Agri Politics
'Closure of meat plants must not result in reduced prices for farmers' – Cahill
Following the outbreak of Covid-19 in a number of meat factories in Co. Tipperary, Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has...
Agri Politics
Following the outbreak of Covid-19 in a number of meat factories in Co. Tipperary, Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill has...
Pig/Poultry
Trade union SIPTU has told AgriLand that the concerns of Rosderra Irish Meats workers who left the plant in Clara in...
Pig/Poultry
The Rosderra Irish Meats facility in Clara, Co. Offaly, has seen four members of staff test positive for Covid-19. The...
Agri-Business
A senior official with the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has said he received “legal advice” that said...
Agri-Business
Research based on the outbreak of Covid-19 at the Tonnies meat processing facility in Germany has suggested that Covid-19 can...
Agri-Business
UK pork giant Cranswick has seen sales soar over the first quarter of the year due to an increase in...
Agri-Business
Trade union SIPTU said it has written to Rosderra Irish Meats following a staff walk-out at one of its factories last...
Beef
O’Brien Fine Foods has confirmed that testing of 177 employees who previously tested negative for Covid-19 has been completed, with...
Agri-Business
Research suggests that 29% of agri-food sector employees in Ireland come from outside the country. That’s well above the figure...
Pig/Poultry
The number of cases of African swine fever in Europe is on the rise after large-scale outbreaks of the disease...
Agri-Business
A report released by Eurostat comprises a comparison of (consumer) meat prices (for 2019) across Europe. The report indicates that Romania...
Agri Politics
Trade union SIPTU has claimed it is aware of a meat factory worker that was told if they “self-isolated there...
Beef
The closure of a factory once a cluster of Covid-19 cases has been confirmed “needs to happen immediately” according to...
Agri-Business
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has described what he called the “awful living conditions” of some food processing plant “agency workers”....
Rural Life
According to the group representing O’Brien Fine Foods and Carroll Cuisine, “there were no signals that there was any cause...
Agri-Business
Rosderra Irish Meats said it is “pleased” to return to full operations this week following a staff walk-out at one...
Agri-Business
The Health Service Executive (HSE) and the Health and Safety Authority (HSA) have approved the reopening of the Carroll Cuisine facility...
Agri-Business
The index of agricultural input prices for June was 3.5% down on the same figure for June of last year,...