CAP / Schemes
Farm to Fork: 20% reduction in fertiliser use; antimicrobial and pesticide use to halve
The European Commission has adopted its Farm to Fork Strategy, which will target sharp reductions in the use of fertilisers,...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission has adopted its Farm to Fork Strategy, which will target sharp reductions in the use of fertilisers,...
Beef
There are now 16 meat plants across the country that have been identified as Covid-19 clusters by the Health Service...
Beef
Management at some meat plants were given the results of their workers’ Covid-19 tests before the workers themselves, Minister of...
Agri-Business
A total of 272 work permits were issued to workers from outside the European Economic Area (EEA) to work in...
Beef
Meat plants could be directed to close their premises and cease business activity if the Health Service Executive (HSE) sees...
Agri Politics
The Dáil will take the “unprecedented step” of questioning three cabinet ministers in a single Dáil session on the scale of...
Beef
There have been calls for the formation of a collective taskforce of meat industry stakeholders to fight the growing problem...
Pig/Poultry
Academics from Queen’s University Belfast have been awarded $311,000 (£252,000) to use video-based crowd-tracking technology typically used to monitor human...
Pig/Poultry
Pig compound feed prices have moved out of line with ingredient costs, according to the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National...
Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed has today, Tuesday, May 12, announced that Ireland has secured...
N.Ireland
Union leaders have written to the First and Deputy First Minister demanding testing for poultry and meatpacking sector employees following...
Beef
The safety and well-being of staff, suppliers and service providers continues to be prioritised by meat processors across the country...
N.Ireland
Workers at poultry processing plant Moy Park are calling for Stormont ministers to take urgent action after a worker at...
Agri-Business
The urgent need for the roll-out of the €2 billion Credit Guarantee Scheme has been highlighted by the Irish Farmers’...
Beef
It has been confirmed that 566 cases of Covid-19 have been recorded among 10 clusters at meat processing facilities. In...
Agri Politics
Pressure is mounting on the Government to introduce a compensation package for poultry farmers affected by avian influenza (bird flu)...
Agri Politics
The country is in the midst of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. How is this unfolding crisis impacting on farming and...
Agri-Business
The recent outbreak of Covid-19 cases in some of the country’s meat processing plants “does not raise food safety concerns”,...