Beef
MII responds to postponement of meat plant Covid-19 testing
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has responded to the decision to postpone Covid-19 testing in meat plants, saying that the low...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has responded to the decision to postpone Covid-19 testing in meat plants, saying that the low...
Beef
The Health Service Executive (HSE) has said that Covid-19 testing at meat plants is to be postponed, apparently on a...
Beef
The first round of Covid-19 serial testing in meat plants will be completed by the end of this week, according...
Agri-Business
The European Commission’s Agriculture Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski has said that the €7.5 billion top-up coming to the EU’s farming subsidies...
Rural Life
While no natural infection of Covid-19 has been found in cattle through research to date, it may still be possible...
Agri-Business
The roll-out of the €2 billion Covid-19 Credit Guarantee Scheme, and its inclusion of farmers and agri-businesses, has been welcomed...
Agri-Business
The new credit guarantee scheme is being launched today (Monday, September 7) for farms and small businesses impacted by the...
N.Ireland
Cranswick Country Foods factory in Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, has reopened two weeks after authorities ordered it to close following an...
Rural Life
Many of the communities that were affected the most by the pandemic both financially and socially were ones that were...
Agri Politics
“When something is a failure, we need to name it as a failure and deal with it as a failure.”...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has proposed a “detailed Code of Practice” with the aim of protecting workers in the meat processing...
Rural Life
Aontú Leader Peadar Tóibín is one of the latest TDs calling on the government to “rethink strategy” when it comes...
N.Ireland
Letters detailing offers of Covid-19 support money for Northern Ireland farmers are expected to arrive over the next few days....
Rural Life
Independent TD Michael McNamara has said that it is “very disappointing, but not entirely surprising” to hear accounts of meat...
Rural Life
A meat plant worker has said that while production continues in their workplace, they “can never be safe”. Speaking to...
Rural Life
Meat plant workers have spoken out about the Covid-19 safety measures that have been put in place in their workplaces,...
Tillage
Covid-19 remains a threat in our everyday lives and farmers are not exempt from this. As weather improves tillage farms...
Rural Life
Independent TD Mattie McGrath has called on the government to “learn to differentiate between pubs and nightclubs and city and...