The focus was on the Ornua resolution to terminate use of chlorine-based detergents in the dairy industry by the end of 2020, at the recent Teagasc Milk Quality Workshops in Cork and Cavan.

A new drive is under way to encourage farmers in Cork, Waterford and Tipperary with the capability to grow gluten-free oats to consider giving over acreage to this growing agri-business.

A joint programme to provide family farms with the skills and technologies to operate sustainable dairy systems has been launched by Glanbia Ireland and Teagasc.

Heritage Week is taking place in Fota Arboretum & Gardens.

The Irish National Stud and Gardens, Kildare, in association with ISNA, holds its first plant fair on Saturday, August 10, from 11am to 4pm. Admission €5, which will allow reduced entry into the Japanese Gardens.

The Irish National Stud and Gardens, Kildare, in association with ISNA, holds its first plant fair on Saturday, August 10, from 11am to 4pm. Admission €5, which will allow reduced entry into the Japanese Gardens.

Robert McNamara joins the Irish agri-food trade mission to Japan and finds Irish beef is cooking up a storm in Tokyo, where discerning customers are insisting on high-quality food and knowledge about its provenance.

Glanbia has announced that it will pay its member milk suppliers 30.5 cent per litre including VAT for May manufacturing milk supplies at 3.6% butterfat and 3.3% protein.

Glanbia Ireland paid some €1 billion, including VAT, to 4,500 farmers across rural Ireland for milk supplies last year.

Michael Doran is quite a new entrant to dairy farming based at Johnstown, Duncormick, Co Wexford.

Farmers have welcomed the launch of Glanbia Ireland and Kepak’s new Twenty20 Beef Club, offering members a guaranteed market for their heifers and steers.

As the next sale of EU skim milk powder (SMP) out of public intervention kicks off today, dairy farmers will hope a week of good dairy industry news continues to relieve their worries over Brexit, international trade and tariff disputes, and global economic trends.

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Glanbia Ireland has officially launched free heart health checks for farmers in the Glanbia catchment area.

Glanbia has said it will see a fall in first-half earnings this year, news of which dragged its shares down by almost 2%.

Glanbia said the popularity of health and sports nutrition products such as whey protein powder will fuel growth in the coming months, as its global cheese production helped raise its revenues almost 10% to over €2bn in its first half results.

Farmers have given a cautious welcome to Glanbia’s plan to sell 60% of its Irish dairy business to Glanbia Co-op, creating a new Glanbia Ireland joint venture in a deal worth €112m.