N.Ireland
Cross-border BVD awareness campaign launched
A joint cross-border bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) awareness campaign has started. Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) and Animal...
Agri-Business
N.Ireland
Some animal movements to be permitted following bluetongue outbreak
Plans have been announced to allow some animal movements in the wake of the recent incursion of bluetongue virus in...
Agri-Business
FAO launches International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026
The Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations (FAO) has launched the International Year of the Woman Farmer 2026, a global...
Agri-Business
Global appetite drives Australian beef exports to ‘new highs’
Australia has officially broken the record for the highest volume of beef exported in a calendar year, with year-to-date exports...
Agri-Business
FAO Food Price Index declines in November
World food commodity prices declined in November, led by lower international quotations for all major staple foods except cereals, according...
Agri-Business
Bluetongue vaccine might ‘not be enough’ to control outbreaks – expert
With the suspected case of bluetongue being reported recently in Northern Ireland, many farmers will be concerned about how they...
Agri-Business
Suspected bluetongue in NI ‘must serve as a wake-up call’
The suspected cases of bluetongue in Northern Ireland “must serve as a wake-up call”, a farm organisation has urged. Irish...
N.Ireland
Suspected bluetongue case ‘hugely concerning’
Given the time of year, the suspected case of bluetongue in Northern Ireland is “surprising and obviously hugely concerning for...
N.Ireland
‘Potentially serious implications’: Heydon responds to bluetongue investigation in NI
Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has responded to the investigation of suspected bluetongue cases in...
N.Ireland
Suspected cases of bluetongue being investigated in Co. Down
Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) vets are investigating the suspicion of bluetongue virus at a holding near...
Agri-Business
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...
Agri-Business
Hong Kong suspends poultry imports from areas in Ireland and UK due to bird flu
Hong Kong’s food safety authority has said that imports of poultry meat and products from areas across a number of...
Agri-Business
Boehringer Ingelheim MD elected president of global animal health association
Dr. Armin Wiesler, a member of the board of managing directors at Boehringer Ingelheim with responsibility for the Animal Health...
Agri-Business
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...
Agri-Business
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...
Environment
EA: 'Sustained rainfall' in winter needed to prevent 2026 drought in England
England will experience worse levels of drought next year if this winter is drier than normal, the Environment Agency (EA)...
N.Ireland
New vet lead appointed to Ai Services and Eurogene
Ai Services and Eurogene have appointed a new group veterinary officer to advance artificial insemination (AI) and bull genetics. Dr....
Agri-Business
Former Ambassador to US to speak at Agri Guild Dillon lecture
Former Ambassador to the United States, Daniel Mulhall, will deliver this year’s Michael Dillon Memorial Lecture hosted by the Guild...
