Beef
Beef Taskforce must 'step up to plate' to tackle Covid-19 fallout
Confidence in the Beef Market Taskforce “will be completely lost” if it fails to tackle the crisis within the beef...
Beef
Confidence in the Beef Market Taskforce “will be completely lost” if it fails to tackle the crisis within the beef...
Beef
Cattle supplies remain tight and are likely to stay that way over the coming weeks, according to the Irish Cattle...
Sheep
Sheep processors have been accused of “continuing to toy with producers in a cynical effort to flush out supplies and...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been called on to extend the deadline for farmer compliance with...
Agri Politics
There has been a mixed reaction from farm organisations to the aid package being prepared for the EU agri-food sector...
Agri Politics
The move by Supermac’s to begin a phased reopening of its outlets has been welcomed as “one small step that...
Agri Politics
Irish farm organisations are continuing to give their mixed reactions to an expected €80 million aid package for agriculture from...
Agri Politics
The time is now right to bring compulsory bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) testing to an end, according to the Irish...
Tillage
The current shortage of flour in Ireland is a “direct result of years of under-investment in the tillage industry”, according...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) president Edmond Phelan has said that the EU’s prevarication on the impact...
Beef
The Beef Market Taskforce must be reconvened “as a matter of urgency” according to the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’...
Rural Life
The EU’s Covid-19 rescue package, which was announced yesterday, Thursday, April 9, “does not go far enough” for farmers, one...
Agri Politics
There has been renewed criticism for the EU for what has been called its “lack of urgent and decisive Covid-19...
Sheep
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has criticised Meat Industry Ireland (MII) for what it claimed was “scaremongering”...
Sheep
Sheep farmers have been urged by the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) to “hold their nerve and resist...
Agri Politics
Tesco Ireland’s move to maintain its beef price to processors until June has been welcomed by the Irish Cattle and...
Agri Politics
The Government’s decision to allow mart businesses to facilitate livestock trade under strict standard operating procedures has been welcomed by...
Agri Politics
Calls have been made for the European Central Bank (ECB) to make extra funding available in addition to the Common...