With falling beef prices and the continued dark cloud around Brexit, there is considerable interest among beef farmers in earning extra money by taking in dairy heifers or even bull/beef calves from dairy herds.
FIVE people have been confirmed dead in a volcanic eruption, New Zealand police said.
One person has died and more fatalities are likely after a volcano erupted on a small New Zealand island, police said.
Killing for China has been ramped up over the last fortnight, with trial slaughter runs taking place in a number of beef plants that were cleared for export to the Far Eastern market last month.
Motorists are being urged to travel with great caution after "extremely dangerous" gusts in excess of 130kmh swept across the country.
Irish energy provider and infrastructure investor Energia Group has acquired solar energy developer Solar Farmers Ltd which has two solar projects in Meath.
Waterford-based Specialist Nutrition has secured a five-year deal worth €135m to supply by-products from a US ethanol plant as sustainable feed to farmers in New York.
