Richard Halleron

News Correspondent

Richard Halleron is an agricultural chemist by background. He is a past chairman of the Northern Ireland Institute of Agricultural Science and has also served as Chairman of the Guild of Agricultural Journalists in Northern Ireland.

Agri-Business

Renwick to speak at IFA rally in Mullingar

Alan Renwick, Professor of Agriculture and Food Economics at University College Dublin, will be one of the key speakers at...

November 18, 2013

Agri-Business

Financing expansion is not without its challenges

A leading US agriculture academic has told AgriLand that a significant number of Irish dairy farming businesses will fail as...

November 14, 2013

Breaking News

Dublin on red alert for illegal milk sales to Northern Ireland

Prompted by concerns that significant volumes of milk are being sold directly by dairy farmers in the Republic of Ireland...

November 14, 2013

Breaking News

New Teagasc drainage manual – a must read

Every now and then Teagasc undertakes a project which, in a very straightforward way, demonstrates why the organisation continues to...

November 14, 2013

Breaking News

Tremendous turnout for national dairy think-in

Approximately 300 delegates are attending today’s Teagasc National Dairy Conference in Cavan. This follows on from the 500 plus turnout,...

November 13, 2013

Breaking News

Once-a-day milking in prospect for New Year, Teagasc

Tom O’Dwyer, the man who heads up Teagasc’s team of dairying specialists, has told AgriLand that many dairy farmers may...

November 13, 2013

Agri-Business

‘It’s time for total transparency from field to fork’

COMMENT: I sense that sales of sunglasses went through the roof a few weeks ago given the number of food...

November 13, 2013

Breaking News

Dairy Ireland going from strength to strength

Dairy Ireland chairman David Murphy has told AgriLand that the organisation remains committed to espousing the highest management principles for the...

November 12, 2013

Agri-Business

ICMSA will seek Coveney’s intervention in TLT affair

ICMSA has confirmed to AgriLand that it will ask the Government to assist farmers caught up in the TLT International...

November 11, 2013

Beef

Garavellie brothers to take HSBC to court

TLT International Director Paolo Garavellie has told AgriLand that he intends taking HSBC Bank to the High Court following the...

November 11, 2013

Agri-Business

Minister O’Neill commits to policies that will have ‘a real all-island impact’

Northern Ireland’s Agriculture Minister Michelle O’Neill has told AgriLand that she remains totally committed to developing polices that will have...

November 11, 2013

Breaking News

We need a meaningful all-island animal health policy

COMMENT: This week will see Ireland’s two agriculture minister meeting up at a cross-border summit to be held in Armagh....

November 11, 2013

Breaking News

The growing scourge of liver fluke

Tyrone veterinary surgeon Seamus O’Kane has told AgriLand that sheep producers with breeding ewes should ensure that all early lambing...

November 7, 2013

Agri-Business

RDP – decision time is looming

A spokesperson for the Department of Agriculture has told AgriLand that work is continuing on designing the new Rural Development...

November 6, 2013

Breaking News

Sheep Ireland to highlight changes to LambPlus flock recording

Tomorrow evening will mark the start of a series of regional meetings, to be hosted by Sheep Ireland. The events will...

November 6, 2013

Pig/Poultry

Concern grows over ILT

Vincent Carton, managing director of the Meath-based Carton Brothers’ poultry group, has expressed disappointment at the Department of Agriculture’s inability...

November 6, 2013