Pig/Poultry
Poultry producers protest outside supermarkets
A number of protests were held outside supermarkets in counties Cavan and Monaghan today (Wednesday, February 13), organised by the...
Pig/Poultry
A number of protests were held outside supermarkets in counties Cavan and Monaghan today (Wednesday, February 13), organised by the...
Beef
An estimated 250 farmers from the Co. Longford catchment area gathered at Ballymahon Mart for the latest Beef Plan Movement...
Agri Politics
Rural development chairman of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) Seamus Sherlock has resigned from his role. Handing...
Beef
A hard Brexit would devastate Ireland’s beef and livestock sector to the tune of some €800 million annually, according to...
Agri Politics
The “renewed focus” by environmental groups in Ireland and further afield to criticise Irish agriculture has been slammed by independent...
Beef
A lobby of all TDs and senators on challenges currently facing the beef sector is to be held by the...
Agri Politics
The European Parliament’s Vice-President and MEP Mairead McGuinness has pointed to the rules on sustainable use of pesticides and how...
Rural Life
With unsafe food a threat to human health and economies on a global scale, the first international Food Safety Conference...
CAP / Schemes
European young farmers are calling on MEPs to double the ambition for generational renewal in the agricultural sector. The vocal...
Rural Life
Clarification has been called for on what rural projects will be effected following reports that rural Ireland’s budget will be...
Agri Politics
Ireland is continuing to engage with the European Commission and is expected to have further talks with officials in Europe...
Beef
Live exports will be top of the agenda tomorrow (Tuesday, February 12) for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and...
Agri Politics
Members of the the National Farmers’ Union of Scotland (NFUS), the country’s foremost farmer representative association, have re-elected its president...
Agri Politics
A dairy farmer from Ardagh, Co. Limerick, has announced his intention to run for the position of Macra Na Feirme...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, must guarantee payment levels for applicants to the new Beef...
Beef
Independent TD for Roscommon-Galway Michael Fitzmaurice has called on the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine to “tighten up”...
Agri Politics
A leading expert on Brexit has warned that the “all-Ireland economy” – which has taken years to build and establish...
Agri Politics
There is “real scope for increased quality lairage capacity” for Irish calf exports in Cherbourg in France, according to the...