Beef
US 'dangerously close' to meat shortages as plants close
Meat processing and packing plant closures are leaving the US “dangerously close” to meat shortages as a result of the...
Beef
Meat processing and packing plant closures are leaving the US “dangerously close” to meat shortages as a result of the...
Agri Politics
The country is in the midst of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) pandemic. How is this unfolding crisis impacting on farming and...
Agri Politics
Tim Cullinan, the president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), is urging all meat processors to “immediately act” on the...
Rural Life
With the country in lockdown, one might be forgiven for assuming that farmers might have an easier time of it,...
Agri-Business
The Department of Employment Affairs and Social Protection has issued payments to 8,000 people working in the “agriculture, forestry and...
Agri-Business
A number Supermac’s outlets around the country are to begin reopening on a phased basis over the coming days. These...
Tillage
Crops are being destroyed in California as farmers lose markets amidst the Covid-19 pandemic. California produces the most fruit and...
N.Ireland
Over £4.5 million of public money has been redirected to help around 50,000 vulnerable and isolated people in rural communities...
Agri Politics
The country is in the midst of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) epidemic. Readers can find the latest farming-related updates and developments...
CAP / Schemes
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Tim Cullinan has called on the Government to introduce a specific low-interest loan –...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Edmond Phelan has said that the EU’s prevarication on the impact...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, said that he has “succeeded in garnering the support of...
Environment
Agriculture is going “full throttle” across the globe, yet the sector’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions remain at pre-Covid-19 levels, it...
Agri-Business
The possibility of more stringent Covid-19 measures in relation to travel into the state cannot be ruled out, according to...
Agri-Business
Fianna Fáil has called on the Government, in particular the Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Shane Ross, to clarify...
Agri-Business
Data from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that the agricultural terms of trade index increased slightly before Covid-19 struck....
Agri Politics
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Janusz Wojciechowski, is “showing an unbelievable lack of leadership” according to one of...
Beef
Farmers and the public in general should be aware of the differences between possible contamination of animals by Covid-19, and...