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Northern Ireland
Tirlán shifts volume bonus onto milk solids
Kieran Mailey
The co-op is changing how it rewards NI producers for supplying higher volumes of milk. Kieran Mailey reports.
1 January 2025 News
Power up: Irish protein-rich products that pack a punch
Protein in your daily diet can help with a number of health goals, but how good are the protein-enriched products on our shelves? We look at the Irish products making the cut, writes Janine Kennedy.
23 December 2024 Viewpoints
View from China: Changes in China's pig industry
Speaker after speaker grappled with the prospect that China would in reality need only half the number of sows currently in the herd.
Brewers grains to fuel elite athletes
There are loads of opportunities to produce high-protein ingredients from Irish grain and plants. This can also make for a more sustainable production chain.
15 December 2024 News
UK imports of Irish poultry up 19% in 2024
Joe Burke takes a look at Irish poultry markets and what 2025 might hold for the poultry industry.
14 December 2024 Poultry
Dairygold increases November milk price
A base price of 46.56c/l excluding VAT will be paid by Dairygold for milk supplied last month.
12 December 2024 News
Bonus for Lakeland suppliers on all 2024 milk
Meanwhile, the co-op decided to hold its base milk price for November supplies.
11 December 2024 News
Milk supplied to co-ops up 15% in October 2024
Fat content for October 2024 was 4.93%, also up marginally from 4.92% in October 2023.
9 December 2024 News
NI milk prices push ahead of Britain
Base milk prices in Northern Ireland have moved ahead of those being paid to dairy farmers in Britain.
4 December 2024 Northern Ireland
Visiting one of the largest mills in the world
ADM in Decatur, Illinois, is home to the largest corn wet mill in the world, which the Irish Farmers Journal visited.
4 December 2024 News
Options for sheep headage payment are ‘limited’
There is likely to be little leftover funding for a sheep headage payment, or else payment rates for all coupled schemes will need to reduce to free up money.
27 November 2024 Northern Ireland
Commissioner tells Ukraine to supply EU with protein
The European Commissioner for Agriculture has suggested that Ukraine focuses on producing protein for the EU market, rather than other grains which it can sell around the world.
27 November 2024 News