Dairy
Dairy automation is now more important than ever, as with many dairy farms around the country, herds have expanded and labour has become...
Lakeland Dairies CEO, Colin Kelly has said that the co-op is is going through a 'transformation phase', where focus is turning to value
Dairy News
The effects of "plane loads of young people leaving Ireland" are being seen in labour shortage on farms nationwide this spring...
Agri-Business
The provision of work permits for meat processors have been supplied to the extent that quotas are "exhausted," according to a government minister.
Beef
Labour shortages in the meat production industry was an issue raised in government recently by a...
Pig/Poultry
Almost half of pig producers in Ireland may have to consider leaving the sector due to shortages of workers, according to a recent survey.
Rural Life
There is a need for people to come to Ireland to "fill roles that we can't" according to Senator Tim Lombard.
N.Ireland
Labour rules need to be eased to ensure the survival of the agri-food industry in Northern Ireland, according to Claire Sugden.
Labour shortages are a "major issue" in the horticulture sector, according to chair of the agriculture committee, Jackie Cahill.
New employment-permit quotas have been announced for agriculture and agri-food sectors in a bid to address serious labour shortages
An additional 750 work permits for non-EEA citizens have been granted for meat processing operatives by the Department of Business.
710 employment permits - almost triple the number originally allocated - have been issued for meat processing operatives to deal with demand.
A six-pronged approach has been put forward to combat and solve the labour and human capital issues currently facing the dairy sector in the form of the ‘People in Dairy Action Plan’.
Agri Politics
Plans to issue 50 permits to workers from outside the EEA to work on dairy farms is a "very small first step", ICMSA has warned.
Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed has underlined the importance of a new pilot quota of employment permits for the agri-food sector.
The Minister for Business, Enterprise and Innovation, Heather Humphreys, has announced a pilot...
A course which aims to train jobseekers and people in receipt of Farm Assist payments to become dairy operatives is to begin in September.
