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The rise and rise of big agri business

In a new book, Canadian academic Jennifer Clapp looks at how a handful of firms came to dominant global agri business.

NORTHERN IRELAND 22 October 2025

The rise and rise of big agri business

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Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

Watch: 'my head was dizzy and the headaches were cruel'

FARM SAFETY 22 October 2025

Delay sowing where blackgrass is an issue

Delay sowing where blackgrass is an issue

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Watch: are you protecting yourself while spraying?

Watch: are you protecting yourself while spraying?

Watch: are you protecting yourself while spraying?

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Arrabawn Tipperary selected to take part in AD feasibility study

Arrabawn Tipperary selected to take part in AD feasibility study

Arrabawn Tipperary selected to take part in AD feasibility study

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Arrabawn Tipperary selected to be involved in AD feasibility study

Arrabawn Tipperary selected to be involved in AD feasibility study

Initiative will definitively explore a co-operative model for biorefineries, focusing on anaerobic digestion.

NEWS 21 May 2025

IGGG calls for examination into genetically modified grain

IGGG calls for examination into genetically modified grain

The group have said that these products have been entering Ireland from third countries outside the European Union and that consumers have the right to be informed via labelling about its use.

NEWS 21 May 2025

Seaweed halves ammonia from slurry, study finds

Seaweed halves ammonia from slurry, study finds

The study, which was conducted at the Agri Food and Biosciences Institute in Hillsborough, Co Down, has been published in the journal Scientific Reports.

NORTHERN IRELAND 21 May 2025

Healy-Rae urges farmers to wear PPE when spraying pesticides

Healy-Rae urges farmers to wear PPE when spraying pesticides

Minister Healy-Rae was speaking directly to professional pesticide users at Crops and Technology, held by Teagasc at its Crops Research and Innovation Centre at Oak Park.

NEWS 21 May 2025

Farmer Writes: panoramas of wheat in the plains of Meath

Farmer Writes: panoramas of wheat in the plains of Meath

Modern combines need perfect crops to work well and when I think back to the weedy and scutchy crops we used to cut, it wouldn’t work today.

FARMER WRITES 21 May 2025

Horsch offers spot spraying without camera system

Horsch offers spot spraying without camera system

Leeb sprayers with AutoSelect can now ‘spot spray’ with data fed from a drone sweep of the field, Horsch announces.

NEWS 21 May 2025

Sheep Management: blowfly strike, nematodirus and SIS worm counts

Sheep Management: blowfly strike, nematodirus and SIS worm counts

Shearing contractors report coming in contact with more incidences of blowfly strike over the last week.

MANAGEMENT 21 May 2025

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ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

ESB Networks has released its updated farm safety booklet, a practical guide designed to help farmers, contractors and rural communities stay safe while working around electricity.

ESB Networks publishes farm safety booklet to support safer working environments

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