World News
UK farmers following the French; stage tractor protest
UK farmers staged a rolling tractor road block last week on the A50 in Staffordshire, UK, in protest about falling...
France
Environment
Schwarzenegger says climate change is not science fiction
Climate change is not science fiction and right now we are failing future generations, according to Arnold Schwarzenegger. The Terminator star...
Agri-Business
New deal gives Liffey Meats a foothold in French market
Liffey Meats has confirmed that it has taken a majority shareholding in the French meat processor Chiron Viandes. A spokesperson...
World News
French farmers block roads as '25,000 face bankruptcy'
French farmers have caused total gridlock in northwestern France in recent days, by blocking the roads with their tractors and machinery...
Agri-Business
France is to ban supermarkets throwing away edible food
The French Parliament has voted unanimously in favour of a ban on food waste from large supermarkets by outlawing the...
Machinery
Massey Ferguson completes 5,000km Antarctic adventure
After a 5,000km expedition from the Antarctic coast to the South Pole, a Massey Ferguson 5610 tractor has returned home...
Sheep
Fall in dependence on UK and France for sheepmeat exports
Ireland’s dependence on the British and French markets for sheepmeat exports has fallen by 21% since 2009, according to Bord...
Agri-Business
French farmers spread manure on the streets during protest
French farmers staged what they called a ‘Grand Mobilisation’ today protesting across France due to poor prices for their produce....
Beef
Beef exports to France up 7%
Despite French beef imports falling 3% on the year, largely on the back of lower volumes from the Netherlands and...
Beef
Stagnation in French economy impacts on beef market
The French beef market so far in 2014 has been under considerable pressure from lower consumer demand, as the French...
