The North East Forestry Group (NEFG), a forest owners network based in the North East, has launched a new school tour programme for secondary students to connect students with real-life forest environments, offering practical lessons that directly support their classroom learning with bespoke tours. Teachers can book their classes into a local forest tour […]
Bord Bia has launched a dairy campaign in Thailand as part of the Irish government’s first ever agri-food trade mission to the country. The Thailand leg of the European Dairy – Ireland, Working with Nature campaign was launched in Bangkok and promotes dairy from Ireland in South East Asia. It is part of a wider three-year campaign targeting […]
Country Crest and Tesco Ireland have committed to their future partnership a further with a multi-year contract extension for the supply of potatoes, onions, and sweet potatoes to all Tesco stores nationwide and for online shopping. The contract, worth nearly €100 million, solidifies the strong partnership the retailer has had with the North County Dublin […]
Sysco, Ireland’s largest foodservice specialist, has joined forces with its partner of 30 years, ABP, Ireland’s leading beef processor, to launch an ambitious five-year collaborative sustainable farming project which will pioneer regenerative farming methods. The Regen initiative, which aims to share the learnings to benefit the wider farming industry, will follow Tipperary farmer Aoibhín Coady’s […]
Michelin is launching two new CerexBib 2 tyre sizes which have been specially designed for the New Holland CR11 combine harvester. Its dimensions and weight represented a unique development challenge – how to minimise soil compaction given the exceptional width of the machine and its tyres. The addition of two new sizes, VF900/65 R46 CFO […]
The total attendance figure for the 93RD National Ploughing Championships came to a massive 244,000 over the 3 days, with a huge increase of 43,450 visitors when compared to last year. Exhibitors and visitors alike thoroughly enjoying themselves in the glorious weather with all that was on offer. NPA Managing Director Anna May McHugh said, “The […]
The Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI), the statutory body responsible for the regulation, management and the education of the practice of veterinary medicine and veterinary nursing in the state, has welcomed the Government’s announcement of 80 new third level places for veterinary medicine. The places will be provided at two new veterinary colleges located at […]
National Broadband Ireland (NBI) has announced that more than 12,000 farms have now been connected to high-speed fibre broadband through its rollout under the National Broadband Plan (NBP). The number of farms that have connected to NBI’s high-speed fibre network has more than doubled in the last 12 months with an additional 6,000 farms connected […]
Carbery Group has announced it has again achieved Gold Membership of Bord Bia’s national food and drink sustainability programme Origin Green. A world first, Origin Green is Ireland’s pioneering food and drink sustainability programme, bringing together all members of the food supply chain from public, private and farming sectors to set and achieve measurable sustainability […]
In May, Ireland gained export access for beef to the Korean market, one of the world’s largest importers of beef and the highest per-capita consumers of beef in Asia (at 17kg per year). To support Irish exporters aiming to target the market, Bord Bia commissioned research to better understand the preferences and purchasing habits of […]
