Pig/Poultry
Solar panels to be allowed alongside free-range egg production
The European Commission has proposed to revise existing market standards for a number of agri-food produce, which will see solar...
Pig/Poultry
The European Commission has proposed to revise existing market standards for a number of agri-food produce, which will see solar...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has paid over €2.5 million in compensation to farmers impacted by...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has announced that the avian influenza (bird flu) housing measures...
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has announced that the legal requirement to confine/house poultry and other...
CAP / Schemes
The Targeted Agricultural Modernisation Scheme (TAMS) 3 has opened for pig and poultry applications, the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Agri-Business
Preliminary information from the Federal Information Centre for Agriculture (BZL) in Germany shows that the long-term trend towards lower meat...
Agri-Business
Plans by Silver Hill Duck to invest more than €30 million to expand its processing facilities in Co. Monaghan have...
Pig/Poultry
The risk of avian influenza (bird flu) infection in poultry could increase in the coming months due to migrating birds,...
Pig/Poultry
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called for the number of poultry advisors employed by Teagasc to be increased. IFA...
N.Ireland
Total poultry numbers on Northern Ireland farms have decreased 16% year-on-year according to the Agricultural Census 2022. The results from...
Pig/Poultry
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has issued a recall notice for a chicken product sold by retailer, Iceland,...
Pig/Poultry
The European Food Safety Authority (EFSA) has recommended that cages should be avoided in the poultry sector to enhance animal...
Agri-Business
The Poultry Committee of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has called on the government to retain a 9% VAT rate...
Agri-Business
Eight Irish broiler flocks have tested positive for salmonella typhimurium, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has urged Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue, to announce the start...
Agri-Business
Higher average prices for Irish pigmeat and poultry helped to offset the impact of lower production levels on overall export...
Agri-Business
A total of 50 million birds were culled in Europe between October 2021 and September 2022 because of avian influenza...
Agri-Business
Gardaí are investigating the theft of over 30 show and breeding stock worth around €10,000 from a teenage poultry breeder...