBI and suckler scheme data

Dairy

almost 10 years ago

What is the right type of dairy cow? And how to breed it

Breeding the right type of cow and breed selection causes much debate among dairy farmers, but how...

What is the right type of dairy cow? And how to breed it

Agri-Business

almost 10 years ago

Teagasc to 'open' Green Cert 2016 courses in December

Young farmers who have applied for National Reserve Scheme (NRS) and Young Farmer Scheme (YFS) in...

Teagasc to 'open' Green Cert 2016 courses in December

Beef

almost 10 years ago

National beef kill falls further - Total kill 6% behind 2014 levels

The cumulative throughput of cattle at beef export plants has dropped by 6%, figures from the...

National beef kill falls further - Total kill 6% behind 2014 levels

Other

almost 10 years ago

Belgian Blue shuts down M50 (no joke!)

Stray cattle caused traffic chaos in Dublin this evening. According to reports from An Garda...

Belgian Blue shuts down M50 (no joke!)

Agri-Business

almost 10 years ago

British exit from the EU of 'great concern' to the Irish meat industry

A potential exit for Britain from the European Union would be of ‘great concern’ to the...

British exit from the EU of 'great concern' to the Irish meat industry

Environment

almost 10 years ago

Wind Warning: 120km/h winds to batter west coast on Thursday

Met Eireann has issued a wind warning for western counties with damaging gusts forecast for...

Wind Warning: 120km/h winds to batter west coast on Thursday

Beef

almost 10 years ago

Cull cow prices slip by 10c/kg - Prime beef quotes remain unchanged

Early quotes from the country’s beef plants indicate that there has been little movement in the...

Cull cow prices slip by 10c/kg - Prime beef quotes remain unchanged

Dairy

almost 10 years ago

'Dairy farm partnerships must benefit all parties involved'

Share farming and partnerships must benefit all parties involved, according to Pat Ryan of Capital...

'Dairy farm partnerships must benefit all parties involved'

Agri Politics

almost 10 years ago

Agriculture to blame for errors with Irish spending of EU monies

The European Court of Auditors has highlighted errors in the way Ireland spent EU funds last year...

Agriculture to blame for errors with Irish spending of EU monies

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