Agri-Business
Minister calls for 'comprehensive assessment' of live transport rules
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has called on the European Commission to provide a “comprehensive impact...
Agri-Business
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has called on the European Commission to provide a “comprehensive impact...
Agri-Business
Ireland’s exports of food and live animals totaled €12 billion last year, according to new figures from the Central Statistics...
Sheep
A consignment of lambs made their way out of the country last week for processing to a key Irish export...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has again been urged to stop the live exports of cattle and...
Beef
The New Zealand parliament has voted to end the export of livestock by sea, a decision that will come into...
Dairy
A midlands-based cattle exporter has this week dispatched a consignment of Irish bulls for export to an overseas market. The...
Dairy
Five European countries are seeking an update and tightening of animal transport legislation within the European Union (EU). The subject...
Beef
The latest export figures have shown the total number of cattle exported from Ireland has increased by over 12,000 head...
Agri-Business
Animal welfare campaign group Ethical Farming Ireland is set to protest the live export of calves at Rosslare Europort in...
Beef
“Every avenue must be explored to maintain and expand Irish calf exports, as well as other live exports,” according to...
Agri-Business
Sector manager for sheepmeat and live exports with Bord Bia, Seamus McMenamin, has warned that Ireland must introduce an infectious...
Agri-Business
The importance of live calf exports for agri-business in Ireland features as a topic of discussion in the latest episode...
Beef
A Co. Meath-based cattle exporter has announced it has secured a contract to supply 2,000 Friesian bulls to a north-African...
Agri-Business
One out of 10 vessels carrying livestock that departed Ireland in 2020 had a veterinary inspector present, and one out...
Agri-Business
MEP for Ireland South and Fine Gael’s leader in the European Parliament, Sean Kelly, has expressed his optimism about the...
Agri-Business
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has welcomed amendments to proposed new EU animal transport rules as “realistic” and “practical”. The...
Agri-Business
Some of the proposed changes to animal transport rules that are facing a crunch vote in the European Parliament today...
Agri-Business
Ethical Farming Ireland (EFI) has responded to “concerning” statements from MEP Billy Kelleher and the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’...