Agri-Business
Farmers to Market outlines sustainability goals under Origin Green
Cavan free-range chicken producer Farmers to Market have received double verification as a member of Bord Bia’s Origin Green programme....
Free-Range
Opinion
Why are Northern Ireland’s free-range poultry flocks still locked up?
I am not a veterinary surgeon but I feel I have the right to query why Northern Ireland remains in Avian...
Pig/Poultry
Compulsory housing requirement for poultry lifted
The compulsory requirement to house or confine poultry as a precautionary measure against bird flu has been lifted by the Department of Agriculture,...
Pig/Poultry
New labels for 'free range' eggs will be seen on shelves next week
Consumers will begin to see alternative labels for ‘free range’ eggs from next week onwards, the IFA’s Poultry Committee Chairman,...
Pig/Poultry
'Egg producers deserve State support as they lose free range status'
Egg producers who are set to lose their ‘free range’ status deserve State support, according to Irish MEP Marian Harkin....
Opinion
Free range egg producers have been treated despicably
It’s ridiculous that free range egg producers must re-label their cartons in the wake of the Avian Influenza outbreak. As...
Pig/Poultry
'Supermarkets need to support poultry farmers'
Supermarkets need to support ‘free range’ poultry farmers, according to the Chairman of the IFA Poultry Committee Nigel Renaghan. The ‘free...
Pig/Poultry
New labelling system being considered to protect 'free range' status of eggs
A new labelling system is being considered to protect the ‘free range’ status of eggs, according to Minister of State...
Pig/Poultry
'Minister must look at changing legislation around free-range poultry status'
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, must look at the prospect of changing the legislation governing free-range or organic status...
Pig/Poultry
Free-range poultry producers 'face a stark choice' as bird flu outbreaks continue
Free-range poultry producers now face a stark choice – allow their flocks outside and risk infection, or keep them confined...
