Italian police arrest 94 people in EU agri payment fraud bust January 17, 2020 Rural Life 94 people have reportedly been arrested by police earlier this week in Italy as part of an investigation into an alleged Mafia scam that…
Department bans live exports to Italy due to hot weather August 9, 2019 Beef The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a ban on live exports to Italy over the weekend due to an…
Man says Italian football club ‘still owes’ him 2 tractors March 28, 2019 Rural Life The father of a Juventus and Italy football player has claimed that the Italian football club “still owes” him two tractors for his…
Kepak curbs KK Beef Club heifer production for present March 1, 2019 Beef Kepak has confirmed that its KK Beef Club heifer beef production has been temporarily suspended. A spokesperson for the company told AgriLand: “Coop…
Italian milk price row: ‘Armed attacks’ launched on tankers February 26, 2019 Rural Life Disputes on the Italian island of Sardinia regarding the price of milk have escalated in the midst of regional elections, with local reports…
Video: Italian farmers dump milk on streets in price protest February 11, 2019 Rural Life Farmers on the Italian island of Sardinia have made a stand regarding the current low levels of milk price – by dumping their…
Italy can teach Ireland a thing or two December 30, 2017 Opinion I recently met up with a group of ruminant nutritionists from Italy, who were on a fact-finding trip (jolly) to Ireland. They informed…
Video: Fancy some vegetables grown underwater? November 7, 2017 Environment Fancy a head of red cabbage, or maybe some tomatoes – all grown underwater? Now you can get them, courtesy of one innovative…
Exports to ‘the home of the €1,000 weanling’ drop to a 5-year low August 22, 2017 Beef Weanling exports to Italy, seen by many as the home of the €1,000 weanling, have dropped to a five-year low, figures from Bord…
Market competition: Finished cattle exports climb 16.2% June 26, 2017 Beef The number of cattle shipped from Ireland by live export continues to be positive, figures from the Department of Agriculture show. In total,…
Bord Bia launches campaign to boost beef sales in Italy May 10, 2017 Bord Bia launched its new trade communications campaign for Irish beef in the Italian market at Tuttofood in Milan, Italy, this week. Tuttofood…
Pasta solo! Poor weather sends European tomato prices through the roof May 3, 2017 Agri-Business Spain’s summer glut of tomatoes is so immense that one town in the province of Valencia holds the Tomatina, a glorious festival of…
ABP ‘relaunches’ Certified Hereford Irish beef in Italy March 18, 2017 Beef The ABP Food Group has recently announced that it has relaunched its products in Italian retailer Carrefour Italia. The company had been part of…
Extra French cattle dampens the demand for Irish stock in Italy February 3, 2017 Beef An additional 96,734 French cattle were imported into Italy during the first 11 months of 2016, official figures show. And according to Bord…
Hundreds of livestock injured, dead and missing following Italian quakes January 20, 2017 Hundreds of livestock have been injured, killed or are still missing following a series of earthquakes in the central region of Italy. This is…
Parents in Italy could be jailed for enforcing vegan diets on children August 13, 2016 Parents in Italy who subject their child to a vegan diet could face anywhere between one to six years imprisonment under a proposed…
23% fall in the number of weanlings exported from Ireland this year – Bord Bia May 3, 2016 Beef There has been a sharp fall in the number of weanlings exported from Ireland so far this year, recent figures from Bord Bia…
Weanling exports fall 33% and it looks set to be a difficult year – Bord Bia April 14, 2016 Beef The number of weanlings exported from Ireland by live-export means fell by 33% during the first three months of the year, recent figures…
