Dairy
Bord Bia to develop calf slaughter threshold in new year
Bord Bia will work to establish a “fair and reasonable” threshold for the slaughter of calves early in the new...
Dairy
Bord Bia will work to establish a “fair and reasonable” threshold for the slaughter of calves early in the new...
Veterinary
The new corporate strategy of the Veterinary Council of Ireland (VCI) was launched today (Wednesday, December 13) at the Mansion...
Agri-Business
There are a number of issues in the EU’s animal transport proposals which will pose “significant challenges” for Ireland’s dairy...
Rural Life
Fianna Fáil senator in Co. Clare, Timmy Dooley, has called for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to intervene...
Beef
The European Council of Young Farmers, CEJA, has said that animal welfare requires a “collective effort” along the entire value...
Dairy
A Fianna Fáil MEP has said that the new requirements contained in the European Commission’s proposal on animal transport will...
Rural Life
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue announced today (Thursday, December 7) funding of €6 million to...
Agri-Business
Ethical Farming Ireland (EFI) has joined forces with other campaign organisations in submitting a formal complaint on what it has...
Sheep
Farmers from The Sheep Game group have rescued what they have dubbed “Britain’s loneliest sheep” from the foot of cliffs...
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) was contacted about animal welfare concerns at the recent Ballinsloe Fair...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is planning to supply animal welfare information to Bord Bia as...
Pig/Poultry
A total of 84% of Europeans believe that the welfare of farmed animals should better protected in their country, a...
Rural Life
A former sharemilker from Waikato in New Zealand found responsible for tail injuries to 84 cows, leading to some tails...
Beef
The new European Commission work programme for 2024 has been met with concern from an animal welfare group over its...
Rural Life
The Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ISPCA) is marking the launch of Ireland’s first-ever National Animal...
N.Ireland
A Co. Armagh company, Killyfaddy Farms Ltd., of Killyfaddy Road, has been convicted at Armagh Magistrates Court sitting in Newry...
Rural Life
Dairy farmer, Kaydi O’Neill shared her story of rescuing a Corgi named Cáilín from a puppy farm through the Irish...
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) removed 961 animals from farms in 2022, an increase from 800...