A five-year EU Horizon 2020 funded project was recently launched in Dublin with the aim of improving agricultural advisors’ use of digital tools and services to enable better uptake of digital technologies by European farmers.
Teagasc has launched a European Innovation Partnership project titled Enable Conservation Tillage (ECT), which aims to promote the “wider adoption of sustainable conservation tillage systems” by specifically looking at grass weed control in these systems.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and Marine Michael Creed T.D. has confirmed that enhanced controls on carcase presentation (trim) will be fully rolled out from January 1st 2019.
The Royal Ulster Agricultural Society (RUAS) and Danske Bank are all geared up for the 2018 Royal Ulster Winter Fair, which takes place tomorrow, Thursday 13th December, from 9am to 6pm.
The Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has published an updated report on Brexit and its impact on Irish agri-food.
Ahead of the two biggest shopping weekends of the year, IFA President Joe Healy has warned retailers against discounting fresh produce in the run-up to Christmas.
At separately held SGMs, the shareholders of North Cork Co-operative Creameries (Kanturk, Co. Cork) and Newtownsandes Co-operative (Moyvane, Co. Kerry) have resoundingly approved the merger of the two Societies, which had been unanimously recommended to members by their respective Boards.
Minister Creed has welcomed the announcement of over €5 million in funding for agri-food and marine projects under the Government’s Disruptive Technologies Innovation Fund.
