The SIVAL – specialized plant production show took place this week at the Angers exhibition center in France. This year, no fewer than 700 exhibitors – including 80 new ones – were expected to cover 34,000 m², divided into the following sectors: machinery and equipment, post-harvest equipment, packaging, conservation, handling, tied with inputs, protected crops, services including banking, consultancy, and seeds, seedlings and new technologies. [...]

The value of Ireland’s food, drink and horticulture exports increased by 12% in 2025 to reach a record €19 billion, according to Bord Bia’s Export Performance and Prospects Report 2025/26.  This milestone performance was delivered amid one of the most volatile trading environments in recent years, shaped by geopolitical uncertainty, extreme weather events, persistent inflation, and shifting consumer behaviour. Despite these pressures, Irish exporters demonstrated strong resilience, with [...]

Proveye, the Irish agri- and climate-tech company headquartered at NovaUCD in Dublin, has recently announced a commercial partnership with DLF. This collaboration will strengthen DLF’s long-standing approach of working closely with farmers to develop practical forage solutions. DLF is deploying Proveye’s satellite-based grassland monitoring and measurement platform, ProvGrass, across its research and partner farm network, to ensure future grass and seed solutions are shaped by [...]