Agri-Business
Advances in technology will enable well educated young people enter farming and enjoy a white-collared job, according to speakers at today's Food Summit at the Web Summit in Dublin.
Cavan farmer Richard Moeran has been elected as the new Chairman of Agri Aware. He is to replace Bernard Donohue, as Chairman of the independent farming and agri-food educational body.
Dairy
Dairymaster recently launched the much anticipated MooMonitor+ that monitors each individual cow’s health and fertility at its global headquarters in Causeway, Co Kerry.
The World bank's Juergen Voegele has highlighted the absolute imperative for agriculture to tear up its current research and development priorities
New research has found that scanning by ultrasonography confirmed that 88.6% of cows identified by activity (by the MooMonitor) were in estrus
Rural Life
Agricultural science students and their teachers from 70 schools across Ireland closed their textbooks and put on their wellies last week as a new syllabus is now under way.
IHFA has confirmd that this year's Emerald Expo will take place on Saturday April 26th. Alltech will, again, be the main sponsor
Speaking at the Global Forum for Innovations in Agriculture Dr Edmond Harty, CEO of Dairymaster, highlighted the growing problem of cow infertility.
Other
AgriLand caught up with Dr Edmond Harty of Dairymaster earlier this year and talked all things dairy and innovation. Here is a recap.
Irish dairy manufacturer Dairymaster is set to create 20 jobs at its main office in Causeway, Co Kerry next year.
"It was our goal in 2008 and we set out to get it and win," explained Edward Fitzgerald.
Dairymaster and CRI Genetics GmbH have partnered to sell and support heat detection system in the German market.
Dairymaster one of the leading diary innovation and technology companies, It's ceo and technical director Dr Edmond Harty was Entrepreneur of the Year 2012
Here’s our roundup of the top stories the past week on Agriland a good weekend read
Dairymaster CEO Dr Edmond Harty will represent Ireland at the Ernst & Young 2013 World Entrepreneur of the Year competition in Monte Carlo this Saturday
Beef
The Irish Pure Friesian Open Day 2013 will be held on the Ballykennedy herd of brothers John and Michael O’ Connor in Ballingarry, Limerick this July
