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Rosderra Meats ‘pleased’ to return to full operations following staff walk-out

August 14, 2020

Agri-Business

Rosderra Irish Meats said it is “pleased” to return to full operations this week…

HSE and HSA approve reopening of Carroll Cuisine

August 14, 2020

Agri-Business

The Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have approved the reopening of the Carroll Cuisine facility in Tullamore, Co.…

Agricultural input price index for June down 3.5% on same month in 2019

August 13, 2020

Agri-Business

The index of agricultural input prices for June was 3.5% down on the same figure for June of last year, according to the…

SIPTU: Do we cherish quality of our food more than safety of our people?

August 13, 2020

Beef

Trade union SIPTU has thrown down the gauntlet to the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Covid-19 this morning, Thursday, August 13, by asking the…

Food Drink Ireland to outline control measures in plants at Covid-19 committee

August 13, 2020

Beef

Food Drink Ireland (FDI), the body that represents, among others, the secondary meat processing sector, will appear before the Special Oireachtas Committee on…

Letter to the editor: Answers needed to ‘build trust’ in the meat processing industry

August 12, 2020

Opinion

I am requesting that Meat Industry Ireland [MII] confirms that all current employees in the meat processing industry were recruited as per EU…

Rosderra Meats workers were ‘within rights to take the stand they did’ – Cowen

August 12, 2020

Agri-Business

A number of workers at Rosderra Irish Meats left the processing factory in protest on Monday, August 10, after staff had been brought…

Belfast study shows even minimal mycotoxin levels impact broiler performance

August 12, 2020

Pig/Poultry

Breakthrough nutritional research carried out in Belfast has unveiled a direct link between even minimal levels of mycotoxins and poultry performance. The research…

Cullinan interview: Splintering in farm politics – and the IFA’s recent past…

August 11, 2020

Agri Politics

“Farmers will make up their own minds who they want to support.” That’s according to Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Tim Cullinan, commenting…

‘Covid-19 is moving from the community into the factories’ – Ibec CEO

August 11, 2020

Agri-Business

The CEO of Ibec – the business and employer umbrella group of which Meat Industry Ireland (MII) is a part of – has…

Cullinan interview: For those farmers, the ‘only way is coupled payments’

August 10, 2020

Agri Politics

Tim Cullinan, president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), has given a staunch defence of coupled payments under the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP).…

Dairy feed sales on the rise in first quarter of 2020

August 10, 2020

Dairy

According to the Situation and Outlook report released by Teagasc this week, there was a sizable reduction in the amount of animal feed…

‘Virtual trade missions’ to be part of Bord Bia response to trade slump

August 6, 2020

Agri-Business

Virtual international trade missions are set to be part of a range of measures from Bord Bia to respond to the slump in…

7 Covid-19 cases diagnosed at Carroll Cuisine in Tullamore

August 4, 2020

Pig/Poultry

Seven cases of Covid-19 have been diagnosed at a ham processing and packaging facility in Tullamore, Co. Offaly. Carroll Cuisine confirmed that, during…

Are Irish food exports to China being affected by diplomatic issues?

August 1, 2020

Beef

In the last number of months, Irish food exports to China have taken a hit, with beef imports suspended due to a case…

Cattle slaughterings up 15.4% in June – CSO

July 28, 2020

Beef

Cattle slaughterings increased by 15.4% in June compared to the same month in 2019, according to the latest figures from the Central Statistics…

French competition authority issues €93 million fine to ‘cartel’ in pork sector

July 27, 2020

Agri-Business

The competition authority in France – the Autorite de la Concurrence – has fined 12 companies acting as a cartel in the ham…

Applications opened for Africa Agri-Food Development Programme

July 22, 2020

Agri Politics

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Dara Calleary, and the Minister for Foreign Affairs, Simon Coveney, jointly announced a further call…

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