SEE Video- SHARK FARMER: CHANGING TRENDS

 Shark Farmer, Rob Sharkey

The Shark Farmer, Rob Sharkey, discusses the changing trends in purchasing farm equipment.  See video below

Images speak at the annual national forum of small scale women farmers' organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) organized by the Actionaid

 Images speaks at the annual national forum of small scale women farmers' organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) organized by the Actionaid

 Images speaks at the annual national forum of small scale women farmers' organization in Nigeria (SWOFON) organized by the Actionaid.... see more images below

More images speak as FG releases two new BT transgenic hybrid cotton

More images as FG releases two new BT transgenic hybrid cotton

More images as FG releases two new BT transgenic hybrid cotton... se more images below

'Ireland should push for a free-trade agreement with Indonesia to compete in region'

Bord Bia's Tara McCarthy and Thomas Darmawan of Kadin Indoesian Chamber of Commerce at a dairy seminar Jakarta

Ireland must push for a Free Trade Agreement with Indonesia if it wants to successfully compete in the South-East Asian market, Head of Dairy Industry Ireland (DII) Conor Mulvihill has urged.

Images speak at the world press conference on the newly released MRC7377 BGII MAHYCO c 567 BGII and MRC 7361 Transgenic cotton hybrid varieties in Nigeria

Group picture at the world press conference on the newly released MRC7377 BGII MAHYCO c 567 BGII and MRC 7361 Transgenic cotton hybrid varieties in Nigeria

Images speak at the world press conference on the newly released MRC7377 BGII MAHYCO C 567 BGII and MRC 7361 Transgenic cotton hybrid varieties in Nigeria

Prices static as kill figure still topping 38,600 head

Ballymote Mart Weanlings. Lot Number 636. Weight 296Kg. DOB 13/3/18 Breed CHX. Heifer. Price €720. Photo Brian Farrell

They say no news is good news, except, I expect, when you’re expecting news. Two months ago as factory kill numbers started to climb, few could have foreseen the current reality that as we head into November weekly average kill numbers over the last two months have remained stubbornly over 38,600.

Beef farmers can make €105/ha extra net profit with proper grazing management - Teagasc

 Beef farmers

Irish farmers are only seeing 50-60pc of their grass growth potential and are not realising the full benefits of the cheapest form of feed – grazed grass, according to Teagasc.

Key data on Nitrates and Phosphorus now available online

 Key data on Nitrates and Phosphorus now available online

The Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine has announced that interim Nitrogen and Phosphorus statements for the period January to September 2018 and are now available online at agfood.ie

IITA Director General, Dr Sanginga addresses presidential delegation from Sudan seeking collaboration on cassava transformation

…As Sudan and IITA sign MoU

The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga 

The Director General of the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Dr Nteranya Sanginga said today that a collaboration between IITA and Sudan will put smiles on the faces of farmers in the northern African country.

Soil fertility - can you afford to ignore it?

Taking soil samples is essential to establish baseline fertility

Albert Einstein once said “the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting a different result”.