Pig/Poultry
Moy Park announcement 'yet another blow to NI poultry producers'
The announcement by Moy Park to temporarily close its Ballymena processing plant and North Antrim Hatchery has been described as “yet...
Pig/Poultry
The announcement by Moy Park to temporarily close its Ballymena processing plant and North Antrim Hatchery has been described as “yet...
Agri Politics
The “anti-dairy and anti-livestock” ethos contained in An Taisce’s Green Schools Programme has been condemned by the Irish Creamery Milk...
Agri Politics
29,323 Irish farmers have applied so far for the 2019 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS). And with only a few weeks...
Beef
Beef finishers are losing out on approximately €3.7 million per week for cattle compared to the pre-Brexit period, according to...
Agri Politics
The UK parliament has voted by a majority of just one solitary vote to force the prime minister, Theresa May,...
Agri-Business
Veterinary officers recently recruited by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will be deployed at ports “as and...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed met with the Chinese Ambassador to Ireland, Yue Xiaoyong, today,...
Dairy
Ornua’s financial results for 2018 – some €2.1 billion in turnover and €40.4 million in profit – are “positive and...
Agri Politics
While there is a shortage of spring lamb on the cards, it’s not something that farmers need to be overly...
Beef
Some 1,400t of Irish beef worth €2.8 million was exported to China in 2018, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri Politics
The Twenty20 Beef Club, the newly-announced joint programme by Glanbia Ireland and Kepak, has been welcomed as a “recognition of...
Agri Politics
The UK is to seek a further extension to Article 50 for “as short as possible” to secure a timely...
CAP / Schemes
Member states will have the option of excluding large-scale processors of agricultural produce from receiving Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) payments...
CAP / Schemes
The decision by MEPs to back another round of proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 “will benefit...
Agri Politics
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has indicated that before any further discussions take place in relation to convergence,...
Agri Politics
The fodder situation will be closely monitored in 2019 to avoid another fodder shortage, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Environment
The time has come to “lay off the farmers” on emissions following revelations that aviation emissions across the world are...
Agri Politics
News of the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development’s approval of reform proposals to the Common Agricultural Policy...