Agri-Business
The Property Services Regulatory Authority (PSRA) has invited all marts to attend one of four seminars it is hosting in October.
Livestock marts across the country are coming under increasing pressure to cut the option of credit availability to cattle buyers.
Sources in the livestock mart sector have voiced support for identifying livestock buyers who fail to pay for animals and sharing that info.
N.Ireland
Twenty-two of Northern Ireland’s livestock marts will host a major funding initiative on behalf of the ‘Life Beyond’ programme
Swatragh Livestock Market has said it will close for over a week following the death of its general manager, Paul Coyle.
Rural Life
Nearly five decades of service in livestock marts across Connacht was recently marked at Balla Mart for the retirement of one of their staff.
Questions over whether the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) could provide financial assistance for livestock...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture is issuing mart guidelines in relation to the operation of marts under Level 4 restrictions, according to ICOS.
"The hardest thing about being back is that the social aspect is gone for now," according to Eimear McGuinness, manager of Donegal mart.
Agri Politics
Mart managers are urging Minister Michael Creed to "show more leadership than ever" by securing a financial support package for farming.
Marts are set to operate "farm-to-farm movements" for those that need to move stock in the short-term, MMI has confirmed.
Two Northern Ireland livestock marts have announced they will shut their gates due to concerns over Covid-19.
Regulations concerning animal welfare at marts came into effect January 1 under legislation introduced by Michael Creed early last year.
It has been confirmed that an incident occurred yesterday evening at Maam Cross Mart in which a mart worker was knocked by a wild cow.
John Cahalan, the chief commercial officer with FBD Insurance, has argued that the insurer is losing money in marts.
The first 10 graduates have just qualified from a special new course, which has been especially designed for livestock mart auctioneers.
Local livestock marts in Co. Donegal are being placed under significant pressure due to rising insurance premiums, according to a Sinn Fein TD
