Agriland Team

All you need to know about becoming a professional user of pesticides
All you need to know about becoming a professional user of pesticides

The Sustainable Use Directive (SUD) is an EU directive that covers all aspects of pesticides use and was transposed in...

LIVE: IFA Election debate from Limerick
LIVE: IFA Election debate from Limerick

6:29 PM LIVE: IFA Election debate from Limerick Tonight we’re in Adare, Co. Limerick for the second week of the...

Proposing this Valentine’s Day? Here’s some farming-related ideas
Proposing this Valentine’s Day? Here’s some farming-related ideas

Are you planning on getting down on one knee this Valentine’s Day and proposing to your other half? If you’re...

IFA election debates: live blog from first debate in Roscrea
IFA election debates: live blog from first debate in Roscrea

The IFA presidential debates start tonight in North Tipperary and we’ll bring you full coverage from the first debate in...

IFA Elections 2016: Regional Chairmen Candidates
IFA Elections 2016: Regional Chairmen Candidates

The candidates in the IFA Elections for the positions of regional chairs. The IFA has confirmed candidates for three of...

IFA Elections – Deputy President – Pat Farrell
IFA Elections – Deputy President – Pat Farrell

Pat Farrell is a suckler and beef farmer from Co. Kildare and is a former Chairman of the IFA Environmental...

IFA Elections – Deputy President – Richard Kennedy
IFA Elections – Deputy President – Richard Kennedy

Richard Kennedy is a dairy farmer from Clarina in north Co. Limerick and is a past Limerick County Chairman. He is...

IFA Elections – Deputy President – Nigel Renaghan
IFA Elections – Deputy President – Nigel Renaghan

Nigel Renaghan is the current IFA National Poultry Chair and has held the position since 2012. As well as farming poultry,...

Strong start to the year for Greencore with revenues up over 7%
Strong start to the year for Greencore with revenues up over 7%

Greencore Group plc has released a trading update covering the 13 weeks to 25 December 2015 (“Quarter 1” or “Q1”)....

3 key tips from teagasc to combating milk price volatility
3 key tips from teagasc to combating milk price volatility

‘Combating Volatility through Our Competitive Advantage’ was the theme of a Dairy Seminar held in North Cork recently. The event...

New year, new you? Kick start 2016 with a new job
New year, new you? Kick start 2016 with a new job

With a new year comes change and maybe you’re in the market for a new job to get the year...

Irish farms’ big green advantage boils down to water availability
Irish farms’ big green advantage boils down to water availability

Irish agriculture has a unique advantage in relation to water and the volumes that fall on the country, when it...

Video: Harvesting maize to sowing winter corn in a matter of minutes
Video: Harvesting maize to sowing winter corn in a matter of minutes

Things move very quickly on farms these days and this video is a perfect example of how no time was...

Real men don’t eat quiche – maybe they should! A guide to healthy eating
Real men don’t eat quiche – maybe they should! A guide to healthy eating

Irish men are getting bigger – expanding outwards rather than upwards – and farmers are no different but healthy eating...

Happy Christmas to all Agriland readers
Happy Christmas to all Agriland readers

The team here at Agriland.ie would like to wish all our readers a very happy and safe Christmas and a healthy...

Competition: Nominate your ‘Champion for Change’ (€1000 up for grabs)
Competition: Nominate your ‘Champion for Change’ (€1000 up for grabs)

FBD is asking people to nominate their Champion for Change, as part of the FBD Champions for Change programme –...

Full resignation letter from Eddie Downey
Full resignation letter from Eddie Downey

Eddie Downey’s full resignation speech – released by IFA at 21.00 on Wednesday night.  “I am today announcing my resignation...

Con Lucey letter to IFA President Eddie Downey on August 18, 2014
Con Lucey letter to IFA President Eddie Downey on August 18, 2014

Dear Eddie, Further to my letter to you on 11 August and our subsequent discussion on the phone on 13...