Pig/Poultry
Exchange rates drive limited growth in pork market - Rabobank
The global pork market will continue its slow recovery in the fourth quarter of 2015 with the main driver of...
Pig/Poultry
The global pork market will continue its slow recovery in the fourth quarter of 2015 with the main driver of...
Beef
The push by Irish farmers and farming organisations to increase both the age at slaughter and carcass weights could be...
Tillage
UK average wheat, spring barley and winter barley yields all reached new records in 2015, according to provisional data released...
Environment
A climate change action plan is needed for Irish agriculture, according to 2014 Nuffield scholar Mary Delaney, who also said...
Dairy
Two more milk processors have announced that they will be holding their milk price for September supplies. Carbery has held...
Beef
The Canadian government has decided to re-open Canada’s market for imports of European beef from 19 EU Member States. The...
Dairy
After four bumper auctions in a row, prices fell at the latest Global Dairy Trade auction. Average prices paid at...
Dairy
The country’s top prize for quality milk has been awarded to Kieran and Catherine O’Sullivan, from Dunmanus, Goleen, Co. Cork...
Beef
Early quotes from the country’s beef plants indicate that there has been little movement in the prices quoted for steers,...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture has released the actions available under the second tranche of GLAS. This week, the Minister for...
Agri-Business
Bandon Co-op is to create 50 news jobs over the next three years, the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney has...
Sheep
The trade for factory and butcher type lambs has slipped slightly on previous weeks, with these lots back by €1-3/head,...
Agri-Business
A man who fell from a height died a number of days after been taken to hospital with head injuries...
Grass
Grass-white clover swards offer the opportunity to increase animal performance in a grass-based dairy production system, according to Teagasc’s Brian...
Agri-Business
Infant formula sales at Danone were up 10.6% year-on-year, driving overall sales up 4.6% in the third quarter of 2015....
Dairy
Low-cost grass based dairy farming has the potential to create sustainable growth in rural Ireland, according to Nuffield scholar Sean Coughlan....
Rural Life
Macra na Feirme is urging its members to get to know their neighbours this autumn and to engage with others...
Beef
For the week ending October 11, 2015 the average R3 heifer price in the Republic of Ireland was 390.3c/kg; some...