Pig/Poultry
UFU highlights sustainability at Tyrone poultry conference
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, David Brown, addressed the 2023 Poultry Industry Education Trust annual conference in Co. Tyrone this...
Pig/Poultry
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, David Brown, addressed the 2023 Poultry Industry Education Trust annual conference in Co. Tyrone this...
Pig/Poultry
Ireland should become the poultry breeding centre of Europe, according to former Moy Park director, Eric Reid. He made these...
Pig/Poultry
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that food security and generational renewal are under threat as pig farmers are...
Beef
Between January and September 2023, cattle slaughterings decreased by 3.6% when compared with the same period in 2022, according to the...
Rural Life
Macra will host its annual national rally and conference in Ballinasloe, Co. Galway this coming weekend with the theme of...
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) in Northern Ireland is urging the poultry sector to be prepared...
Pig/Poultry
The recent Teagasc annual pig conference provided an opportunity to highlight those nutritional factors that impact on piglet performance, directly...
Pig/Poultry
University researchers are developing a method to use chicken feathers as a potential renewable energy source. Teams from ETH Zurich...
Beef
Labour shortages in the meat production industry was an issue raised in government recently by a TD, who said there...
Pig/Poultry
Teagasc has confirmed that ‘born alive’ rates on Irish pig farms increased by a staggering 36% between 2000 and 2022....
Pig/Poultry
A total of 84% of Europeans believe that the welfare of farmed animals should better protected in their country, a...
Beef
The new European Commission work programme for 2024 has been met with concern from an animal welfare group over its...
Pig/Poultry
Chickens that had their genes edited to alter protein-producing DNA received partial protection from avian influenza (bird flu), new research...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia is marking World Egg Day today (Friday, October, 13), by releasing a report which reveals that 88.6% of...
Beef
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (Thursday, October 12) released new figures which show that the average consumption of...
Farm Safety
Bord Bia and Teagasc will both see their funding allocation increase for next year, following the announcement of Budget 2024...
Beef
A Turkish-based firm supplying small-scale mobile livestock slaughtering systems had a display at the Sommet de l’Élevage agricultural show last...
Beef
Consumption of beef and pigmeat will decrease in the EU this year, while consumption of poultry meat will increase, according...