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Machinery
Manitou Group sales drop 7.5% in 2024
Peter Thomas Keaveney
The Manitou Group has published its 2024 financial results, with the Groups sales of €2,656 million down 7.5% on 2023 figures.
14 March 2025 News
Kerry cuts milk price for February supplies
Demand for butter and cheese remains strong, while demand for powders is weaker, a Kerry Dairy Ireland spokesperson said.
14 March 2025 News
Sheep farmers taking €32/head hit as processors profit - ICSA
Processors have cynically moved the goalposts by cutting both the price and the paid carcase weight in one fell swoop, according to ICSA sheep chair Willie Shaw.
Agri crime in NI nears record low
The latest figures for 2024 show that across the 11 regional policing districts in Northern Ireland, agricultural crime fell in eight districts last year.
12 March 2025 Northern Ireland
Minister has 'no power' to extend hedge-cutting season
TDs call for a derogation to be able to cut roadside trees and hedges that are near power lines.
8 March 2025 News
ICMSA queries CSO's ‘deep dive’ into agricultural data
The ICMSA has said that the CSO is singling out farming yet again for special attention.
25 February 2025 News
Dairy calf birth registrations down on 2024
The number of dairy calves registered in the week ending 21 February 2025 was over 26,000 head lower year-on-year.
22 February 2025 News
Irish farmer social initiative goes stateside
The initiative was developed to help protect older farmers’ sense of purpose and social connectedness within the farming community in later life.
8 February 2025 News
Armagh and Down hit hardest by IHT tax
Farm land prices in Armagh and Down are the highest anywhere in NI and potentially the whole of the UK.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Land price in NI jumps £1,000/ac
Across NI overall, the lift in the land market happened even though the total supply of land offered up for sale hit a five year high during 2024.
5 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Land Report: Land market in Down jumps by £2,200/ac
Down remains the second most expensive county in Northern Ireland for agricultural land and it ranks in third place across the whole island.
5 February 2025 News
Dairygold meeting 'wasn't balanced' - CEO
Dairygold CEO Michael Harte acknowledged the issues farmers raised in relation to milk price and the recently announced loyalty bonus scheme.
15 January 2025 News