Beef
Ireland remains in fifth on EU cattle prices league table
Ireland remains in fifth place on the EU deadweight cattle prices league table, latest data from the Livestock and Meat...
Beef
Ireland remains in fifth place on the EU deadweight cattle prices league table, latest data from the Livestock and Meat...
Dairy
A group of ICMSA members will take part in the pan-European dairy farmer protests, planned for Brussels on Tuesday, September...
Agri Politics
European Agriculture Ministers will meet next week to debate the state of play in EU markets as weak prices in...
Dairy
Butter production in Ireland for July 2015 was up 20.8% year-on-year, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO)...
Beef
UK beef imports to Ireland in the first half of 2015 were up 15% year-on-year, according to the Livestock and Meat...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has called on the EU to temporarily increase the current intervention prices for butter...
Dairy
New figures looking at EU milk production for January to June show that 7.8% more milk was collected in Ireland for...
Agri Politics
The European Commission move to extend the period for private storage aid for both Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) and butter has...
Agri Politics
Northern Ireland’s £623m Rural Development Programme (RDP) 2014-2020 has been approved by the European Commission. This Rural Development Plan approval...
Agri Politics
Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan has met with the leaders of Lithuania and Latvia in Brussels ahead...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney will meet with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan in Brussels...
Beef
Ireland has dropped to fifth place on the EU cattle prices league table, down two places from last month, according...
Tillage
Despite the fact that frequent rain has hampered the harvest in Ireland, first reports suggest good crop yields and quality...
N.Ireland
The EU needs to act swiftly to support farmers in Northern Ireland, according to the North’s Agricultural Minister Michelle O’Neill....
Other
The EU is considering legislating for setting maximum levels of trans fats (e.g. margarine) in food, EU Health Commissioner Andriukaitis has...
Dairy
The quantity of Irish butter offered to the EU’s Private Storage Aid (PSA) scheme broke the 20,000t mark last week,...
Agri Politics
EU citizens waste almost 50m tonnes of food every year and it could be avoided, according to research by the...
Dairy
The UK has become the fourth country to sell dairy product into intervention. According to latest statistics from the European...