Agri Politics
The president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) has warned the EU it will...
The appointment of Fianna Fáil's Dara Calleary as the new Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
"Ireland now has over 1,700 organic farmers and the focus must be on building those numbers. The...
Beef
An alleged move by Tesco UK to demand suppliers drop their prices has been described as...
Sheep
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Barry Cowen, is being called on to explain "as a...
The appointment of deputy Martin Heydon to the position of Minister of State with responsibility...
"A bigger and better Sheep Welfare Scheme must be top of the agenda for the new Minister for...
The newly appointed Minister for Agriculture and Marine Barry Cowen's key priorities must be "to...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine was wrong to introduce new TB protocols around...
A suckler-based application for EU Protected Geographical Indication (PGI) is the only realistic...
“Imports of lambs are causing huge disruption for local farmers who can’t even get quotes for...
This week’s price cuts are yet another blow for sheep farmers, having been left out of any...
There is "no excuse" for factories to keep prices at the current low levels, according to the Irish...
Sheep farmers should not be left out of any support packages aimed at mitigating the impact of...
Ireland needs to close off all weaknesses in its BVD eradication programme as soon as possible so...
On Wednesday of this week (May 27), the European Commission issued a revised set of proposals for...
The impending bank holiday weekend has seen factories "pull prices again for no reason", according...
Rural Life
The "narrative" on the TB Eradication Programme has been described as a "reprimand calculated to...
Beef farmers are being called on to "demand more from factories" with tightening cattle numbers at...
Concern has been raised by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association (ICSA) about a proposal...
Environment
A "twin-track approach" is needed to maximise the potential for the organic farming sector here,...
Processors "must be required to verify" that they are not importing live lambs from the UK if they...
The EU Parliament Agriculture Committee’s position on extending the current Common Agricultural...
