Beef
Draft reports underway on beef sector competition and market requirements
Two draft reports that were commissioned by the Beef Market Taskforce are nearing their final stages, with drafts currently under...
Beef
Two draft reports that were commissioned by the Beef Market Taskforce are nearing their final stages, with drafts currently under...
Agri Politics
It is vital that a coordinated approach is taken to the Covid-19 issues in meat processing plants, according to the...
Beef
Beef farmers are being called on to “demand more from factories” with tightening cattle numbers at the present time. Edmund...
Rural Life
Investigations are underway into a workplace fatality following an accident at a meat factory in Co. Kildare. The incident occurred...
Machinery
The third generation of the Claas family has taken over the family business, with the announcement of a new chairperson...
CAP / Schemes
The commencement of balancing payments under year three of the Sheep Welfare Scheme has been announced by Minister for Agriculture,...
Beef
Some employers in the Irish meat processing industry took the threat of Covid-19 seriously at the beginning of the coronavirus...
Beef
Covid-19 clusters are affecting up to half the workforce in some meat plants, independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Denis Naughten told...
Beef
Production in meat plants should be halted for a deep clean while waiting for the Covid-19 test results of employees,...
N.Ireland
Worm control is vital if you are aiming to achieve good lamb growth rates and a profitable sheep enterprise. Heavy...
Sheep
Over the next few weeks, the task of gathering and storing next winter’s silage will begin. Sometimes on sheep farms,...
Tillage
Providing spring barley crops with nutrition and avoiding stress on plants is going to be essential as disease control programmes...
Agri-Business
A Government retrofitting scheme aimed at improving the energy efficiency and warmth of homes has been criticised by the European Court...
Rural Life
Some 60 members of staff at a pigmeat processing plant in Co. Offaly have tested positive for Covid-19 this week, AgriLand understands....
Rural Life
On this week’s FarmLand episode we focus on the backlog in processing applications under the Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS),...
Opinion
By Dr. Declan O’Connor, Department of Mathematics, Cork Institute of Technology Applications for the €30 million Aids to Private Storage...
Opinion
Beef processors have a legal right to import meat from other EU countries [provided certain regulations are adhered to]. But...
Machinery
With silage-cutting season underway, ESB Networks is reminding farmers and silage contractors of the serious risks associated with working near...