Agri-Business
Vet fined €40,000 for dispensing medicines to animals not under his care
A Wicklow-based vet has been fined €40,000 and received two suspended sentences for offences relating to the sale of prescription-only medicines...
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Rural Life
30 cases of animal cruelty in 2014 - €250,000 fines in the offing
The Department of Agriculture has investigated 30 cases of animal cruelty in 2014 and has prosecuted three cases to date. It...
Pig/Poultry
Pig farmer found guilty of animal cruelty faces fines of €100,000 and jail
Cork pig farmer Rory O’Brien is facing fines of up to €100,000 and a possible jail sentence after being found...
Machinery
Welsh tractor drivers told 'pull over or face fines'
Police in Wales have issued a plea to tractor drivers to pull over, where safe, if they have a queue of vehicles...
Agri-Business
Welfare legislation gives more power to authorities, and fines of €250,000
New animal welfare legislation gives increased power to authorities, including the ability to issue fines of up to €250,000, according...
Environment
Research facility fined for foot-and-mouth experiment failings
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 warning from Lakeland Dairies
Superlevy fines of 28.66c per litre over quota are now inevitable for suppliers to Lakeland Dairies. This is according to the...
Agri-Business
Review of the year: Heat wave, Kerry Group, Gulf ban lifted, dairy prep & retrospective fines
July brought sunshine, with a heatwave in full swing. Ireland was officially declared in a state of drought and the Department of...
Dairy
Total confinement Vs pasture systems: What does the science say?
COMMENT: There is considerable interest in the use of total confinement and zero-grazing dairy systems. This interest has spiked in recent...
Agri-Business
Drummonds fined €125,000 after death of two workers in grain silo
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
Ireland heading towards super levy milk fine
The Department of Agriculture announced this afternoon that based on estimated milk deliveries by milk purchasers for the period up to...
Government
Minister: clawback fines must be paid, hope of early SFP, coupling non-committal
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 fines Dairy companies US$110m
China has fined several diary companies including New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra, Mead Johnson Nutrition Co and Danone and a total...
Dairy
Italian farmers to pay €1.4bn milk quota fines
The European Commission this afternoon officially requested Italy to recover surplus levies due from Italian milk producers. It called on...
N.Ireland
AD presents ‘once in a generation opportunity’ for NI – UUP
The Ulster Unionist Party’s (UUP’s) agriculture, environment and rural affairs spokesperson Robbie Butler has described anaerobic digestion (AD) as “a once...
Agri-Business
Profit uncertainty for Tesco amid Middle East conflict
British retail giant Tesco has indicated that the conflict in the Middle East is generating some uncertainty over its profit...
Dairy
Lakeland Dairies increases March base milk price by 3c/L
The Lakeland Dairies board has today (Monday, April 13) agreed to increase the base price for milk by 3c/L for...
Arable
How to include potatoes in a diabetes-friendly diet
Potatoes can be included in the diet of people with diabetes once key nutritional criteria are met. This is according...