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Marginal drop in milk intake last year
Anne O'Donoghue
Overall in 2024, milk intake by processors and co-ops was 8.43bn litres, representing a small decrease of 30.6m litres or 0.4%.
People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA
7 February 2025 News
People in west feel left behind after storm Éowyn - IFA
"There isn’t enough being done – regardless of whether you’re an islander or mainlander. People feel left behind," the IFA's Teresa Roche has said.
AD company fined €15,000 for emissions breaches
7 February 2025 News
AD company fined €15,000 for emissions breaches
The case against Timoleague Agri Gen Ltd was taken by the EPA and heard at Clonakilty District Court this week.
News Podcast: Michael Healy-Rae, ICBF stars and calf boat cancelled
On this week’s show, we speak to Minister of State Michael Healy-Rae, talk about the ICBF Euro-stars indices and discuss the cancellation of a calf boat.
7 February 2025 News
FRS appointed as new deer strategy programme manager
A programme manager to establish 15 local deer management units around the country was a key recommendation of the Deer Management Strategy Group.
7 February 2025 News
Limousin society to remove Euro-star indices from all animals in herd book
The Irish Limousin Cattle Society has taken a massive decision to request the removal of ICBF genetic evaluations of all animals registered in its herd book.
7 February 2025 Pedigree
CycleØ progressing with €100m investment plans in Ireland
CycleØ Group, the leading end-to-end biomethane platform that builds, owns and operates plants in Europe confirms that its investment plans are progressing, with sites planned in Limerick and Kildare.
7 February 2025 Advertisers' anouncements
Weekend weather: dry but cool few days in store
Met Éireann forecasts clear weather over the weekend, but with no significant uplift in temperatures.
7 February 2025 News
New vet courses at ATU and SETU poised for September 2026 starts
While ATU aimed to have the programme up and running this September, SETU had always planned for a September 2026 start.
6 February 2025 News
Man dies in Leitrim farm incident
HSA and Garda investigations are under way into a suspected farm fatality in Co Leitrim.
6 February 2025 News
Storm Éowyn flattened €700m worth of timber
The amount of timber damaged and on the ground is around three times the volume processed each year by the Irish saw milling industry.
6 February 2025 News
Tillage Podcast: flour from beans, soil carbon and crop establishment
On this week’s episode, we have three guests discussing a number of very different topics from flour to cultivations.
6 February 2025 News