Finland
Phelim O'Neill on 29 Dec 2021
20 minutes with Raili Lahnalampi, Finland Ambassador to Ireland
Finland’s ambassador to Ireland has served in several international roles in her career in Finland’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Phelim O'Neill on 22 Dec 2021
Finland: from forest to factory and beyond, even to space
Finnish forests are a blend of family business and a lifestyle and leisure place for the wider population.
Gary Abbott on 13 May 2021
AGCO develops new engine family
Finnish manufacturer AGCO Power has announced it is currently developing a new engine family, which it hopes to launch by the end of 2022.
Gary Abbott on 11 Feb 2021
Valtra announces plans to upgrade paint shop
Valtra has invested in a new state-of-the-art automatised paint shop facility at its tractor factory in Suolahti, Finland. Gary Abbott writes.
Peter Thomas Keaveney on 02 Sep 2020
Valtra takes wraps off new fifth generation G Series
With five models spanning 105-135hp, Valtra have just launched its new G Series, which is the very first of the firms 5th generation of tractors. Peter Thomas Keaveney reports.
Stephen Robb on 10 Jun 2020
Diquat granted emergency authorisation in two EU countries
The key potato desiccant active is no longer available to Irish growers from 4 February of this year.
Gary Abbott on 20 May 2020
Valtra-Valmet 8950:a modern working classic?
Gary Abbott looks into the history of Valtra's Valmet – the flagship of its era, and why it finds itself as such a highly sought after modern working classic.
Jack Kennedy on 13 Nov 2019
Ireland and Finland rank best on water
Ireland ranks well on nitrates in water, compared to other EU countries, according to European Commission results.
Gary Abbott on 06 Nov 2019
310hp Magnum chips away in Leitrim
Gary Abbott caught up with the father and son team behind McCauley Wood Fuels based in Co Leitrim to see its 310hp Case Magnum and high capacity Kesla wood chipper in action.
Gary Abbott on 06 Nov 2019
Watch: Ponsse harvester proves best in the west
Gary Abbott travelled to meet Mayo man Tony Davis having took delivery of his new Ponsse harvester and forwarder earlier this year. The harvester being the first of its kind in the country.
Barry Cassidy on 27 Oct 2019
Ireland part of EU audit on €740m dairy crisis spend
Following a ban by Russia on all EU agricultural products, milk prices plunged and the €740m spent between 2014 and 2017 supporting farmers will be subject to an EU audit.
Contributor on 23 Oct 2019
Farmers writes: Russian ban has cost my dairy farm €100,000 a year
Jan de la Chapelle milks 180 Holstein cows on his 600 acre farm in Lind in southern Finland. He also owns more than 3,700 acres of forest.
Lorcan Allen on 23 Oct 2019
20 minutes with Max Schulman, MTK
On a visit to Finland last week, Lorcan Allen spoke to tillage and forestry farmer Max Schulman about the mood in Finnish agriculture today.
Hannah Quinn-Mulligan on 23 Oct 2019
Weekly podcast: Finnish 'green gold' and stricter animal prescriptions
This week we hear how on-farm animal prescriptions will tighten up and how the Finnish are mad about their 'green gold.'
Lorcan Allen on 21 Oct 2019
In pictures: private collection of 120 vintage tractors in Finland
Finnish beef and tillage farmer Gustav Rehnberg has built a very impressive collection of vintage tractors, writes Lorcan Allen.
Lorcan Allen on 20 Oct 2019
In pictures: farming organic Angus beef in Finland
On a visit to Finland this week, Lorcan Allen meets Gustav Rehnberg, an organic beef and tillage farmer with more than 350 cattle.
Lorcan Allen on 16 Oct 2019
Dairy markets: SMP prices rally to five-year high on back of Chinese demand
SMP prices have soared to five-year highs in recent weeks on the back of enormous demand from China.
John Sleigh on 09 Oct 2019
France, Italy and and the Netherlands top Scotch beef destinations
Over 96% of Scotland's beef and lamb exports are sent to the EU, according to QMS figures.
Odile Evans on 10 Jul 2019
Finland wins World Steak Challenge in Dublin
The fifth annual World Steak Challenge took place in Dublin this week, and Ireland secured 75 medals but not the overall title.
Odile Evans on 19 May 2019
'It gets to the point where you can only charge so much for a steak'
Hundreds of beef-producing companies across the world are expected to compete in this year’s challenge to find the world’s best steak.