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Policymakers in Ireland have learned the lesson about demonising farmers – just don’t do it.

With travelling irrigators being the preferred choice for dealing with dairy farm effluent in New Zealand, the sight of effluent tankers or manure spreaders is a relatively rare one.

Irish slurry handling specialist Abbey Machinery is working to get more value from slurry. Business development manager international, Michael O’Grady explains. 

Plenty of opportunities exist for New Zealand to sell more product to Ireland, says NZ’s ambassador there.

The expansion of the dairy industry in Ireland is starting to affect the environmental health of the country’s lakes, rivers and estuaries.

NZ meat industry special envoy on Brexit, Jeff Grant attended the 88th National Ploughing Championships in Ireland, where discussions of Brexit was a common theme.

UK and Irish farmers are united in their concern about the way the Brexit negotiations are heading, with a no-deal looking a real possibility.

A kiwi company that believes its computer software can help reduce farm accidents and fatalities is joining the New Zealand 2019 Agritech mission to UK and Ireland.

Peter Burke has spent the last three weeks observing Brexit first-hand in England and Ireland. 

Reversing a long-time flow of gear from Ireland to New Zealand, a Waikato manufacturer is about to start exporting to the land of Guinness.