Stephen Bourke, Author at Agriland.ie

Stephen Bourke

Rebound forecast for Egyptian beef consumption

September 10, 2017

The Egyptian beef market has seen a terrible year as the country feels the chill of an IMF (International Monetary Fund) austerity programme…

High demand sees EU beef import quota filled in record time

September 3, 2017

Beef

Europe’s beef dealers have already hit the bloc’s beef import cap for the current quarter – six weeks before the start of the…

Britain’s food security solution is Irish beef exporters’ difficulty

August 26, 2017

Beef

The British Minister of State for Agriculture George Eustice has told Parliament that the country’s food supplies will be perfectly fine – even…

Disaster aid needed for Donegal farmers ‘facing ruin’

August 25, 2017

Rural Life

The government must include Donegal farmers in a disaster relief scheme following major flooding in the county, according to IFA (Irish Farmers’ Association)…

Farmers’ group calls for €100 million for TAMS next year

August 18, 2017

CAP / Schemes

The IFA has called on the government to set aside €100 million to cover the cost of the farm improvement grant scheme TAMS…

Beware fake inspectors, livestock transporters warned

August 18, 2017

Rural Life

Truck drivers hauling animals should be on alert for fake animal welfare inspectors, officials in Northern Ireland have said. The warning follows an…

Hill sheep blues: Highland farmers want €3 million budget boost

August 18, 2017

Sheep

“The hill sheep sector is on the ground” – that’s the message from the group representing farmers keeping highland flocks as it makes…

Who needs wires? Naughten touts €78 million radio frequency sale as rural broadband solution

May 23, 2017

Rural Life

Comreg has cut a €78 million deal for the rights to broadcast on the part of the radio spectrum expected to be used…

Varadkar: Ireland must keep North in single market after Brexit

May 22, 2017

Leo Varadkar, the frontrunner in the Fine Gael leadership race, has said he wants Northern Ireland to remain part of the European common…

Ireland high on the agenda as foreign ministers talk tough on Brexit

May 22, 2017

European foreign ministers are talking tough as they set out the EU’s negotiating position on Brexit, following the enactment of Article 50 by…

Butter is better than ever as prices hit a new record high

May 17, 2017

Agri-Business

Butter prices across Europe have climbed to a record high, with wholesale averages reaching €439 per 100kg last week. The European Commission’s data…

Sheep farmers slam ‘below-cost’ spring lamb supermarket prices

May 16, 2017

Sheep

Tesco’s price levels for spring lamb have been called ‘unsustainably low‘ by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s (ICSA’s) Sheep Chairman John Brooks.…

Agri and plant machinery giant makes it big in the movies

May 15, 2017

Machinery

In the last reel of Ridley Scott’s sci-fi classic Aliens, Sigourney Weaver straps into a yellow industrial ‘exo-skeleton’ to go toe-to-toe with the…

‘Brainwash’: Top dairy breeder hits out at ‘one-sided’ Teagasc message

May 9, 2017

Dairy

A leading breeder has hit out at the “one-sided” approach of Teagasc to cattle farming, saying the food development agency doesn’t do enough…

Regulators put Chinese dairy titan’s shares on lockdown

May 9, 2017

Agri-Business

Investors have been left hanging after regulators said trading in shares in Huishan, a major Chinese dairy concern, would not be allowed to…

Pieta House gets ‘Bloom boost’ from Teagasc

May 9, 2017

Rural Life

Teagasc horticulturalists have designed a show garden for the Bloom Festival to raise awareness of the mission of suicide prevention charity Pieta House.…

‘Farm earnings 28% below the average wage’

May 4, 2017

CAP / Schemes

Ireland’s average wage was €36,519, according to the CSO Yearbook of Ireland 2016. Meanwhile, Ireland’s farmers earned an average of just €26,303, according to…

World-class animals on show at Emerald Expo

May 3, 2017

Dairy

Dairy breeders had lots to celebrate with a strong showing from both breeders and youth participants at the Emerald Expo in Virginia, Co.…

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