The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Pigs Committee has said that pig farmers are still waiting for an...
May 17, 2022
Teagasc has told the National Fodder and Food Security Committee that the average 600-sow pig unit has lost €206,000 since...
April 22, 2022
Embattled pig farmers are facing a crisis in the sector as rising costs and supply chain disruptions are causing huge...
April 9, 2022
“There will be challenges but also great opportunities in the coming months for Irish pig farmers, given the upcoming changes...
December 6, 2021
The inaugural meeting of the new Pig Roundtable was chaired today (Wednesday, April 28) by Minister of State at the...
April 28, 2021
It has been outlined that the home market for pork is “quite strong at the minute while the Chinese market...
September 26, 2019
On Saturday, June 29, a group of over 50 vegan protesters broke entry and trespassed on a pig farm in...
July 1, 2019
A lorry load of pigs heading to a processing facility in Roscrea, Co. Tipperary, has been targeted by a group...
June 26, 2019
A farmer from Castleisland, Co.Kerry, has been chosen as an ‘EU Pig Ambassador’ after winning the ‘2019 EU PiG Grand...
June 7, 2019
An announcement has been made by the Polish Chief Veterinary Officer today, Tuesday, June 4, about an outbreak of African swine...
June 4, 2019
A Tipperary pig farming couple are all set for the start of a busy summer season during which they will...
April 13, 2019
In Ireland, pig farmers are paid on a 76% kill-out basis and this figure has not changed over the last...
April 5, 2019
The Irish Pig Health Society (IPHS) is set to host its 50th anniversary symposium at the Midlands Park Hotel, Portlaoise,...
April 3, 2019
The biannual ‘Pigs R Us’ conference hosted by Parklands Veterinary Group returns to the Glenavon House Hotel, Cookstown, Co. Tyrone...
March 20, 2019
Elite Sires Ltd, in conjunction with DanBred, has announced it is hosting three information events that will be open for...
February 18, 2019
The average pig price at the moment is €1.36 – €1.38/kg. Sows are making less than €0.50/kg. It would take...
February 1, 2019
“We are all eating healthy now and pork is as healthy as you can get.” These were the sentiments expressed...
January 17, 2019
A midlands pig farmer has frankly described the current price being paid to producers as “a race to the bottom”....
August 17, 2018
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