Agri-Business
'Farmers must get up to speed with changes to import and export VAT'
Farmers and agri-businesses must get up to speed with changes to import and export VAT and duty obligations to avoid...
Exports
Agri-Business
Closure of Port of Dover and Channel Tunnel a 'disaster' for UK exports and haulage sector
New rules introduced by the French government which has suspended all traffic and exports entering from the UK, has thrown...
Agri-Business
No priority for British fresh food products at Kent ports - NFU
The Department for Transport (DfT) has confirmed that only day-old chicks and seafood will be given priority status for travelling...
Agri-Business
Grain price: Wheat bounces back a little
Grain markets began to move in a more positive direction this week. While the coronavirus is still affecting the market,...
Opinion
India is turning out to be a good news story for the UK’s sheep industry
The news that sheep meat exports will soon be making their way from the UK to India is to be...
Beef
EU live cattle exports expected to ‘weaken significantly’ in second half of 2018
The number of live cattle exported out of the EU during the first half of 2018 was 11% higher than...
N.Ireland
UK red meat exports surpass the £1.2 billion mark
UK red meat exports surpassed the £1.2 billion (€1.35 billion) mark in 2017, according to the latest figures from HM...
N.Ireland
Live export ban a 'non-starter' for NI industry
Banning the live export of farm animals would be “completely unworkable” for the farming industry, Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president Barclay...
N.Ireland
'Fifth-quarter' products among pork exports off to China
Two pork processors in Northern Ireland are among a select few in the UK given the green light to ship...
Agri-Business
Former Dunbia boss sets up agri-food consultancy firm
A meat industry, heavy-weight who once directed one of the island’s largest meat firms, has ventured out on his own...
N.Ireland
UK's approval to export beef to the Phillippines a 'major boost' for Northern Ireland
The announcement that the UK has received approval to export beef to the Philippines has been hailed as a “major boost”...
N.Ireland
Spanish market ‘may demand more barley imports after dry season’
There is the potential for increased demand for barley in the Spanish market after dryness was experienced across key growing...
N.Ireland
BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern Ireland should boost returns - LMC
Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) Chief Executive Ian Stevenson has welcomed the attainment of BSE Negligible Risk Status for Northern...
Sheep
Poor summer sees a carryover of hoggets in Northern Ireland
The total number of sheep slaughtered in Northern Ireland during 2017 to date is up 4% on the corresponding period...
EU
US and China drive value of EU agri-food exports to record high in 2016
The annual value of EU agri-food exports in 2016 reached a new record level with total exports reaching €130.7 billion,...
Beef
France receives clearance to export beef to the US market
France has become the fourth EU Member State to gain clearance to export beef to the US market. In January...
Other
'20-year EU ban on US beef has been in effect far too long'
There is no doubt that US beef products are safe and the 20-year EU ban [on US beef] has been...
Sheep
Irish sheepmeat exports to France and UK climb
The volume of Irish sheepmeat exported to both the UK and France climbed during the first three quarters of 2016,...
