
N.Ireland
Tyrone farmer fined for moving a sheep unfit for journey
A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...
N.Ireland
A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...
N.Ireland
A Northern Ireland farmer has been fined £500 by Craigavon Magistrates’ Court for transporting a sheep that was not fit for the...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £4,000 in court for causing unnecessary suffering to a bovine animal and for transporting the animal...
N.Ireland
A Co. Antrim farmer has been fined £4,000 in court for causing unnecessary suffering to a bovine animal and for transporting the animal...
Agri-Business
A Wicklow-based vet has been fined €40,000 and received two suspended sentences for offences relating to the sale of prescription-only medicines...
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture has investigated 30 cases of animal cruelty in 2014 and has prosecuted three cases to date. It...
Pig/Poultry
Cork pig farmer Rory O’Brien is facing fines of up to €100,000 and a possible jail sentence after being found...
Machinery
Police in Wales have issued a plea to tractor drivers to pull over, where safe, if they have a queue of vehicles...
Agri-Business
New animal welfare legislation gives increased power to authorities, including the ability to issue fines of up to €250,000, according...
Environment
A world-renowned animal disease research facility in Surrey has been fined for shortcomings in the management of safety during experiments...
Dairy
Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota are now inevitable for suppliers to Lakeland Dairies. This is according to the...
Agri-Business
July brought sunshine, with a heatwave in full swing. Ireland was officially declared in a state of drought and the Department of...
Dairy
COMMENT: There is considerable interest in the use of total confinement and zero-grazing dairy systems. This interest has spiked in recent...
Agri-Business
Agri-mechant business Dummonds Ltd, was today fined a total of €125,000 plus Health and Safety Authority (HSA) expenses of €19,600 and...
Dairy
The Department of Agriculture announced this afternoon that based on estimated milk deliveries by milk purchasers for the period up to...
Government
Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney TD has insisted overpayment fines issued to more than 4,800 farmers amounting to €1.4m must be...
World News
China has fined several diary companies including New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra, Mead Johnson Nutrition Co and Danone and a total...
Dairy
The European Commission this afternoon officially requested Italy to recover surplus levies due from Italian milk producers. It called on...