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Agri-Business
ABP completes €24.5m investment in Scottish facility
Rural Life
Ryan and Noonan letter on NRL ‘an act of desperation’ – INHFA
Rural Life
68 ‘town teams’ to receive funding – Humphreys
N.Ireland
Bluetongue threat a key talking point at Balmoral 2024
Dairy News
Entries open for 2023 NDC and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards
Ornua and the National Dairy Council (NDC) have today (Friday, May 17) announced that the 2024 NDC and Kerrygold Quality…
Rural Life
Cork agri haulage company and driver fined over tachograph
By David Forsythe An agricultural haulage company and a driver employed by the company have both been fined in the…
N.Ireland
NI veterinary concerns raised at Balmoral Show
The North of Ireland Veterinary Association (NIVA) and the NI Branch of the British Veterinary Association (BVA-NI) have discussed current…
Rural Life
Mainly warm for weekend but rain remaining in places
The weekend is forecasted to be mainly sunny, warm, and often dry, but with rain remaining, which may turn heavier…
Environment
MTU to lead €9m farm-based biorefinery demonstration
Munster Technological University (MTU) is to lead a first-of-its-kind decentralised green biorefinery demonstration initiative The €8.7 million “Rural BioReFarmeries” project…
Sheep
Sheep kill: Over 103,000 fewer sheep slaughtered this year
There have been over 103,000 fewer sheep slaughtered to-date in 2024 when compared to the same period last year, according…
Dairy
Advice: Do you know the rules for stacking silage bales?
As first-cut silage is being harvested and stored on many farms across the country, it is time to ask yourself…
Beef News
Nolan shares views on current beef trade and gives outlook
Dawn Meats group development manager, Paul Nolan, has shared his views on the current state of the beef trade and…
Podcast
The Farming Week: From beef exports to prices, what’s happening in Kerry with the IFA, ash dieback latest and what was the Taoiseach doing on a farm in Kildare?
Charles O’Donnell, Breifne O’Brien, Francess McDonnell and Rubina Freiberg bring you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture…
Rural Life
Man dies in ‘farm incident’ in Co. Derry – PSNI
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) has confirmed that a man in his 70s has died in a “farm…
Agri Politics
ICMSA: Factories must explain ‘farcical price cuts for prime cattle’
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) is calling on factories to explain the recent “farcical price cuts for prime…
Tillage
Watch: Taoiseach to ‘build on’ support for tillage farmers
Taoiseach Simon Harris said today (Thursday, May 16) that the government will be aiming to build on support for tillage farmers…
Machinery
9% fewer tractors registered in April 2024 – FTMTA
The Farm Tractor and Machinery Trade Association (FTMTA) has released its own figures for the number of tractors registered in…