Dairy
Look inside the MV Alondra livestock-carrier, where 1,600 purebred Friesian heifers are currently on board and enroute to Algeria
Agri-Business
Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) Michael Healy-Rae said Ireland will always need live exports.
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Over 2,300 heavy cattle boarded the livestock-carrier vessel the 'Shorthorn Express' at the weekend as the ship departed from the east...
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Agriland got an exclusive look inside the MV Alondra livestock-carrier, where 1,600 purebred...
Green Party TD, Brian Leddin queried the Minister McConalogue over veterinary presence during live exporting.
Over the past three months, over 1,000 pedigree Angus heifers have been gathered and shipped by JH Livestock Exports Ltd to Kazakhstan.
A load of young bulls is expected to leave Ireland for Libya tonight (Monday, October 5), AgriLand understands.
A consignment of bulls is currently being sought for the Libyan market, with 2,000 animals wanted for the shipment.
No departure date has been agreed as of yet for a shipload of bulls destined for Libya, the Department of Agriculture has confirmed.
On Wednesday morning, July 29, Curzon Livestock – the Cork-based exporting firm – loaded approximately 2,000 bulls on a boat bound for Libya.
The exporter – Curzon Livestock – is procuring Friesian bulls weighing 250-400kg and coloured bulls in the 450-600kg weight bracket.
An Irish exporter has secured a contract for a consignment of pedigree Angus heifers destined for Eastern Europe.
Purcell Brothers, the Waterford-based firm, is now sourcing bulls for a shipment to the Libyan market later this month.
A consignment of Friesian bulls is currently being sought for the Libyan market. The bulls are scheduled to set sail in early January, 2020.
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued a ban on live exports to Italy over the weekend due to hot weather.
A temporary live export ban has been issued by the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine for tomorrow, Saturday, July 20.
A ban on live exports to European countries has been introduced as a temporary measure on the back of a Europe-wide heatwave.
Some disruption is expected to hit the vital live export of calves from the country's dairy herd early this season, DAFM has cautioned.
Viastar, a Meath-based exporting company, is currently finalising a shipment of bulls for the Turkish market.
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland's chief veterinary officer Robert Huey has urged the industry to respond to a UK-wide review on live export.
The veterinary certificate negotiated by the Department of Agriculture for fattening cattle for live export to Egypt is good news.
A total of 100 pedigree Irish Hereford heifers, which are in-calf, and one pedigree Hereford bull have departed Ireland for Russia this week.
Live export of cattle must be encouraged by the Department of Agriculture in Northern Ireland, according to UFU President, Barclay Bell.
