Agri-Business
Pat Smith initiates High Court proceedings against IFA
Pat Smith has initiated High Court proceedings against the IFA over his disputed severance package. The move comes in light...
Agri-Business
Pat Smith has initiated High Court proceedings against the IFA over his disputed severance package. The move comes in light...
Dairy
Glanbia is to hold the price it pays member suppliers for November milk at 25c/L, including VAT. Glanbia Ingredients Ireland...
Environment
There’s an unsettled week in store, with outbreaks of rain and it will be milder than normal for this time...
Sheep
The announcement that Mediterranean markets for Irish lamb have been re-opened, has been welcomed by ICSA Sheep Chairman John Brooks....
Beef
The Minister for Agriculture and the Government should play fair in the distribution of any financial supports to Ireland’s farmers,...
Dairy
Müller UK and Ireland will offer a base price of 22.35p/L (31c) to non-aligned farmers in January 2016. The company...
Environment
The international climate change agreement concluded in Paris has been described as ‘pragmatic’, by IFA National Environment Chairman Harold Kingston. The...
Beef
Irish beef exports to the Philippines in the first nine months of 2015 totalled 2,200t, according to the AHDB. However,...
Agri-Business
Payments made under various farm schemes have breached the €1 billion mark, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney....
Agri Politics
Sheepmeat and goatmeat production are expected to stabilise over the next 10 years in the EU, according to the European...
Dairy
In its outlook for 2016, Teagasc has looked at how Irish milk production might evolve next year. Despite the fall...
Agri Politics
Australia and New Zealand are set to fill their quotas for sheepmeat exports to the EU in 2016, according to...
Pig/Poultry
EU Agriculture Ministers are set to examine the difficulties in the pigmeat sector at its Council meeting next week. At...
Environment
The Department has announced a relaxation of some rules around the movement of animals where the welfare or lives of...
Agri-Business
The Irish organic retail market has grown 9% so far this year, but is not yet back to pre-recession levels,...
Environment
Some 550,000 Christmas trees are expected to be harvested before end of year, do you know what type of Christmas...
Dairy
Co. Carlow Holstein breeder Liam Murphy won the 2015 Royal Ulster Winter Fair Inter Breed Championship with his home bred...
Dairy
There is a real risk in the new milk production environment that many dairy farmers will drift into high-cost open...