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Grain trends: prices drop this week, currency hitting markets
Siobhán Walsh
Currency looks to be impacting European grain prices at present. French wheat prices dropped significantly this week.
9 April 2025 Crop protection
Biostimulants and plant nutrition: snake oil or profitable tools?
Biostimulants and nutrition can play a role in making plants healthier and able to fight disease, writes Siobhán Walsh.
21 March 2025 News
The great South American cattle scam
Investments in cattle in Uruguay have gone sour for thousands of middle-class Uruguayans.
Tearing up the cattle trade in Texas
A chat with the Speer family who run the Southwest Livestock exchange located just west of San Antonio in the heart of Texas.
8 March 2025 Markets
University of Galway and BioAtlantis join EU project on drought solutions
EpiSeedLink, funded under the European Commission’s Horizon Europe, is a four-year project exploring new methods to improve how farmed crops can survive prolonged dry spells.
20 February 2025 Climate and environment
Grain Trends: tariffs and weather hitting markets
Potential tariffs from the US and weather are both having a big impact on grain and oilseed markets at present.
5 February 2025 Markets
Below-average rainfall in Ireland in 2024
Figures from Met Éireann’s 2024 'Annual Climate Statement' found that last year was the 44th wettest year since 1941, with the south of the country recording the most rainfall.
6 January 2025 News
Farming in the face of climate change
Teagasc senior researcher Dr Elodie Ruelle recently outlined how Irish farms will cope with a warmer and wetter climate. Caitríona Morrissey reports.
4 December 2024 Climate and environment
Longer drought periods to be followed by intense deluges - Met Éireann
Barry Coonan from Met Éireann was speaking at Teagasc's Signpost conference in Clonmel on Thursday.
21 November 2024 News
US beef exports rise, Australia sets record
US beef exports up in September but still down for 2024 overall while Australia sets a beef exports record.
15 November 2024 News