Pig/Poultry
10 golden rules for the EU poultry industry
The ongoing turbulent outlook for the EU poultry industry will further challenge the position of individual poultry companies, according to...
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Sheep
Worm dosing on sheep farms only effective half the time
Worm dosing on Irish sheep farms was found to be ineffective almost half the time in 2014. New figures from...
Agri-Business
McHale Plant Sales wins Zetor's 'Best in Europe' award
McHale Plant Sales has won the Zetor ‘Best in Europe’ award for dealer development. The award was also in recognition...
Dairy
First Milk confirms annual losses of £22m
First Milk has confirmed pre-tax losses of approximately £22m for 2014/15. The farmer-owned dairy co-op has processing operations in England,...
Arable
Growers receiving €750/t for new season potatoes
New season growers are receiving €750/t for potatoes this week, according to TJ O’Shea of the Co. Kilkenny packing operation...
Sheep
Mild weather leading to early blowfly - farmers advised to treat now
Prevention is better than cure with blowfly strike, according to Wexford vet Padraig Harris. Blowfly strike is one of the main...
Beef
Strong increase in Northern Ireland cattle quotes
There has been a strong increase in base quotes for cattle across the major plants in Northern Ireland this week, with...
Agri-Business
Consumers want more protein and supplements in milk
Milk consumers worldwide want more protein and supplements in milk, according to an international consumer study commissioned by Tetra Pak....
Agri-Business
Agriculture Ministers reach agreement on organic farming regulations
The European Council of Agriculture has reached agreement on a general approach for a regulation on organic farming. The agreement...
Beef
UK prime cattle slaughterings down 8% from 2014
UK prime cattle slaughterings in May 2015 were down 8% from last year to 143,800 head, a fall of 12,100...
EU
MEPs vote to ban cloning farm animals, cloned food and imports
MEPs have voted on a draft law to ban the cloning of farm animals, their descendants and cloned food, feed...
Beef
Beef kill falls again (down 36,000 head year to date)
Supplies of cattle to the countries’ export meat plants continues to be lower than last year with some 36,000 less...
Dairy
Is the Global Dairy Trade starting to stabilise?
Overall dairy prices dipped 1.3% at this weeks Global Dairy Trade auction for the seventh consecutive price fall. Overall prices continue...
EU
'EU must decide GMO stance at national level'
The deadlock around genetically modified organisms (GMOs) needs to end, according to EU Health and Food Safety Commissioner Vytenis Andriukaitis. The Commissioner...
Dairy
30% of Swedish dairy farms now milk with robots
Installing two milking robots on a Swedish farm has given the owners more time with their children they say. Carina...
Dairy
Meet the part-time farmer with over 700 dairy cows
Swedish dairy farmer Lars Inge Gunnarsson has over 700 cows on his dairy farm in the Skane region of Sweden, but...
Dairy
Global dairy trade falls for 7th consecutive time
The Global Dairy Trade has fallen for the seventh consecutive time, down 1.3% today. The main drops were in milk...
Agri-Business
The EU is to vote on banning cloned meat this week
On June 17 MEPs from the Environment and Agriculture Committees will vote on draft regulations proposing to ban the cloning of...
