N.Ireland
Better origin labelling laws called for, as level of import checks criticised
Calls for improved origin labelling laws have been made by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), amid criticism over the level...
N.Ireland
Calls for improved origin labelling laws have been made by the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), amid criticism over the level...
Beef
An investigation has found that 25% of abattoirs in England, Wales and Northern Ireland are failing to take basic hygiene...
Sheep
Just over 14,000 Northern Irish spring lambs have been slaughtered by sheep processors south of the border over the past...
Rural Life
Officers with the Revenue Commission seized 215kg of herbal cannabis, worth €4.3m, in Rosslare port over the weekend. The smuggled drugs...
Rural Life
Farmers in parts of rural Ireland are sleeping with loaded shotguns and it’s not a question of if they’ll be...
Pig/Poultry
Do you want a turkey reared on kale, cabbage, apples and nettles this Christmas? Gerry McEvoy has been rearing turkeys...
Agri-Business
Counter Culture – The Sheridans Guide to Cheese is about more than cheese; it’s all about the cheesemakers and the...
Agri-Business
Irish Aldi stores recently picked up 62 awards at the international 2015 Great Taste Awards, more than any other retailer in...
Agri-Business
The European Commission’s competition authority is set to examine Dawn Meats investment in a French meat processor. Late last year,...
Pig/Poultry
Some 73% of chickens in the UK have tested positive for the presence of campylobacter, the Food Standards Agency (FSA)...
Agri-Business
Some 70% of supermarket chicken has tested positive for campylobacter, according to a new survey by the UK’s Food Standards...
Agri-Business
Irish genetics company Indentigen has announced details of a new DNA testing technology which, it says, will offer it major advantages...
Agri-Business
Speaking at the Alltech Global 500 conference recently the head of Kepak’s meat division, Kevin Cahill, outlined its innovations and strategy...
Other
Michael Byrne & Sons Craft Butchers, 92 Sandymount Road, Dublin 4 is celebrating the news that its Argentinean Chorizo &...
Agri-Business
Here’s AgriLand’s Top Stories this week All things dairy expansion:Middle East dairy contracts under way, as minister hints of long-term...
Agri-Business
The View from Northern Ireland: The Ulster Farmers Union (UFU) President Harry Sinclair is encouraged by the findings of a...
Agri-Business
Ronnie Wilson, the founder of Monaghan Mushrooms, was presented with a special Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2013 Checkout Best...