Rural Life
DAFM: Fallen animal collection service resumes after talks
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that a full fallen animal collection service has resumed...
Fallen Animals
Agri-Business
ICSA demands investigation into rendering costs
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) must initiate an investigation into rendering costs due to the current...
Agri-Business
Taking fallen animals to NI not an option for all counties - senator
Fine Gael Senator, Tim Lombard has said that, geographically, the option of taking fallen animals to Northern Ireland “doesn’t work”...
Rural Life
Minister: Send fallen animals to NI or get authorisation to 'bury'
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, December 13) said the first option for farmers...
Agri-Business
Minister allowed fallen animal collection dispute to escalate - SF
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue must urgently intervene in the fallen animals collection dispute, the Sinn...
Rural Life
Competition authority urged to intervene in rendering price dispute
Fianna Fáil senator in Co. Clare, Timmy Dooley, has called for the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) to intervene...
Agri-Business
Frustration grows over DAFM 'inaction' on fallen animal dispute
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has hit out at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) over its...
Agri-Business
Senator calls for action as fallen animals 'build up' on farms
A senator has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue to intervene in a dispute between...
Agri-Business
Staff shortages and sheep collection - DAFM working to resolve issues at knackeries
Issues with staff shortages and collection of sheep have been identified at a number of knackeries in the southeast of...
Agri-Business
DAFM accused of leaving farmers 'under the heel of knackeries'
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has criticised what it describes as the failure of the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Agri-Business
Department 'cannot shirk responsibility' regarding fallen animals
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine “cannot shirk responsibility” regarding the disposal of fallen animals, according to the...
Agri-Business
Department announces amendment to Fallen Animal Scheme
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine announced an amendment to the Fallen Animal Scheme for Fallen Farm Stock...
Sheep
Department urged to allow on-farm disposal of fallen ewes
Sheep farmers must be allowed to bury the carcasses of dead ewes on-farm “rather than pay exorbitant fees to knackeries”,...
Agri Politics
'Distance limit for fallen animal haulage necessary for welfare and public health'
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Micheal Creed indicated this week that the imposition of limits on the distance...
Grass
Fallen animals: 'Nothing suggests we are dealing with a calamitous increase'
Any suggestions that the current fodder crisis has led to an explosion in the number of fallen animals having to...
N.Ireland
Flood-hit farmers to receive departmental assistance to dispose of fallen animals
Farmers in the flood-hit valleys of Glenelly and Owenkillew in Northern Ireland will receive departmental assistance to dispose of dead animals...