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US cow numbers hit five-year low
Declan O’Brien
Dairy exports from the US were 7% back in 2023 compared with 2022 and Rabobank predicts that volumes are unlikely to recover in 2024.
13 March 2024 News
British beef prices set to remain high this year
Nick Allen of the British Meat Processors Association (BMPA) said a shortage of store and finished cattle in the UK meant that a drop in beef prices was very unlikely.
13 March 2024 News
Farmers forward buying straw ahead of harvest
One tillage farmer in south Munster has over 1,000 round bales of straw pre-booked for this year’s harvest.
Eddie Punch enters race for Europe
The former general secretary of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) announced that he will stand as an independent in the Ireland South constituency.
11 March 2024 News
Land price average of €13,940/ac in 2023 - REA
Close to two-thirds of land purchases last year were funded out of what the auctioneers described as “cash reserves”.
10 March 2024 News
'Revamped CAP' needed to fund nature restoration
Moran insisted that farmers will have to be paid for any improvements in habitats and the environment which their actions deliver.
6 March 2024 News
Hackett sets up ash dieback taskforce
Letters were issued this week by the Department of Agriculture to bodies representing forestry growers asking if they wished to take part in what is termed an ash dieback taskforce.
6 March 2024 News
Minister battles to defend bog buffer zones
Farmers claim that the 100m buffer area around active turf banks could take out a quarter to a third of some ACRES commonages.
6 March 2024 News
Issues clarified in An Taisce's derogation challenge
Justice Richard Humphreys made a procedural judgment which set out the issues to be dealt with by the court.
6 March 2024 News
Rabobank cites derogation cut in global dairy review
The bank estimates that EU farmgate base milk prices will average close to €47.5/100kg for 2024 and reach €50/100kg with premiums at the peak milk supply.
6 March 2024 News
Increased pay rates put poultry production in jeopardy - IFA
The base salary has been increased to €30,000 for all grades of workers under changes to the permit system announced recently by Minister of State Neale Richmond.
3 March 2024 News
Farm bodies wary on Kerry's fertiliser deal
The novel tie up will see Grassland Agro supply close to 100,000 tonnes of fertiliser to Kerry Agribusiness.
28 February 2024 News