Agri-Business
Are Producer Organisations key to the future of the fruit and veg sector?
There appears to be an increasing push at European level for fruit and vegetable growers to establish Producer Organisations. The...
Agri-Business
There appears to be an increasing push at European level for fruit and vegetable growers to establish Producer Organisations. The...
Pig/Poultry
Russia has appealed against the World Trade Organisation’s (WTO) ruling that its ban on EU pork imports was against WTO rules,...
Opinion
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) must now act in a meaningful way, given that the organisation has found Moscow to...
Beef
A group of Russian and Kazakh livestock importers and farmers are in Ireland this week as part of visit organised...
Agri Politics
The Council of the European Union has today announced that it is to extend its economic sanctions on Russia until June...
Dairy
A leading Russian commentator on dairy markets has said that the Russian ban on EU foods is likely to remain...
Agri-Business
There are still some opportunities for the Irish dairy sector in Russia, according to Patrick Ryan in Bord Bia’s Moscow Office. It...
Pig/Poultry
Irish pig farmers are still waiting their share of the EU aid package money that was announced last year. The...
Pig/Poultry
Plans are afoot in Russia to create a pig production cluster which is to have a capacity for 1.2m head...
Dairy
The ICMSA estimates that dairy incomes could fall by more than €800m in the two years from 2014. President John...
Agri Politics
The Council of the European Union has decided to prolong EU economic sanctions against Russia until July 31, 2016. The...
Agri Politics
The Russian embargo on agricultural products could last until at least 2018, a dairy expert from Russia told the recent...
Pig/Poultry
Brazilian exports of pigmeat to Russia have increased dramatically in 2015, with approximately 153,800t of this product entering the Russian...
Pig/Poultry
IFA Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Flaherty has called on the European Commission to introduce export refunds for pigmeat with immediate...
Dairy
ICOS has put together a set of proposals aimed at strengthening Irish and EU dairy, not only for the short term....
Agri Politics
Just over one year ago, the Russian Govenment announced an embargo on imports of a range of agricultural products from the...
Agri Politics
Import restrictions coupled with the devaluation of the ruble have made Russian imports more expensive, therefore eroding the purchasing power...
Dairy
The world dairy market has adjusted to the Russian ban on imports of food products from the EU, says Ornua...