Beef
CSO: 2% annual fall in the number of cattle slaughtered in 2023
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland in 2023 fell by 2% year on year to almost 1.9 million head, according...
Beef
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland in 2023 fell by 2% year on year to almost 1.9 million head, according...
Pig/Poultry
Following a positive vote by Member States, the EU Commission will provide €46.7 million in compensation to Italian farmers in...
Pig/Poultry
Irish pigmeat production declined by 11% in 2023 to 224,000 tonne compared to 2022, according to Bord Bia beef and livestock...
Pig/Poultry
The European Commission has today (Wednesday, January 17) approved two Czech schemes, with a total budget of over €1.4 billion,...
Dairy
The Environment Committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of the compromise reached in late November on the...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Ibec association representing primary beef, pork and lamb processing facilities, has praised what it called...
Pig/Poultry
For the first time, the presence of highly pathogenic avian influenza (otherwise known as bird flu or HPAI) has today...
Pig/Poultry
Overall, Irish primary poultry exports increased by approximately 7% to over €170 million during 2023, helped by stronger poultry supplies...
Agri-Business
Yesterday saw the release of Bord Bia’s Exports Performance and Prospects Report 2023/24, which revealed the value of Irish agri-food...
Pig/Poultry
Irish pig producers reduced their average holding size over the past 18 months according to the latest report from Bord...
Agri-Business
The value of Ireland’s food, drink and horticulture exports was down 4% last year compared to 2022, according to Bord...
Pig/Poultry
A Co. Cork pig farmer has been fined thousands of euro as a result of the first prosecution by the...
Pig/Poultry
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that poultry farmers “will not tolerate any reduction in the margin they receive”...
Pig/Poultry
The UK’s National Pig Association (NPA) has said that 57t of illegally imported pigmeat being seized at the Port of...
Pig/Poultry
Recommendations have been published by university researchers for the reduction of the disease risks posed to public health by intensive...
Pig/Poultry
Turkey farmer, Fiona Curran, from Kells, Co. Meath said it is “great” to be able to say that everything on...
Pig/Poultry
The results of a Safefood survey, completed in October this year, show that 57% of people find cooking Christmas dinner...
Pig/Poultry
Wexford native, James Cullen, a PhD student in the Eco-Innovation Research Centre (EIRC) at South East Technological University (SETU), was...