Beef
The EU's next trade commissioner, Phil Hogan, has welcomed the establishment of the country's first beef producer organisation.
There is no scientific basis for the 30-month age limit to remain as a requirement for the slaughtering of beef, Dr. Wall has stated.
There are no immediate plans to include the Beef Plan Movement around the table of the TB 2030 Stakeholder Forum, it has been stated.
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The Beef Plan Movement will stage its first official protest outside the gates at the Department of Agriculture's Backweston Campus tomorrow.
In the context of a hard Brexit, the Department of Agriculture is focused on a targeted EU payment for beef, rather than price intervention.
Environment
Global shipping emissions could rise by between 50% and 250% by 2050 – depending on future economic and energy developments.
The Minister for Finance is expected to announce the availability of funding for a new €20 million suckler support package.
Agri-Business
Contract rearing offers drystock farmers another economic option to make their farms viable, Des Morrison, ICMSA livestock chair has stated.
Agri Politics
The level of "misinformation" being peddled about agriculture, farmers and the source of food is "out of control", a farm leader has warned.
Minister Michael Creed has acknowledged that carbon emission output could become a new type of "quota system" for the agricultural sector.
Authorities are considering introducing "precautionary restrictions" on the use of veterinary medicinal products containing diethanolamine.
Bord Bia is targeting €40 million worth of new business as a direct result of a trade development event, Marketplace International 2018.
