Pig/Poultry
IFA requests meeting with pig processors to discuss drops in prices
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Pigs Committee has requested a meeting with processors in the new year to discuss drops in...
Pig Prices
Pig/Poultry
IFA to hold meeting on consistent drops in pig prices
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Pigs Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 6 in the Killeshin hotel, Portlaoise to discuss...
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Teagasc: Cattle and milk prices to increase in 2024 while inputs fall
Prices for both cattle and milk are set to increase in 2024, while input prices on the whole are set...
Pig/Poultry
Pig farmers have had enough of price cuts - Gallie
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that food security and generational renewal are under threat as pig farmers are...
Pig/Poultry
Report: African swine flu continues to impact the pork trade
African swine fever (ASF) is set to remain as a major factor in influencing the worldwide trade of pork, according...
Agri Politics
'Ample justification' for increase in pig price - Gallie
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Pig Committee chair Roy Gallie is calling for further increases in the pig price...
Pig/Poultry
Irish pig price trails European average by 14c/kg - Gallie
The price being paid to Irish pig farmers is trailing their European counterparts by 14c/kg, according to the Irish Farmers’...
Pig/Poultry
Processors urged to increase price paid to pig farmers
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on Irish processors to increase the price paid to Irish pig farmers for...
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Info events set for farmers interested in Wagyu cattle
Warrendale Wagyu Ireland is currently seeking farmers interested in producing, rearing and finishing Wagyu cattle. The group is set to...
Pig/Poultry
Call on Irish pig processors to increase price by minimum of 8c/kg
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on Irish pig processors to increase prices immediately by a minimum of 8c/kg....
Pig/Poultry
Cavan protesters continue to block deliveries to Lidl and Aldi
Many shelves in both Lidl and Aldi in Cavan town remain empty today (Monday, October 3), as pig, poultry and...
Pig/Poultry
Cavan protest: Deliveries to supermarkets blocked overnight
Pig, poultry and egg farmers are continuing to protest outside discount supermarkets Lidl and Aldi in Co. Cavan. (Friday, September...
Pig/Poultry
Substantial pig-price increases justified and urgently needed - IFA
A substantial price increase is “justified immediately to help offset continuing increases in the cost of pig production”, according to...
Pig/Poultry
Pig farmers 'now receiving quotes of €2/kg'
Pig farmers are now receiving quotes of €2/kg from a number of processing plants around the country, according to the...
Pig/Poultry
Tesco to put forward proposal to increase pig price
Retailer Tesco will put forward a proposal next week to work towards providing an increase in pig prices paid to...
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Pig/Poultry
'Slow progress': Pig farmer protest continues in Louth
A group of pig farmers, who are members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), remain on the picket line in...
Pig/Poultry
Gallie: No white smoke yet on pig price increases
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Pigs Committee has said that pig farmers are still waiting for an...
Pig/Poultry
Pig protests suspended 'pending agreement of all secondary processors'
The protests carried out by the Pig Committee of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) yesterday (Tuesday, May 10) have now...
Pig/Poultry
IFA pig protests: One of 4 processors agree to seek price rise so far
The Pig Committee of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is holding protests at four secondary food processors today to seek...