EU
EU Agriculture Ministers meet amid Europe wide dairy crisis
EU Agriculture Ministers will meet in Brussels today as dairy markets continue to contract across Europe. The Commission will update...
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N.Ireland
Voluntary milk reduction programme losing support in Europe
A plan to allow dairy cooperatives and farmers to agree to cut milk production on a temporary basis is losing...
N.Ireland
Armagh to mark the start of this year’s apple growing season with three day festival
Armagh will mark the start of this year’s apple growing season over the May Bank Holiday weekend, with a three-day...
Agri-Business
Devenish animal nutrition lands Queen's top award
Northern Ireland animal nutrition company Devenish has been awarded the Queen’s Award for Enterprise for International Trade. The company is...
Agri-Business
EU agri-food exports to the US drive values up in February
EU agri-food exports in February 2016 were worth €10.2 billion, which is well above export values in January 2016, according...
Pig/Poultry
No signs of Chinese pork import demand slowing as prices remain high
There is little sign of demand for imported pork in China slowing down, according to AHDB Pork. Wholesale pork prices...
Beef
Meat processors call for Government to intervene in Mercosur deal
The Government has been called on to intervene with the European Commission from making an offer to the Mercosur bloc in...
Rural Life
Big week on the farm to feature camogie star and a chicken-plucking challenge
Last night, on the second episode of RTE’s Big Week on the Farm, viewers saw country singer Nathan Carter deliver...
N.Ireland
Single Farm Payments in the North drop in value in 2015
There was a 5% drop in the value of Single Farm Payments in Northern Ireland in 2015, according to the...
Agri-Business
Sale of Dunbia to UK firm looks imminent
The future of ownership of Dunbia is in doubt this evening with increasing speculation surrounding its possible merger with a...
Dairy
Intervention ceiling almost reached by Member States
Ireland started putting Skimmed Milk Powder back into public intervention this week after it offered 608t to the measure, figures...
World News
French abattoir investigation after graphic video shows animal abuse
An investigation has been launched by the French Ministry for Agriculture after an undercover video showed animal abuse at an...
EU
Northern Farmers react to EU dairy proposals
A voluntary milk supply reduction scheme, a measure introduced by the European Commisson to solve the dairy crisis, has been...
EU
Video: Farmers spray hundreds of litres of milk in protest in Brussels
Farmers from across Europe were protesting today in Brussels as EU Agriculture Ministers met to try and come up with solutions...
EU
Commission announces measures to solve dairy crisis
The European Commission announced today a second package of exceptional measures to try and solve the deepening crisis in the...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland's beef and dairy herd numbers up
The dairy herd in Northern Ireland stood at 313,600 cows in December 2015, a year-on-year increase of 2%, the latest figures...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland’s beef and dairy herd numbers up
The dairy herd in Northern Ireland stood at 313,600 cows in December 2015, a year-on-year increase of 2%, the latest figures...
Farm Building
Sheep farmers still waiting on the approval of fencing for grant aid
The first amendment to Ireland’s Rural Development Programme which would see key changes to GLAS, the Beef Data and Genomics...
