Dairy
Some 22,500 cows are milked on the Al Badiah dairy farm in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia four times each day, producing a jaw dropping 11L of milk every second.
Rural Life
Embrace FARM will host an accident support group meeting in the Mullingar Park Hotel, on March 10 for bereaved families and those injured by farm accidents.
Prices at today's Global Dairy Trade auction fell 6.3%. It follows a drop in prices at the last of auction of 3.2%.
N.Ireland
The poultry section of Balmoral Show 2017 has been cancelled, Rhonda Geary, RUAS Operations Director, has announced.
Pig/Poultry
'Making pig farming great again' will be the theme at the 2017 Irish Pig Health Society Symposium which moves to the Charleville Park Hotel.
Agri-Business
Brexit could be a catalyst for innovation and investment in Ireland’s prepared consumer foods (PCF) sector, according to a new Brexit report from Grant Thornton.
There are 22,500 cows being milked on the Al Badiah dairy farm, one of Almarai's six super farms in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
Four calves had a lucky escape recently after they fell into a slurry tank at Ashfield Road,...
EU
'Russia’s import bans on live pigs, pork and other pig products from the EU is illegal under international trade rules.'
The annual value of EU agri-food exports in 2016 reached a new record level with total exports reaching €130.7 billion, up €1.7 billion on 2015.
EU milk production decreased by 3.4% in December 2016 on the corresponding month in 2015, the latest figures from the EU's MMO show.
Global sales of the UK’s food and drink have hit the £20 billion mark for the first time, the UK's Environment Secretary Andrea Leadsom has announced.
Looking at 2017 to date, WMP prices have now slid 10% at the Global Dairy Trade auction, Nathan Penny of ASB Bank has said.
Glanbia's total Group revenue for 2016 was €3.6 billion, an increase of 1.3% on 2015 and plans to sell 60% of Dairy Ireland to Glanbia Co-op.
Dairy product prices fell 3.2% at today's Global Dairy Trade auction. At the last auction, prices increased by 1.3%.
Kerry Group revenue on a reported basis increased slightly by 0.4% to €6.1 billion (2015: €6.1 billion) and profits increased by 7.1% to €749.6m in 2016.
New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra has encouraged the UK to adopt an open trade policy post-Brexit.
Other
Gardai in Navan, are appealing for witnesses after a cyclist was knocked off his bike by a John Deere tractor hauling a green slurry tank.
