Tom O'Callaghan - Author - Agriland.ie
Agri-Business
Used equipment from Ireland’s closed sugar factories in Mallow, Co. Cork and Carlow have aided the resurgence of the sugar...
Opinion
Did you hear the one about the poor Kerry dairy farmer looking for a ’13th milk payment’ top-up from his...
Irish agri-food companies “simply can’t ignore” opportunities in Ukraine’s cereal and technology sectors, a chief advisor of the Ukrainian Prime...
With Brexit looming, Ireland needs to broaden its horizons on the global food market. Instead of being an island at...
Tillage
Ukraine has officially reported yet another record grain harvest for 2016, exceeding 66m tonnes in the process. Of this, wheat accounted for 26.8m...
Beef
Between 2004 and 2014, 4kg out of every 5kg of chilled Irish beef was exported to just four western European...
Recently, MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan accused Minister Simon Coveney of creating a ‘property bubble’ scenario around dairy industry expansion. If...
We talk about Global Dairy Trade (GDT) auctions a lot in Ireland – maybe it is because of the failure...
Dairy
After an initial uplift in milk prices at the start of 2015, international milk prices have softened again over the...
With a new government instigating reforms, and a pivot towards Europe, could the so-called ‘bread-basket’ of Europe offers competitive grain...
Irish farmers are not getting value for money on fertiliser purchases. Maybe it’s time they started playing hard-ball? The European...
Later this week milk quotas will be ancient history, whatever are we going to talk about? It seems that some people...
Irish-based policy makers need to start pursuing more vigorously the trade opportunities emulating from the EU rather than just viewing...
Food safety concerns relating to dairy ingredients originating from New Zealand in the recent past could potentially boost Irish-made baby...
Lactose is the primary constituent in liquid whey. It is the main carbohydrate or sugar in milk. Infant-formula manufacturers and...
Major international dairy co-operatives, Arla, FrieslandCampina and Fonterra announced milk price reductions in December. Arla’s price fell 1.9 cents to...
From an Irish dairy farmer’s perspective, protein it is the most valued commodity listed on their milk statement. Irish co-operatives,...
Cheese exports accounted for over €24 billion or 38% of total dairy exports in 2013. The importance of cheese production...
