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48 arrested in Italy after mafia-linked group defrauds EU agri-funds

October 28, 2020

Authorities in Italy, assisted by the EU’s anti-fraud office, have arrested 48 people in connection with a scheme to defraud EU agricultural funds.…

Argo resumes production as Italy eases Covid-19 lockdown

May 5, 2020

Machinery

Argo Tractors – the firm behind the Landini, McCormick and Valpadana brands – has resumed production this week with stringent safety measures in…

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…

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