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Agri-Business
CF Industries and OCI merge to make giant fertiliser company
CF Industries Inc. has bought OCI NV’s North American, European and Global Distribution businesses for €8 billion, including debt. The merger...
Agri-Business
CF Industries Inc. has bought OCI NV’s North American, European and Global Distribution businesses for €8 billion, including debt. The merger...
Agri-Business
Irish fertiliser sales for the first six months of the fertiliser year are up, according to Teagasc’s Situation and Outlook...
Agri-Business
The agricultural output price index decreased by 1.7% in May 2015, compared with April 2015, the Central Statistics Office (CSO) says....
Environment
Farming is believed to be the cause of pollution in 53% of impacted river sites assessed during the period 2010...
Grass
Fertiliser sales volumes have picked up a pace recently with the silage season now in full swing, according to the...
Dairy
Silage for dry cows is different to that for milking cows, Michael Garvey of the College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise...
Grass
Interest in fertiliser among farmers has picked up in recent days with many of the buyer groups purchasing ahead of...
Grass
By now most stock are out at grass and grass growth has been slow on farms so continue to spread fertiliser...
Agri-Business
The IFA has confirmed that Jacob Hansen, the Director General of Fertilizers Europe, has been included in the panel of...
Opinion
Irish farmers are not getting value for money on fertiliser purchases. Maybe it’s time they started playing hard-ball? The European...
Tillage
Farmers need to be extremely vigilant when purchasing bulk fertiliser (either delivered bulk or bulk spread), the IFA has warned in...
Agri-Business
The challenge of high nitrogen fertiliser prices for the second year in a row is giving Irish livestock and tillage...
Dairy
Grass silage has a large nutrient demand and adequate N, P & K is essential for maximising grass yield and producing...
Dairy
In 2014, 867,000 tonnes of ground limestone was applied on Irish farms, according to Teagasc. It says lime has a...
Beef
Soil temperatures are currently ranging from 6.0 C in the North to 7.5 C in the South, according to Met...
Agri-Business
There is no real difference in fertiliser prices year-on-year, according to Yara business manager for Ireland Nicholas Morrison. “Both CAN...
Tillage
When applying fertiliser to winter wheat Teagasc advises to apply the phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) with the first application...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser prices increased slightly in December and January by respectively 0.4% and 2.2% on a year to year basis, according to the...