Agri-Business
An ambitious strategy to grow Irish exports of value-added food and beverages to €5.4 billion by 2035 has been launched
Irish farmers could potentially be exporting fodder supplies to the England this winter following a poor season.
In a new report published by the EU Commission, average egg prices in Europe have reached €254.76 per 100kg.
A new EU Commission report shows Europe's agri-food exports and imports reached record levels in October 2024.
The economic conditions in the UK will have the biggest impact on exports of Irish prepared consumer foods in 2025, according to Bord Bia.
Sheep News
The value of Irish sheepmeat exports dropped for the second consecutive year in 2024, falling by 6% to €400 million.
Exporting to new markets has been cited as the "biggest opportunity" for growth in the year ahead by 41% of Irish food businesses, Ifac said.
The value of Irish food and live animal exports between January and October this year stood at just over €12.1 billion, according to the CSO.
Minister for European Affairs, Thomas Byrne has welcomed the announcement by Samskip of a new weekly direct shipping route.
The president of the IFA has said he is very concerned about the impact of border closures on the movement of our agri-food exports.
Dairy
There has been a huge increase in the number of calves exported from Ireland by live-export means during the first five months of the year, figures from Bord Bia show. Calf exports increased by more than 40% between January 1, 2018 and the week ending May 26, 2018.
Beef
So far this year, the total number of weanlings exported from Irish shores to Turkey stands at 2,197 head.
Located in Mooreshill, Arklow, Co. Wicklow, the Wicklow Calf Company has grown to be one of the largest calf farms in Ireland.
Some 1,800 bulls will set sail for Turkish shores either today or tomorrow, Agriland understands.
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland's artisan food sector has been given a £88,000 boost with Invest NI funding to help increase the commercial viability of...
Sheep
A deal has been reached by an Irish company to ship 2,000 horned ram lambs out of Ireland in next week.
Tillage
Approximately 26,250t of new crop feed barley is being exported from the UK to Spain aboard a 200m long vessel name the Federal Cedar.
Agri Politics
Approximately 6,600 dairy cows from New Zealand are currently en route to China aboard the world's largest livestock carrier.
Angus Woods, IFA Livestock Chair said cattle trade is currently resilient with strong demand from the factories, live exporters and in marts.
Issues over the eligibility of some cattle for export have recently arisen in Irish marts, ICOS National Marts has said.
Veterinary inspection fees of animals for live export generated a total of €883,000 in revenue in 2016, a drop of €39,000 on 2015.
Live export trade opportunities to Egypt were top of the agenda in a meeting between IFA President Joe Healy and the Egyptian Ambassador.
The Turkish live export market has a very specific requirement for weanlings, according to the ICSA Suckler Chairman John Halley.
