Agri-Business
The overall tonnage of meat and bonemeal (MBM) produced in Ireland has reduced on a yearly basis...
Ireland’s rendering industry is worth an estimated €160m annually, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has revealed.
The ICSA has called for an investigation into rendering costs due to the ongoing fallen animal collection dispute.
A senator has called on Minister Charlie McConalogue to intervene in a dispute between knackeries and rendering plants.
It appears that a dispute over the price of rendering fallen animals between rendering plants and knackeries is set to escalate.
Rural Life
The ACA, the body that represents knackeries in Ireland has confirmed that the cost of animal rendering is set to rise from next week.
The Irish Bioenergy Association has welcomed the inclusion of additional renewable certificates for biodiesel produced from category 1 tallow