Opinion
Free range egg producers have been treated despicably
It’s ridiculous that free range egg producers must re-label their cartons in the wake of the Avian Influenza outbreak. As...
Opinion
It’s ridiculous that free range egg producers must re-label their cartons in the wake of the Avian Influenza outbreak. As...
Pig/Poultry
A ‘free range’ bird will continue to be a ‘free range’ bird after March 17, according to the IFA Poultry...
Pig/Poultry
The compulsory housing order for poultry in Ireland has been extended to April 30 by the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Pig/Poultry
‘Making pig farming great again’ will be the theme at the 2017 Irish Pig Health Society Symposium, which moves to...
Pig/Poultry
The outlook for the global poultry industry in 2017 has been shaken by the bird flu situation, according to a...
Pig/Poultry
The tenth case of bird flu has been confirmed in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine....
Pig/Poultry
Supermarkets need to support ‘free range’ poultry farmers, according to the Chairman of the IFA Poultry Committee Nigel Renaghan. The ‘free...
Pig/Poultry
Some 1,000 chicks which were abandoned in the UK recently have been ‘put to sleep’ due to a case of...
Pig/Poultry
A new labelling system is being considered to protect the ‘free range’ status of eggs, according to Minister of State...
Pig/Poultry
A ninth case of bird flu has been confirmed in Ireland by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine....
Pig/Poultry
Free range egg producers will be unable to market their eggs as ‘free range’ if their birds are kept indoors...
Pig/Poultry
A suspected case of bird flu in a poultry flock of approximately 23,000 birds has been announced near Redgrave, in...
Pig/Poultry
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, must look at the prospect of changing the legislation governing free-range or organic status...
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has identified two new cases of Avian Influenza (bird flu) in Ireland...
Pig/Poultry
A second case of bird flu or Avian Influenza has been identified in Northern Ireland, according to the Department of...
Pig/Poultry
A sixth case of avian influenza (bird flu) has been confirmed in Ireland, this time in Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, after...
Pig/Poultry
Current pig prices are just covering costs with many pig farmers struggling financially facing into 2017, according to the IFA Pigs...
Pig/Poultry
Free-range poultry producers now face a stark choice – allow their flocks outside and risk infection, or keep them confined...