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Market Digest: stories from around the world
Phelim O'Neill
Brief news snippets from Australia, UK, United States and Brazil.
18 December 2024 News
US could drop hormone-fed beef from UK deal
If the US drops its insistence on hormone-fed beef getting access to the UK as part of a trade deal, it would be a real game-changer.
18 December 2024 Education
‘I found a love for farming while working abroad in Oz’
Primary school teacher Katie Helen travelled all the way from Wexford to north Queensland to discover her real passion for farming, writes Sarah McIntosh.
‘The real experience is in the outback’
Cormac Price from Co Meath is working on a tillage farm in Australia and enjoying using his new found responsibilities, writes Sarah McIntosh.
18 December 2024 Careers
‘The Australian culture is similar to Ireland’s, but with more sunshine’
In the last of our ASA travel bursaries series, Emily Cosgrove from UCD talks about her time in Australia in conversation with Sarah McIntosh.
18 December 2024 Careers
Grain Trends: USDA cuts global wheat production
The latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates was published this week by the USDA, which cut global wheat production estimates to 792.95 million tonnes.
11 December 2024 Markets
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from USA, Turkiye, Australia and Germany.
11 December 2024 World
Australia on track to set new beef and lamb records
The country has already set a new record for sheepmeat exports with a month of 2024 left to go and looks almost certain to set a new record for beef meat exports.
8 December 2024 News
Inheritance tax allowances and tax shelters
Inheritance taxes are unpopular, precisely because they will rarely match ability to pay, especially for farming assets.
4 December 2024 Opinion
Brazil beef price rise good for Irish farmers
Surge in Brazilian cattle price over recent weeks will make exporters stronger sellers on global markets.
24 November 2024 News
Higher value dairy exports will move ‘closer to home’ - Ornua
Ciaran Aylward, economist at Ornua, was speaking at the Global Dairy Outlook panel at the Irish Farmers Journal Dairy Day in Páirc Uí Chaoimh.
21 November 2024 News
‘My ache is for my firstborn, Jill, who lives in Australia'
November comes and November goes, with the last red berries and the first white snows, writes Kate Durrant.
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