In terms of the pig industry, the estimated break-even price for finished pigs is in the region of €1.60/kg. But...
October 8, 2021
The chairman of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Pigs Committee has expressed his concern at the ongoing staffing issues both...
October 7, 2021
The imminent hike in grain and compound feed prices will hit pig farmer margins almost immediately, according to Irish Farmers’...
January 8, 2021
Pig factories have been called on by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to increase the pig price tomorrow, Friday, June...
June 25, 2020
It has been outlined that there has been no rise given in quotes from Irish pig factories for a fourth...
December 9, 2019
Calls have been made for Irish pig processors to apply “a minimum 6c/kg pig price increase” tomorrow, Friday. November 22....
November 21, 2019
German pig price has gone up by 14c/kg in the past three weeks while Irish pig price continues to lag...
August 16, 2019
Pig processors have been called on to “take notice of their European counterparts and pass on similar price increases” that...
April 18, 2019
Sean and Darren Brady run a 700-sow unit at Hyde Park Pig Farm in Killucan, Co. Westmeath. The enterprise is...
April 13, 2019
All pig farmers around the country are urged to attend a farmer meeting in Co. Offaly tonight on the issue...
April 8, 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
In line with a strong global pig trade, an “immediate and substantial price increase” is being called for by the...
March 28, 2019
If the current margins over feed cost continue for much longer, the Irish pig sector – the third largest agri...
February 28, 2019
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has warned that without an increase in prices for pigmeat, the viability of family pig...
January 18, 2019
It has been outlined by the chairman of a farm lobby group’s pig committee that there are signs of of...
November 22, 2018
“Cashflow is so precarious at the moment that some pig farmers need to sell pigs solely to buy feed for...
September 7, 2018
Pig processors need to up their prices if they are serious about the survival of the industry in Ireland, according...
August 30, 2018
The country’s pig industry stands to lose “tens of millions of euro” over the next year as factory prices diminish...
August 16, 2018
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