Agri-Business
CSO: 8% increase in cattle slaughtered in January
The number of cattle slaughtered in January increased by 7.9% when compared with the same month in 2023, the Central...
Agri-Business
The number of cattle slaughtered in January increased by 7.9% when compared with the same month in 2023, the Central...
N.Ireland
2023 saw the number of dog attacks on livestock in Northern Ireland double compared to 2022 and 2021, according to...
Pig/Poultry
The number of pigs in Ireland in December 2023 was down by 10.4% when compared with the same month in...
Agri-Business
Efforts to re-export livestock on board a ship that is currently stranded off Australia’s coast have been blocked by the...
Rural Life
There will be “good, honest debate” about the challenges of balancing sustainable agriculture and food security at the Irish Cattle...
Rural Life
The implications of a proposed ban on electronic shock dog collars have not been thought through, according to independent Kerry...
Farm Safety
The Health and Safety Authority (HSA) will begin a two-week farm inspection campaign next Monday (January 22) focused on the...
Agri Politics
Independent senator Rónán Mullen has today (Tuesday, January 16) criticised the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue,...
N.Ireland
The University of Nottingham has said livestock farms are being studied as potential sources of resistant infections in animals and...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine (DAFM) has updated the minimum specification for farm fencing used for livestock...
Dairy Technical
Christmas day for a farmer still requires the wellies to be put on and jobs being completed, as livestock must...
Agri-Business
Livestock production should be intensified in “relevant locations” to achieve zero hunger, the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the...
Sheep News
A Kerry farmer is calling on the government to establish a national compensation fund for farmers impacted by dog attacks...
Environment
Significant reductions in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions can be achieved through improvement of management practices in dairy farming, a new...
Environment
Global food companies took to the stage during the 28th UN Climate Change Conference of the Parties (COP28) today (Tuesday,...
Beef News
Teagasc is anticipating a 3% increase in the annual average finished cattle price for 2024, when compared to this year....
Agri-Business
The livestock sector must “transform” along with other elements of global agri-food systems to be more efficient, the Food and...
Agri-Business
New research suggests that the reduction or removal of antibiotics will not reverse antimicrobial resistance (AMR). Latest research from Alltech’s...