Pig/Poultry
5 new cases of African swine fever in Germany
Five new cases of African swine fever (ASF) have been detected in wild boar in the Brandenburg region of Germany...
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Pig/Poultry
6,000 chickens killed in a fire in Co. Tyrone
Around 6,000 chickens have been killed in an overnight fire at a farm in Dungannon, Co. Tyrone. The Northern Ireland...
World News
China bans German pork imports after African swine fever case
China has said it will ban any imports of German pork after a case of African swine fever (ASF) was...
Dairy
From Clare to Kigali: Flying in-calf heifers 7,000km to change lives
“I’m the person that flies with the animals to Africa.” This was the straight-forward way John Fitzgerald described his experience...
Dairy
From Clare to Kigali: Flying in-calf heifers 7,000km to change lives
“I’m the person that flies with the animals to Africa.” This was the straight-forward way John Fitzgerald described his experience...
Agri-Business
Germany confirms its first case of African swine fever
Germany has confirmed its first case of African swine fever (ASF) in a wild boar found dead in Brandenburg close...
Agri-Business
CAFRE’s Technology Demonstration Farms get up and running again
Northern Ireland’s College of Agriculture, Food and Rural Enterprise (CAFRE) has announced that its Technology Demonstration Farm programme is back...
Agri-Business
Cranswick’s Co. Antrim plant to reopen following 2-week closure
Cranswick Country Foods factory in Cullybackey, Co. Antrim, has reopened two weeks after authorities ordered it to close following an...
Agri-Business
QMS launches revised standards for Haulage Assurance Scheme
Quality Meat Scotland (QMS) has strengthened its haulage assurance scheme by making some key additions to the standards document. New...
Agri-Business
Meat plant outbreak blamed as NI infection rate surpasses UK and Ireland
A cluster at a meat plant in Co. Antrim and an increase in testing have been blamed for making Northern...
Agri-Business
Strong start to the year for UK red meat exports... Despite Covid-19
Red meat exports from the UK have enjoyed a good start to the year with shipments already worth £733 million...
Rural Life
RSPCA poll reveals 75% want ban on lower welfare standard imports
The UK’s biggest animal charity, the RSPCA, has launched petition pressing the government to keep its manifesto commitment as it...
Agri-Business
Cranswick sees lockdown sales soar 25%
UK pork giant Cranswick has seen sales soar over the first quarter of the year due to an increase in...
Rural Life
English and Royal Welsh winter fairs cancelled
Organisers have been forced to cancel this year’s English Winter Fair and Royal Welsh Winter Fair as part of the...
N.Ireland
Opportunity to purchase arable and livestock farm with coastal location in Co. Down
33 Lisoid Road is a mixed arable and livestock farm extending to about 138.91ac in total, with a spectacular coastal...
Beef
EU predicts drop in meat consumption for 2020
The European Commission is predicting a fall in meat consumption for 2020, due to changes in consumer demand during the...
Agri-Business
Don't sell out animal welfare for trade deal, RSPCA warns government
Animal welfare laws hang in the balance as the House of Lords prepares to vote on amendments to the Agriculture Bill, which...
Pig/Poultry
4 more cases of African swine fever confirmed in Poland
The risk of African swine fever to the UK has been kept at ‘medium’ and farmers advised to remain vigilant...
