Agri-Business
Commission to examine Dawn Meats French merger
The European Commission’s competition authority is set to examine Dawn Meats investment in a French meat processor. Late last year,...
Agri-Business
The European Commission’s competition authority is set to examine Dawn Meats investment in a French meat processor. Late last year,...
Beef
The national beef kill continues to fall with throughput currently some 4% lower since the start of the year compared...
Dairy
The EU must bring more balance into the supply chain, introduce better tools against market disturbances and help dairy farmers...
Rural Life
Are you a bachelor farmer with road frontage? If so, then you’ll want to take a look at the Farmers...
Agri-Business
China’s imports of milk and dairy powders may stay restrained for longer than expected, according to the United States Department...
Dairy
EU milk production has been forecasted to grow further in 2015 and 2016, according to European Commission estimates. Estimated figures...
Machinery
Exports of US-made agricultural equipment to Europe fell 34.7% in the first quarter of 2015 in comparison to 2014, the...
World News
Meet the world’s smallest deer, a Pudu fawn born at the Wildlife Conservation Society’s (WCS) Queens Zoo recently in New York....
Dairy
The new Superlevy Instalment Scheme is ‘unlikely’ to be in place to impact on dairy farmers’ milk cheques this month,...
Beef
The cattle trade remains strong on the back of continued good demand coupled with tight supplies, according to Bord Bia’s...
Environment
UK coffee chain Caffe Nero has stopped using milk from dairy farmers in the UK’s badger cull regions, as pressure...
Sheep
Teagasc has produced a short guide to dealing with worms in sheep. It says to dose lambs based on faecal...
Environment
More loss-making drystock enterprises should be switching to forestry, according to Professor Alan Matthews, Professor Emeritus of European Agricultural Policy at...
Agri-Business
Syngenta has rejected a second offer from Monsanto to acquire the company, the company says. The only change to Monsanto’s...
Beef
Prime cattle supplies in the UK are expected to be tighter over next six months according to Quality Meat Scotland...
N.Ireland
China’s General Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) is impressed with the standard of pork production in Northern Ireland,...
World News
A US man who was cutting wood in a forest stopped a man trying to steal his truck; by giving...
Sheep
A film about sheep in Iceland called ‘Rams’ has won the Un Certain Regard prize at the 2015 Cannes Film Festival....