TheBeefSite Latest News: Ireland
30 October 2014
Beef Restrictions Unjustified and UnnecessaryIRELAND – Beef roundtable negotiations on Irish cattle specifications should review the 30 month requirement and weight limits on bulls, insists a farm spokesperson....
27 October 2014
Irish Farmers Protest over Beef PricesIRELAND - Irish farmers have called a countrywide 24-hour beef price protest....
16 October 2014
Money Available For Farmers in Safety DriveIRELAND - A new set of grant assisted health and safety recommendations is being rolled out across Ireland’s farms....
14 October 2014
Challenges and Opportunities for Irish AgricultureIRELAND - It is an exciting time in Agriculture notwithstanding the challenges currently facing certain enterprises. Teagasc’s integrated research, education and advisory services are providing the science to underpin the future development of the Irish...
08 October 2014
New Charter of Farmer Rights - A Substantial ImprovementIRELAND - Irish Farmers Association (IFA) Deputy President Tim O Leary said the New Charter of Farmer Rights has to be a substantial improvement on the last Charter across all of the key areas affecting direct payments and services to farmers....
29 September 2014
Irish Herd Reflecting Beef Challenges and Dairy OptimismIRELAND – Cattle numbers are stable but confidence in dairying is obvious, according to market analysts reacting to the June 2014 Irish cattle survey....
15 September 2014
Economical Importance of Agriculture to Irish Counties IRELAND - Analysis undertaken by Irish Farmers Association outlines agriculture’s importance to the economy at county level, and underlines the critical importance of farm schemes in underpinning agriculture’s continued contribution to Ireland's economic...
10 September 2014
Teagasc Appoints Cattle Specialist for West, MidlandsIRELAND - Teagasc has added to its team of beef specialists. James Keane has been appointed as a Cattle Knowledge Transfer Specialist covering the West and Midlands region. He joins the team of Teagasc Cattle Specialists led by Pearse Kelly, which includes...
04 September 2014
Beef Crisis Pleas Taken to McDonald’s DoorIRELAND – Irate beef farmers assembled outside a McDonald’s restaurant yesterday to protest against a lack of supply chain response to low beef prices....
25 August 2014
IFA Calls on Ag Minister to Deliver for Farmers on Beef Crisis IRELAND - IFA President Eddie Downey said the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must accept that there is a severe income crisis in the livestock sector and he needs to take urgent action to address the situation....
21 August 2014
Farm Bodies Repeat Stark Warning for Irish BeefIRELAND – Continuing low beef prices have caused ‘anger and frustration’ among Irish cattle producers as UK and EU prices stabilise, the government has heard this week....
19 August 2014
Farmers Challenge Tesco Assertions on Mixed-origin BeefIRELAND - Farmers in the Republic of Ireland have hit out at the supermarkets chain over claims that consumers do not want to eat beef from cattle reared in the Republic and slaughtered in Northern Ireland....
18 August 2014
Ireland to Export Beef, Pork and Lamb to the PhilippinesIRELAND - On the 14 August The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD welcomed the agreement which has been reached with the veterinary authorities in the Republic of the Philippines which will allow for the importation of beef,...
08 August 2014
Advice Line for Irish Farmers Hit by Russian BanIRELAND - Responding to a Russian announcement of trade sanctions against EU and other countries in the agri-food sector, Minister Simon Coveney said that the move is unwelcome but that it is not surprising given the recent evolution of events....
29 July 2014
Irish Ministers Meet to Discuss BeefIRELAND - Building on previous discussions, Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney invited his Northern Irish counterpart Michelle O’Neill to Dublin to discuss issues currently facing the beef sector on both parts of the island....
28 July 2014
Financial Issues Compromise Farmers Health and Safety IRELAND - According to ICSA Rural Development vice-chairman Seamus Sherlock, many farm accidents may be attributable to lack of concentration on the part of farmers who are struggling to cope with financial stress due to the ongoing beef crisis and savage...
Farms Benefit from Falling Production Costs in 2014IRELAND - In its mid-year assessment of likely farm profitability in 2014, Teagasc economists have highlighted falling production costs as the main driver of farm incomes in 2014....
25 July 2014
Compliance with REPS has Left Farmers at a DisadvantageIRELAND - ICSA suckler chairman Mr Dermot Kelleher says that participation in REPS has left many farmers at a disadvantage since the closure of the scheme....
11 July 2014
Coveney Launches Annual Review and Outlook for Agriculture, Food and The MarineIRELAND - Exports of agri-food in 2013 were worth nine per cent more in 2013 than the year before, reaching a record of €10 billion, according to a new report from the agriculture department....
08 July 2014
Irish Minister Calls on Beef Processors to be More ProactiveIRELAND - Irish agriculture minister Simon Coveney has called on meat processors to be more pro-active in relation to the implementation of the recommendations of the Dowling Report on the Beef Sector....
17 June 2014
Irish Beef in 'Deepening' CrisisIRELAND – Further government intervention is needed urgently to address Ireland’s worsening beef crisis, says an industry spokesman....
20 May 2014
Irish Farmers Praised for Caring for Animals on Year-round BasisIRELAND - Addressing the Animal Health and Welfare Conference in Dublin Castle on Friday, 16 May, IFA President Eddie Downey said the health and welfare of Ireland's animals is a primary focus for farmers who provide excellent care for seven million cattle,...
21 April 2014
Farm Profits Must Be Core of Future Policy, Say FarmersIRELAND - The IFA delegation, which included Livestock Chairman Henry Burns and Vice-Chairman Michael Biggins, left the beef roundtable in no doubt as to the anger and frustration among beef finishers over what has happened to their incomes and viability...
14 April 2014
Weight Limits Snub Continental BreedsIRELAND – Farming groups are preparing to lobby the government at a beef roundtable this week over processor specifications shunning higher yielding continental breeds....
10 April 2014
Round Table on Development of Beef SectorIRELAND - The Irish government is to call the beef sector in the country together to set out a strategic approach for the development of the industry in the future....
03 April 2014
Fairer Producer Returns to Test New Irish Retailer RegulationsIRELAND - Reacting to the announcement by the Enterprise Minister Richard Bruton that regulations are to be introduced to ensure fairness in the food chain, IFA President Eddie Downey said the real test of the new legislation would be a fairer return...
13 March 2014
Grazing Animals ‘Rescue’ Biodiversity Threatened by FertiliserIRELAND - Two wrongs do not make a right. But when it comes to the biodiversity of plants in grasslands, they just might. That is because two apparently negative impacts often controlled by humans — the use of fertiliser and the grazing of plant species...
12 March 2014
Climate Law will not Hinder Sustainable Growth of AgricultureIRELAND - Irish Farmers Association (IFA) President Eddie Downey has welcomed assurances provided by Environment Minister Phil Hogan that forthcoming climate laws will not restrict the sustainable growth of agriculture....
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