Person: Joe Patton

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

farming

Way too soon for warnings of another fodder crisis

Met Eireann said early this week grass growth was practical non-existent, and the potato crop could only survive with the intervention of artificial watering.

farming

Address on-farm efficiency to improve profits, conference told

farming

Best forage sees higher profits for liquid milk producers

business

Food scientists collaborate with EU partners on Ethiopia potato project

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Production cost may hit milk supply

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Low fertility ‘driving costs’

One million litres of milk a day shipped from Ireland to England

ONE million litres of milk a day has been shipped from Ireland to England over the past two months because British milk production is running 15% under quota this year, the Teagasc National Liquid Milk conference was told in Dublin yesterday.

Fri, 24 Oct, 2008

Rising costs and price pressures set backdrop for milk conference

A CONFERENCE will be told in Dublin on Thursday that production costs were four cent per litre higher and profit three cent per litre lower on liquid milk farms compared with the average spring milk farm last year.

Tue, 21 Oct, 2008