Charles O'Donnell

France to launch economic aid for farms impacted by bird flu
France to launch economic aid for farms impacted by bird flu

France has announced that it will provide economic aid through a compensation scheme for poultry farmers impacted by restrictions related...

NI AD company fined £6,000 after ‘slurry-like’ discharge
NI AD company fined £6,000 after ‘slurry-like’ discharge

A Northern Ireland-based company that runs an anaerobic digestion (AD) facility in Co. Derry has been fined £6,000 after a...

Lactalis Australia to close processing site in Brisbane
Lactalis Australia to close processing site in Brisbane

Lactalis Australia, part of the wider French dairy giant Lactalis, is set to close a processing site in a suburb...

Brazilian beef with banned growth hormone entered Irish market
Brazilian beef with banned growth hormone entered Irish market

128kg of Brazilian beef that contained a banned growth promoting hormone entered the Irish market, the Food Safety Authority of...

France moves to stop imports produced with banned substances
France moves to stop imports produced with banned substances

The government of France has said it will officially move to suspend imports of plant products that are grown with...

2025 beef exports from Brazil to exceed 3m tonnes for first time
2025 beef exports from Brazil to exceed 3m tonnes for first time

Exports of beef from Brazil for 2025 are likely to be in excess of three million tonnes for the first...

DAERA: Suspected bluetongue in 44 cattle on affected farm
DAERA: Suspected bluetongue in 44 cattle on affected farm

Preliminary results of testing carried out on a Co. Down cattle herd, where two suspected cases of bluetongue virus were...

Fonterra narrows farmgate milk price forecast
Fonterra narrows farmgate milk price forecast

One of the world’s largest dairy co-operatives and processors, New Zealand-based Fonterra, has provided an update on its forecasted farmgate...

Italy: Culprits caught after livestock fraud involving 115 Irish cattle
Italy: Culprits caught after livestock fraud involving 115 Irish cattle

Police in Italy have said that an Irish cattle trader was scammed of 115 cattle he was not paid for...

NI firefighters rescue 8 cattle from Tyrone slurry pit
NI firefighters rescue 8 cattle from Tyrone slurry pit

Firefighters in Northern Ireland were called to a farm in Co. Tyrone this week to rescue 8 cattle that had...

Glanbia targets earnings per share growth of 7-11% over next 3 years
Glanbia targets earnings per share growth of 7-11% over next 3 years

Glanbia plc is holding a ‘Capital Markets Day’ (CMD) today (Wednesday, November 19), which will focus on the business’ growth...

Tributes to ‘hard-working young country people’ in Louth crash
Tributes to ‘hard-working young country people’ in Louth crash

TD for Cavan-Monaghan Matt Carthy has paid tribute to five young people who died in a collision in Co. Louth...

26 young farmers complete Lakeland Young Farmer Programme
26 young farmers complete Lakeland Young Farmer Programme

26 young farmer suppliers from Lakeland Dairies have completed the co-operative’s inaugural Young Farmer Programme, the business has said. The...

Watch: Footballer Haaland stocks up on steak and milk at local farm
Watch: Footballer Haaland stocks up on steak and milk at local farm

Footballer Erling Haaland believes that the quality of meat and milk is “even better” when the animals are taken care...

Son of former professional footballer dies in tractor collision
Son of former professional footballer dies in tractor collision

The 21-year-old son of a former professional footballer has died in a tractor collision in the Cotswolds. Gloucestershire police said...

Heydon and Muir announce new TB cooperation project
Heydon and Muir announce new TB cooperation project

Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon, and his Northern Ireland counterpart Andrew Muir, have announced a new...

EU begins anti-dumping proceedings into Russian urea
EU begins anti-dumping proceedings into Russian urea

The European Commission will begin an anti-dumping investigation into imports of urea originating in Russia. It comes after the commission...

Bluetongue confirmed on two premises in Wales
Bluetongue confirmed on two premises in Wales

Bluetongue virus (BTV) serotype 3 has been confirmed on two premises in Wales, the country’s devolved government has said. The...