Beef
CSO: Cattle slaughterings down by 3.6% in 2023
Between January and September 2023, cattle slaughterings decreased by 3.6% when compared with the same period in 2022, according to the...
Pig
Pig/Poultry
43% of pig producers could leave sector - survey
Almost half of pig producers in Ireland may have to consider leaving the sector because of a shortage of skilled...
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Transition period & early lactation: A springboard to a successful lactation
A focus on management and nutrition during the transition period makes all the difference to performance in the next lactation. ...
Rural Life
Pig kidney working for over 30 days in human body after transplant
A genetically engineered pig kidney transplanted into a man declared brain-dead continued to “function well” after 32 days, US surgeons...
News
EU meat exports to decline by 16% while global trade rises
Trends in Europe suggest that over the next 10 years, meat consumption and production in the region will drop, while...
N.Ireland
NI cattle herd increased by 0.3% since 2021- DAERA
New figures show that there was a modest increase in the total number of cattle in Northern Ireland during 2022....
Agri-Business
Plans for contentious Cork piggery extension withdrawn
By Gordon Deegan Contentious plans for a large-scale extension to a piggery in east Cork, opposed by one of Ireland’s...
Agri-Business
European livestock farms decrease by 40% in 10-year period
The number of livestock farms in Europe with animals dropped by 40% over a 10-year period according to EU Commissioner...
Agri-Business
Applying for the TBESS? Revenue publishes guidelines
Revenue has published guidelines on how to apply for the Temporary Business Energy Support Scheme (TBESS) which opened for applications...
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Aurivo ‘Your Farm, Your Future’ events to showcase dairy careers
Two events are set to take place in the north-west to showcase the positives of the Irish dairy sector and...
Agri-Business
Farms can register for energy support scheme from tomorrow
The Tánaiste and Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Leo Varadkar, and the Minister for Finance, Paschal Donohoe, have today...
Agri-Business
Consumers urged to support Irish pig farmers this Christmas
Consumers are being urged by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) to support Irish pig producers when buying their Christmas ham...
Pig/Poultry
Teagasc: Pig sector has lost €81m this year
Teagasc has told the National Fodder and Food Security Committee that the Irish pig sector has lost €81 million so...
Pig/Poultry
IFA pig protests stood down ahead of 'high-level' meeting
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has confirmed that it has stood down pickets at two pig processing plants ahead of...
Pig/Poultry
Senator requests Oireachtas committee review pig report
A senator has requested that a new report on the Irish pig industry is reviewed by the Joint Oireachtas Committee...
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...
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Transform your calf rearing with a JFC automatic feeder
We recently caught up with Richard Lowe who is a dairy farmer from Adare, Co. Limerick, who shares how the...
Agri-Business
Irish pig sector has lost over €54m this year - Teagasc
Teagasc has told the National Fodder and Food Security Committee that the average 600-sow pig unit has lost €206,000 since...
N.Ireland
Info sought following road collision involving pig
Information has been sought in relation to a pig that was involved in a road traffic collision in Co. Down...
Pig/Poultry
IFA 'condemns' price cut by pig factories
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has “strongly condemned” today’s announcement by pig factories of another 4c/kg price cut. IFA Pig...
Agri-Business
3 more cases of African swine fever in German wild boars
Three more cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in wild boars in Germany. According to Reuters, the...