
Agri-Business
The EU is to vote on banning cloned meat this week
On June 17 MEPs from the Environment and Agriculture Committees will vote on draft regulations proposing to ban the cloning of...
Agri-Business
On June 17 MEPs from the Environment and Agriculture Committees will vote on draft regulations proposing to ban the cloning of...
Dairy
Some 720 dairy cows are milked three times a day on the Skottorps Sateri dairy farm in Sweden which is...
Beef
Argentinian beef exports to the European Union (EU) are up 13% to 8,000t from the same time last year, according...
EU
Opposition is growing towards the European Commission’s plans that would allow national bans on farmers’ use of genetically modified (GM) animal...
Pig/Poultry
There are tentative indications that the EU pig herd is starting to decline, according to Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board...
Sheep
EU sheepmeat imports increased by 15% from last year in the first quarter of 2015, according to Eblex, the organisations...
Arable
The European Commission has increased its estimates for both maize and barley production in 2015/16 in its latest balance sheet and...
Dairy
EU wholesale markets for dairy products fell again in May as pressure from supply remains, according to Dairyco. Prices across most...
EU
The European Parliament and the Council of the EU reached a provisional agreement on the outstanding issues concerning the proposal...
Beef
Last week the beef heifer price differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic narrowed to 35.5c/kg, the latest Livestock and...
Rural Life
Cuts to the Rural Development Programme will be a blow to rural Ireland, according to Independent MEP Marian Harkin. Speaking following...
EU
Agreement on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for import as food and feed hasn’t been reached in the European Union since 2003....
EU
Medicating the whole herd to cure sick animals and to prevent the infection of healthy animals may soon be a...
Environment
A significant effort will be needed for Ireland to meet its EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction targets and to become...
EU
The European Council failed to reach agreement on organic farming regulations at its latest meeting. While significant progress was made at...
EU
The way is now clear for Brussels to introduce a raft of CAP simplification measures later this year, according to...
Beef
Bovine meat production is anticipated to rise by 1.7% in 2015 in the EU, according to the Food and Agricultural...
EU
The European Commission recently outlined its plans for the EU Digital Single Market (DSM). One of the aims of the...