By Aodhan O’Faolain A High Court challenge against a government decision to ban all transport of livestock to North African...
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A group of members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) have launched their own campaign for coupled farm payments for...
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Australia will have significant opportunities to export beef and lamb products to the UK under the new trade deal agreed...
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Farm-to-farm sale of cattle grew by over 210,000 head (16%) to 1.51 million in 2020, almost equaling the 1.53 million...
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It’s not clear whether safeguards to protect local farming from lower-cost imported produce go far enough, as the UK announces...
June 15, 2021
13 teenagers representing four Northern Ireland schools have been presented with a mini-herd of Angus-cross calves to rear. It’s part...
The proposed trade deal between the UK and Australia “sets a perilous precedent and is very concerning for Irish beef...
Virtual fencing systems can provide the same level of stock management and grazed grass utilisation as conventional paddocks and electric...
June 14, 2021
Farmers who were told that any associated herd numbers they had during the reference period for the Beef Exceptional Aid...
Farmers have one week left to apply to change their reduction period under the Beef Emergency Aid Measure (BEAM), according...
During the recent Teagasc Research Insights webinar, which focused on antimicrobial and anthelmintic resistance in farm animals, Orla Keane, a...
Tight supplies and strong market demand “have pushed cattle prices on” in the past few days, according to the Irish...
June 13, 2021
With the expansion of the national dairy herd in recent years, many farms have become short on housing, with many...
June 12, 2021
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine regularly takes “continuing additional measures” to further enhance and safeguard animal welfare...
June 10, 2021
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is calling for Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding to be directed towards...
The beginning of June usually sees a reduction in the number of calf registrations. But still, more than one-quarter of...
June 9, 2021
There are currently no plans to establish a legal definition of a feedlot herd, Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue has...
June 8, 2021
Management from individual meat processors took part in a meeting of the Beef Market Taskforce last Thursday (June 3), the...
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