The Google elves have compiled a list of the top 10 trending terms in relation to agriculture for 2019.
Be prepared for some surprises on the list!
Number ten: Bord Bia
Nicole Hannon, Tina Lyons, Tom Lyons,Megan Gaughan, Pearce McDermott, Enda Lyons,Gabriel Sloyan, all from Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo.
Bord Bia made the headlines for a number of reasons this year.
Some farmers staged a protest outside its building in Dublin to express their frustration at the organisation.
Number nine: Larry Goodman
Larry Goodman
The farmer fascination with the beef baron continues, with Larry Goodman making it into the top 10 trending terms in Irish agriculture.
Larry Goodman’s business and investment empire is valued at close to €4bn, an in-depth investigation carried out by the Irish Farmers Journal revealed.
One of his companies - C&D Foods - was also in the limelight when it held a number of injunctions against protesting farmers during the summer.
Number eight: dairy
The interest in dairy is still strong, with dairy making the top 10 list.
Number seven: cattle
Cattle made it to number seven on the list. One can only guess that Irish people might have been searching for cattle in relation to their climate emissions.
Number six: sheep
Some people will be surprised to see that sheep were more searched for than cattle this year!
Of course, the news will come as no surprise to sheep farmers who are fond of their flocks.
Number five: Glanbia
Glanbia milk tanker
Ireland's biggest processor made it to the 2019 list. It was in hot water with farmers over its milk price at times and was the point of focus for a grain protest, but it is the only milk processor on the list.
Number four: pigs
Cathal O' Donovan, Cooligboy, Timoleague, Co. Cork. / Donal O' Leary
This trending term took the team at the Irish Farmers Journal a little by surprise. Pigs beat off competition from cattle and sheep to make it to the top five trending terms.
People may have been searching for information on African swine fever, a disease that has ripped through some countries over the last year.
Number three: agriculture
No surprise that the term agriculture was on the agriculture trending list!
Number two: beef
Dry aged raw tomahawk beef steak
In a summer of continuous beef protests, it probably comes as little surprise that the term beef was number two on the trending list.
Number one: veganism
Burger King's meat free burger - 'The Rebel Whopper'
Some farmers won't be pleased to hear the news that the term veganism topped the trending list. In a year where Go Vegan World had billboards across the country, a pig unit was stampeded by vegan activists and Burger King launched a meat-free burger, it would seem that the 'fad' of veganism is here to stay!
Read more
Coming home for Christmas? Don’t bring African swine fever with you
2020 to be the year of the pig
Liveline saves turkey farmer’s bacon
The Google elves have compiled a list of the top 10 trending terms in relation to agriculture for 2019.
Be prepared for some surprises on the list!
Number ten: Bord Bia
Nicole Hannon, Tina Lyons, Tom Lyons,Megan Gaughan, Pearce McDermott, Enda Lyons,Gabriel Sloyan, all from Ballyhaunis, Co. Mayo.
Bord Bia made the headlines for a number of reasons this year.
Some farmers staged a protest outside its building in Dublin to express their frustration at the organisation.
Number nine: Larry Goodman
Larry Goodman
The farmer fascination with the beef baron continues, with Larry Goodman making it into the top 10 trending terms in Irish agriculture.
Larry Goodman’s business and investment empire is valued at close to €4bn, an in-depth investigation carried out by the Irish Farmers Journal revealed.
One of his companies - C&D Foods - was also in the limelight when it held a number of injunctions against protesting farmers during the summer.
Number eight: dairy
The interest in dairy is still strong, with dairy making the top 10 list.
Number seven: cattle
Cattle made it to number seven on the list. One can only guess that Irish people might have been searching for cattle in relation to their climate emissions.
Number six: sheep
Some people will be surprised to see that sheep were more searched for than cattle this year!
Of course, the news will come as no surprise to sheep farmers who are fond of their flocks.
Number five: Glanbia
Glanbia milk tanker
Ireland's biggest processor made it to the 2019 list. It was in hot water with farmers over its milk price at times and was the point of focus for a grain protest, but it is the only milk processor on the list.
Number four: pigs
Cathal O' Donovan, Cooligboy, Timoleague, Co. Cork. / Donal O' Leary
This trending term took the team at the Irish Farmers Journal a little by surprise. Pigs beat off competition from cattle and sheep to make it to the top five trending terms.
People may have been searching for information on African swine fever, a disease that has ripped through some countries over the last year.
Number three: agriculture
No surprise that the term agriculture was on the agriculture trending list!
Number two: beef
Dry aged raw tomahawk beef steak
In a summer of continuous beef protests, it probably comes as little surprise that the term beef was number two on the trending list.
Number one: veganism
Burger King's meat free burger - 'The Rebel Whopper'
Some farmers won't be pleased to hear the news that the term veganism topped the trending list. In a year where Go Vegan World had billboards across the country, a pig unit was stampeded by vegan activists and Burger King launched a meat-free burger, it would seem that the 'fad' of veganism is here to stay!
Read more
Coming home for Christmas? Don’t bring African swine fever with you
2020 to be the year of the pig
Liveline saves turkey farmer’s bacon
This is a subscriber-only article
SHARING OPTIONS: