Pig/Poultry
Latest figures from Teagasc's pig development department indicate the average sized Irish pig farm is continuing to lose €13,000/month.
Agri-Business
If current pig prices persist to the new year, 'losses on the average pig farm will be over €400,000'. the IFA pigs chair has warned.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has confirmed that it has stood down pickets at two pig processing plants ahead of "high-level talks".
Pig farmers, who are members of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA), remain on the picket line in Co. Louth this morning (Thursday, May 19).
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) Pigs Committee chair said that pig farmers are still waiting for an increase in price from processors.
The chair of the IFA Pig Committee is hoping to meet with more processors in a bid to boost prices for struggling pig farmers.
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) is calling on processors to deliver a very significant price...
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Pig farmers from the Irish Farmers’ Association along with supporters demonstrated outside the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
The Irish Farmers' Association's (IFA) Pigs Committee hosted what was described as "an emergency...
Pig prices are continuing to be affected by the impact of Covid-19, with a price drop of 4c/kg this week, according to IFA's Tom Hogan.
Irish pig processors have been urged to follow their European counterparts and increases Irish pig prices immediatley.
"If the current margins over feed cost continue for much longer, the Irish pig sector will crumble within months."
"At this stage, we would have to be calling on the Minister for Agriculture to offer compensation for farmers exiting the industry."
It has been outlined by the chairman of a farm lobby group's pig committee that there are signs of of improvement in Irish pig prices.
The IFA Pig committee is in turmoil with pig farmers set to protest outside HQ over 'inaction'
The IFA Pigs Chairman Pat O'Flaherty has survived another attempt to remove him from his post, albeit by the narrowest of margins.
