Agri-Business
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board has reviewed the impact the Middle East conflict is having on UK farm production costs.
N.Ireland
Sinn Féin's agriculture spokesperson Declan McAleer has warned that families across the north could face sharp increases in food prices.
Tillage
The Irish Grain Growers Group (IGGG) has noted the strengthening of international grain prices since the start of the war in the Middle East
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) remains totally committed to securing a sustainable future for agriculture in Northern Ireland.
With better ground conditions hopefully soon approaching, many farmers are now wondering how fertiliser prices are looking this spring.
Tillage farmers are being advised to maximise the certainty linked to the crops they select for the spring 2026 planting season.
Winter oilseed rape ticked all the boxes in 2025, according to Goldcrop cereal variety manager, John Dunne.
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has added its voice to the calls for a new tax on fertiliser imports to be postponed.
Teagasc is confirming that Irish grain production increased by some 300,000t in 2025, relative to the year previous
Irish tillage incomes are set to come under yet further pressure in 2026. This will be due to a combination of factors
While ground conditions are still poor in most parts of the country, the first round of chemical fertiliser will...
Milk prices have dropped significantly in the 12 months up until July 2023 and are now 34.7% lower than last year, the CSO has said today.
New figures from the CSO highlight that over the 12 months to June 2023 there was a sharp decline in the fertiliser price index.
Environment
Ammonia manufactured with ‘a zero’ carbon footprint should be commercially available within the next two years.
Yara, one of the world's largest fertiliser manufacturers, said that its financial results for Q2 2023 have been impacted by falling prices.
Beef
Fertiliser prices are continuing to decline across the country but there remains to be a...
Most fertiliser prices are returning to their historical averages, and in some cases, like urea, have fallen according to Rabobank.
For the first time since the fertiliser crisis began back in early 2022, Calcium Ammonium Nitrate (CAN) has dropped to €490/t.
An Oireachtas committee will write to the minister urging him to investigate what its chairperson called a "cartel" in the fertiliser sector.
Agri Politics
Farmers are seeing a €100/t differential in fertiliser prices in the same county this week a farm organisation has warned.
Rural Life
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture will meet this evening to discuss the disparity in fertiliser prices around the country.
The difference in the prices quoted for fertiliser across the country is "unbelievable", according to a senior policy executive with the IFA.
The Beef Plan Movement (BPM) has asked the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to investigate Ireland’s fertiliser market.
