Place: Arrabawn

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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28 most efficient farmers are Origin Green finalists

Bord Bia has shortlisted the 28 most efficient farmer members of its Beef and Dairy Sustainability Assurance Schemes.

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Co-ops urged to follow EU-wide dairy price rises

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Farmers embrace purple and pink to raise funds for breast cancer awareness

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900 potential new entrants, 200 to re-enter

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Supporting farmers with a strategic and long-term view

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Farms vie for National Dairy Council and Kerrygold Quality Milk Awards

Summer work load spells danger

By mid-May in 2014, 12 people had lost their lives on farms. The danger to life is a constant cloud hanging over farming.

Thu, 22 May, 2014

Co-op marks centenary with plan to invest €20m in milk processing

Arrabawn Co-op plans to invest €20m in expanding its milk processing capacity by 50% with the abolition of milk quotas in 2015.

Wed, 20 Nov, 2013

Leave milk prices at May levels to protect farmers, urges IFA boss

IFA president John Bryan has called on the co-ops to hold May milk prices to protect dairy farmers, already hit by disastrous weather this month.

Thu, 17 May, 2012

Age of opportunity beckons for milk

Teddy Cashman is six months in the job of IFA national liquid milk chairman.

Thu, 17 May, 2012

Dairy farmers commit to expansion, but no need for a ‘super co-op’ yet

Dairy farmers are committed to expansion but the industry has no pressing need for a centralised super co-op to process the extra milk, Dairygold chief executive Jim Woulfe argues.

Thu, 05 Apr, 2012

Quota demand exceeded supply by 10 times

DEMAND for litres in the 11th milk quota trading scheme exceeded supply more than ten times.

Thu, 22 Dec, 2011

ICMSA fears ‘bubble’ developing as exchange prices for quotas inflate

INFLATED prices for the exchange of milk quota are fast developing into “a bubble”, according to ICMSA dairy chairman Pat McCormack.

Tue, 20 Dec, 2011

Kerry Group set to sell Dawn liquid milk business to Glanbia for €10m

KERRY Group has signed a contract to sell its Limerick -based Dawn liquid milk business to the Kilkenny- based Glanbia Group in a deal understood to be worth about €10 million.

Sat, 15 Jan, 2011

Fine weather and rising milk prices ensure IHFA open day is a huge success

MORE than 3,000 dairy farmers and their families attended the Irish Holstein Friesian Association (IHFA) open day on the farm of Thomas and Michael Buckley at Ballinahina, Dublin Pike, near Cork city.

Thu, 01 Jul, 2010