Beef
Minister urged to 'exert maximum pressure' to avoid potential UK meat ban
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue is being urged to “exert maximum pressure” at EU level to...
Beef
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue is being urged to “exert maximum pressure” at EU level to...
Agri-Business
Urgent talks are underway to avert a reported “potential two-way ban” on non-frozen processed meat products going between Ireland and...
Beef
Independent TD Michael McNamara has said he is “a little bit disappointed by the lack of any sort of movement”...
Beef
Deputy Bríd Smith will bring forward a bill “all about sick pay schemes being forced on meat plants and those...
Rural Life
Independent TD Michael Fitzmaurice has called for wild mink to be included in a nationwide cull of the species on...
Pig/Poultry
Teagasc will host a number of online webinars on the poultry sector over the coming weeks as part of its...
Pig/Poultry
Deputy Matt Carthy has called on Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue to ensure that either “adequate insurance cover or a...
Pig/Poultry
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has “strongly condemned” today’s announcement by pig factories of another 4c/kg price cut. IFA Pig...
Pig/Poultry
An Avian Influenza Prevention Zone (AIPZ) has been declared across England, Wales and Scotland to mitigate the risk of the...
Rural Life
Proposed new EU regulations on veterinary medicines, which would see some being designated as prescription-only, would “severely impact on competition...
Agri-Business
The agricultural terms of trade index was 8.6% higher in September 2020 compared to the same month of 2019, according...
N.Ireland
A pioneering Northern Ireland project to shape the future of poultry houses has been successful in attracting funding from Innovate UK...
Pig/Poultry
Vigilance is needed following the confirmation of a case of avian influenza (bird flu) in Co. Limerick over the weekend,...
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed a case of bird flu in a wild bird in...
Pig/Poultry
The risk level of avian influenza establishing in wild birds in Britain has been raised from ‘medium to ‘high’ following...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland poultry farmers have been urged to take action now to reduce the risk of their flocks contracting Avian Influenza....
Agri-Business
Preliminary estimates of the agricultural price indices for 2020 show a 3.3% decrease in input prices from 2019 levels with...
Pig/Poultry
A poultry farm in Kent has had an entire flock of birds slaughtered after the flock was suspected to have low-pathogenic...