Beef
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today (October 12) released figures that have shown the supply of meat in Ireland grew by 4% in 2022.
News
Trends in Europe suggest that over the next ten years, meat consumption and production will drop, while the global output increases.
Beef News
Restoring access for Irish beef exports to China remains a top priority for the Department of Agriculture, a seminar has heard.
Agri-Business
The UK meat industry has warned of incoming border chaos for exports between the UK and EU countries as a result of post-Brexit checks.
A number of areas will be critical to ensure strong performance for Irish meat exports in 2021, according to Meat Industry Ireland (MII).
Considering the challenges faced in 2020, exports in the Irish meat sector "delivered a remarkable performance", Meat Industry Ireland says.
Kildare Chilling has warned that its livestock kill scheduled for tomorrow (Tuesday, December 22) is "in jeopardy due to the UK travel ban".
Ireland won't lose its reputation as a beef supplier due to the recent upheaval in the beef sector, but a repeat would change this.
A delegation of meat importers from South Korea is scheduled to visit Ireland next week, following on from initial engagements.
Pig/Poultry
Price volatility has been a significant challenge for the pigmeat sector, according to Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed.
Last year, meat exports were worth €3.8 billion and accounted for 30% of Irish food and drink exports - the strongest year on record.
N.Ireland
LMC chief executive Ian Stevenson explained a Dutch supermarket inspired the body to launch Farm Quality Assurance for its Greenfields brand
Brexit decision will give rise to high levels of uncertainty for Irish meat exports to the UK, according to Meat Industry Ireland.
Just 10 product categories account for 48% of EU agri-food exports in 2014, new figures from the EU show.
Exports in first five months of 2015 are up 18% on same period last year, the latest figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show.
