Pig/Poultry
Report: Pig production costs in 17 countries, including Ireland
An annual report that examines the cost of pig meat production in 17 countries, including Ireland, has been published this...
Pig/Poultry
An annual report that examines the cost of pig meat production in 17 countries, including Ireland, has been published this...
N.Ireland
A support scheme worth up to £1.6 million for Northern Ireland pig farmers has been announced by the Department of...
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has confirmed that an investigation is underway into the apparent abandonment...
Pig/Poultry
A confirmed case of African Swine Fever (ASF) in Ireland would devastate the pig industry overnight, and an all-island approach...
Pig/Poultry
Gardaí and emergency services are currently at the scene of an incident in which a livestock transport vehicle has caught...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has confirmed that a protest by egg producers outside Aldi in Cavan town was stood...
Beef
Farmers in the suckler, sheep, tillage and pig sectors are going to be worse hit by input price inflation when...
Pig/Poultry
Retailer Aldi has said that it is “extremely disappointed” by protest action by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) at its...
Pig/Poultry
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that egg producers are “facing closure”, while losses continue to mount for pig...
Pig/Poultry
Members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) involved in pig, poultry and egg production have taken to the streets of...
Beef
The European Commission’s plan to extend a permitting system to a greater number of farms in the EU has been...
Pig/Poultry
Researchers around the EU have been studying how sampling saliva from piglets and sows could help farmers to target treatments...
Pig/Poultry
Pig processors are being called on to increase the prices they pay to farmers in order to secure a supply...
CAP / Schemes
This week’s episode of Farmland hears details of a Teagasc study into piglet development and features a sit-down interview with TD Michael...
Rural Life
This week’s episode of Farmland hears the details of a hands-off, Teagasc research project on piglet development, and features a...
Pig/Poultry
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, has confirmed that payments under the Pig Exceptional Payment Scheme 2...
Pig/Poultry
A family of spotted pigs have been given their own reality TV series that aims to expose “the scam of...
Pig/Poultry
A new study has found that a highly antibiotic-resistant strain of the superbug methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) has emerged...