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UK beef industry relationships preferable to Irish
There are important differences between farm-level responses to disappointing prime beef cattle prices in the UK and Republic of Ireland...
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There are important differences between farm-level responses to disappointing prime beef cattle prices in the UK and Republic of Ireland...
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The Oireachtas Agriculture Committee, which I Chair, has published a report on how we can maximise the range of the...
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With a Competition Authority diktat ensuring beef prices were off the table for yesterday’s round of beef forum talks, there...
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Typically, in times of crisis, bold action is required, tough decisions are made and leadership is shown. Yet, 12 months...
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Who does the IFA think it’s kidding? The 48 hours of ‘grandstanding’ activity is nothing more than an optic operation,...
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The statistics relating to China’s dairy sector make for very interesting reading. For the record they are as follows: annual consumption...
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One of the most glaring distortions within the Irish food trade delegation visiting China this week is the total lack...
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The week after the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine called for calm among the stakeholders in the beef...
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Cashflow problems will crop up on most farms at certain times of the year. The problem is most acute on...
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I hate to be a harbinger of gloom and doom, but has it not occurred to anyone within the dairy...
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Two months ago, EU Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos referred to the steps taken by him to provide support for those...
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We are constantly reminded that we are in a beef ‘crisis’. Given that this situation started almost a year ago,...
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It is accepted that suckled beef production is vulnerable at EU and world level, even though trans-global consumption, which is...
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A visit to the Lake District of England last week set me to thinking about the enhanced role which livestock...
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It seems that few budgets contain any real surprises these days, with the leaks and whisperings in the run up...
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A recent report by the EU Commission highlights that Ireland’s food industry workers are the most productive in the EU....
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Trust between beef producers and the main processors appears to be at an all-time low. Producers appear to be completely...
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This week’s report from Rabobank is a damning indictment of the ways by which EU supermarkets are managing to manipulate...