Industry development manager with the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC), Colin Smith has recently returned from Canada, where he attended a marketing and…
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) chief executive Ian Stevenson has been appointed to the 9-strong interim board of governors of the European Roundtable…
A ‘no-deal’ Brexit could cost Northern Ireland’s beef and sheep industry as much as £230 million a year, industry-commissioned research has found. The…
Trade tariffs, red tape and traceability concerns could make quality assurance programmes all the more important post-Brexit. But trade and subsidies aren’t the…
Irish farmers should stop talking about the “green image” of farming and assert it as reality, renowned agri-food researcher Prof. Patrick Wall has said.…
Coleraine-based WD Meats hosted a ‘walk-the-line’ event for farmer-suppliers this week. The demonstration, which allowed the visitors to assess cattle on-the-hoof and on-the-hook,…
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) Chief Executive Ian Stevenson has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland’s beef industry.…
Limousin and Charolais accounted for 52.3% of calf registrations in Northern Ireland in 2016, figures from the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) show. Limousin…
Under transport legislation livestock must be fit for an intended journey before the journey starts and the livestock must also remain ‘sufficiently fit’…
