N.Ireland
Pressure continues to build on Northern Ireland pig industry
Ulster Pork and Bacon Forum chief executive, Deirdre McIvor, has confirmed that farmers and processors working within the Northern Ireland...
Pig/Poultry
Environment
Defra/UKRI funds project to reduce the environmental impact of ammonia emissions from livestock
A new project to reduce the environmental impact of ammonia emissions from livestock has been awarded £600k funding from the Department...
N.Ireland
‘Highly pathogenic’ bird flu case confirmed in England
Northern Ireland's Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has issued a warning to poultry farmers after confirmation of...
Agri-Business
AIMS calls on the government to re-allocated seasonal poultry worker visas
The Association of Independent Meat Suppliers (AIMS) have called on the government to re-allocate any unused seasonal poultry visas to...
Pig/Poultry
Confidential helpline set up to support pig industry
A confidential, 24-hour helpline has been set up by the Royal Agricultural Benevolent Institution (RABI) to support workers affected by...
Arable
Farming sectors performing well in Northern Ireland
Danske Bank’s head of agri-business, Rodney Brown, is confirming that most of Northern Ireland’s farming sectors are performing well at...
Agri Politics
Government launches support measures for the pig industry
The government has announced a package of measures to support the pig industry which has faced a number of challenges...
Pig/Poultry
Insurers now investigating Oxfordshire pig-farm fire
Insurers are now investigating the cause of a fire that killed a number of pigs in Oxfordshire last week, as...
Pig/Poultry
Poultry keepers urged to prepare for avian flu
The UK’s chief veterinary offices are encouraging poultry keepers to take action now in order to reduce the risk of...
N.Ireland
16,000 birds killed in Fermanagh farm fire
Firefighters are investigating the cause of a blaze which killed 16,000 birds on a poultry farm in Co. Fermanagh today...
Pig/Poultry
Pig industry protest Conservatives in Manchester
‘What do we want? Butchers; When do we want them? Now.’ This is one of chants echoed by members of...
Agri-Business
UFU urges DAERA to act over NI’s pig sector pressures
Shoppers could see fewer of their favourite pork products on supermarket shelves this Christmas, while farmers struggle to cope with...
Agri-Business
Eustice rules out nationalisation of UK CO2 production
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) Secretary George Eustice has ruled out any prospect of the government nationalising...
Agri-Business
CO2 shortage: Supermarkets say NI poultry farms were ‘days from crisis’
Northern Ireland's agri-food chain was just days away from crisis, had the government not intervened to reinstate carbon dioxide (CO2)...
Agri-Business
Pork crisis: NI’s pig backlog to reach 24,000 by mid-October
The backlog of pigs to be slaughtered could reach as many as 24,000 in just a month, according to representatives...
Rural Life
Yorkshire man jailed for 6 breaches of animal protection order
A man who has been found in breach of an animal protection court order six times has been jailed, North...
Beef
Part 2: Five more myth-busting facts about antibiotics and animals
Agriland recently shared part one in a two-part myth-busting series about antibiotics and animals from the European Platform for the...
Agri-Business
Mexican market access worth up to £50 million to British pork producers
Access to the Mexican market could be worth up to £50 million to British pork producers in the first five...
