Agri-Business
Further €165 million package for fruit and veg market support
The European Commission has announced new measures for perishable fruit and vegetables in the wake of the Russian ban on...
Food
Agri-Business
First pumpkins of the season hit the shelves
The first pumpkins of the season have been harvested this week by Keelings Farms and are on their way to...
Beef
Dawn Meats win 10 stars at Great Taste Awards
Dawn Meats has been awarded 10 stars at the prestigious Great Taste Awards, organised by the Guild of Fine Food...
Agri-Business
Aldi wins 35 awards at the 'Foodie Oscars'
Aldi stores won more titles than any other retailer in Ireland at the international 2014 Great Taste Awards in London,...
Agri-Business
Dunnes performs well as Tesco’s share slides
The latest supermarket share figures from Kantar Worldpanel in Ireland, published today for the 12 weeks ending July 20, show...
Agri-Business
Sugar, salt and fat taxes impact food sales
Non-harmonised taxes on high sugar, salt and fat products such as soft drinks, sweet and salty foodstuffs do induce a...
N.Ireland
Calls for guaranteed farmgate price mechanism in Northern Ireland
In the wake of falling milk prices and the continuing market challenges within the beef and lamb sectors, Farmers for...
Agri-Business
Food fraud continues with no lamb in some lamb kebabs, new FSAI survey finds
New surveys find no horse DNA in beef, but fraud persists in the fast food industry, with some lamb kebabs...
Agri-Business
Food security and bio-diversity
An increasing number of plant species are under threat from the demands being put on agriculture to produce more food...
Agri-Business
Food industry must concentrate on adding value
COMMENT: Following a year that that has seen a lot of very positive speculation about the prospects for food commodity...
Agri-Business
Further action from the EU on food labelling
The European Commission has published a report exploring the possibilities of adopting a local farming and direct sales labelling scheme in the...
Agri-Business
Putting the food chain back into balance
COMMENT: Farmers have every right to ask for a bigger slice of Ireland’s more than significant food retail cake. And,...
Agri-Business
Northern Ireland’s food industry can ‘kick with both feet’
The View from Northern Ireland: Sinn Féin MEP Martina Anderson has confirmed that Northern Ireland’s food industry must be allowed...
Agri-Business
The food connection
“Strawberries from Israel on the shelves of Wexford supermarkets during their annual strawberry week. Is this sustainable?” asked Michael Kelly...
