Stephen Bourke

Rebound forecast for Egyptian beef consumption
Rebound forecast for Egyptian beef consumption

The Egyptian beef market has seen a terrible year as the country feels the chill of an IMF (International Monetary...

High demand sees EU beef import quota filled in record time
High demand sees EU beef import quota filled in record time

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

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

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

Disaster aid needed for Donegal farmers ‘facing ruin’
Disaster aid needed for Donegal farmers ‘facing ruin’

The government must include Donegal farmers in a disaster relief scheme following major flooding in the county, according to IFA...

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

The IFA has called on the government to set aside €100 million to cover the cost of the farm improvement...

Beware fake inspectors, livestock transporters warned
Beware fake inspectors, livestock transporters warned

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

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

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

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

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

Varadkar: Ireland must keep North in single market after Brexit
Varadkar: Ireland must keep North in single market after Brexit

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Agri and plant machinery giant makes it big in the movies
Agri and plant machinery giant makes it big in the movies

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

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

A leading breeder has hit out at the “one-sided” approach of Teagasc to cattle farming, saying the food development agency...

Regulators put Chinese dairy titan’s shares on lockdown
Regulators put Chinese dairy titan’s shares on lockdown

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

Pieta House gets ‘Bloom boost’ from Teagasc
Pieta House gets ‘Bloom boost’ from Teagasc

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

‘Farm earnings 28% below the average wage’
‘Farm earnings 28% below the average wage’

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

World-class animals on show at Emerald Expo
World-class animals on show at Emerald Expo

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