Agri-Business
Joint antimicrobial resistance committee to be formed
A national, interdepartmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR) consultative committee is to be set up to tackle, what is described as the...
Agri-Business
A national, interdepartmental antimicrobial resistance (AMR) consultative committee is to be set up to tackle, what is described as the...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture is unnecessarily imposing conditions on the participation of hill and commonage farmers in the new EU...
Beef
Some farmers in the beef sector will make that switch though in the context of the numbers in each sector,...
Environment
The Hill Farmers for Action Group has organised a commonage information meeting for Thursday, November 20, at 8pm in Peacockes...
Beef
US beef production is declining and resulting in higher beef imports according to Eoin Kelly, Business Analyst at Bord Bia....
Beef
Live exports of cattle have increased for the year to date, and are currently standing at 216,050 head according to...
Sheep
Lamb prices are continuing to rise, with €5.00/kg freely available according to the IFA’s latest price update. It says the...
Environment
Latest statistics from the Department of Agriculture show the number of cattle that have failed the tuberculosis test in the...
Dairy
Recent reports from the European Commission and the US Department of Agriculture suggest differing trends in milk deliveries between the...
Rural Life
Farm safety will be a key theame of this week’s episode of Ear to the Ground. After a year of...
Beef
Following lengthy discussions within the Roundtable last night, the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Minister Coveney secured the...
Agri-Business
Latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine show that 1,043 applications have been received for the...
Dairy
Stalemate continues at EU level over additional measures to ensure a ‘soft landing’ to milk quota abolition in 2015, according...
Environment
Whether they appreciate it or not the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine are now in danger of presiding...
Beef
Despite the recession, sales of organic foods in Ireland has stabilised at €98 million per year, a recent Teagasc organic...
Agri-Business
Some 85% of the required 2014 farm inspections were carried out via satellite, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Beef
The national beef kill decreased by over 10,000 head last week, according to latest figures from the Department of Agriculture....
Environment
Ireland is facing massive fines from the European Commission due to what that the Department calls ‘widespread undergrazing’ of commonage...