Beef
Average beef farmer made €101 ha loss in 2019 - excluding payments
The average beef farmer made a loss of €101/ha in 2019 – before taking other incomes into account, according to...
Beef
The average beef farmer made a loss of €101/ha in 2019 – before taking other incomes into account, according to...
CAP / Schemes
Farming practices that remove carbon dioxide (CO2) from the atmosphere should be rewarded in line with the development of new...
Beef
The targets for processing and food production as outlined in the EU’s ‘Farm to Fork’ and ‘Biodiversity’ strategies – published...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission has adopted its Farm to Fork Strategy, which will target sharp reductions in the use of fertilisers,...
Opinion
A draft document – titled: ‘EU Biodiversity Strategy for 2030’ – is circulating at present. The strapline beneath the document’s...
Beef
There are now 16 meat plants across the country that have been identified as Covid-19 clusters by the Health Service...
Sheep
The shearing season kicked off earlier than what might have been expected for Sligo native Karol Devaney. Karol, who arrived...
Beef
An estimated 60% of meat plant employees, who tested positive for Covid-19, have recovered and have returned to work, Meat...
Beef
As marts continue to find workable solutions around the Covid-19 pandemic, online sales have proved to be a major success...
Beef
Management at some meat plants were given the results of their workers’ Covid-19 tests before the workers themselves, Minister of...
Sheep
Mart managers have reported an improved trade for spring lambs over the past week, with prices up by at least...
Sheep
Base quotes for both spring lambs and hoggets continue to hold around the €6.00/kg and €5.35/kg mark respectively. Quotes 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...
Sheep
Some 300 sheep were on offer at Blessington Mart’s tender sale on Tuesday last, May 12. There was an improved...
Sheep
Ireland’s sheep flock increased by 2% in 2019 on 2018 levels, the latest sheep census figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food...
Sheep
Lamb trade remains solid with tight supplies of spring lamb and strong demand driven by the end of Ramadan and...