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Monday, January 23, 2006
Nitrates directive 'could see dairy and drystock production levels drop'IRELAND - A cut in farm production levels as a result of the European Union nitrates directive would have severe implications for the Irish agri-food industry and rural areas, it was claimed yesterday....
Friday, January 06, 2006
Nitrates rules will cause problems for farmersIRELAND - Nitrates regulations will inflict serious damage on productive farming in Ireland without any scientific or environmental justification and for no quantifiable gain, the IFA has said. According...
Friday, December 23, 2005
Nitrates legislation may face legal challengeIRELAND - With only weeks remaining until the Nitrates Regulations come into effect on February 1, the country’s two leading farm organisations have sought changes in the proposed action programme. Commenting...
Thursday, December 08, 2005
Officials play down pig farm ‘disaster’ fearsIRELAND - Pig farmers have warned the Nitrates Directive will drive them out of business, without compensation. But Environment Department officials say they had no contact from the pig industry...
Wednesday, November 23, 2005
New Tech Demo To Be Granted Aid To Support Pig and Poultry ProducersIRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mary Coughlan TD, today announced her intention to introduce a Scheme to support the demonstration of new technologies to help the agriculture sector meet...
Wednesday, November 16, 2005
Just 10,000 farmers to be left by 2025, states reportIRELAND - Only 10,000 full-time farmers will be left by 2025 compared to just over 40,000 now if current trends continue, according to a Government-funded report to be launched today by Minister for Agriculture...
Friday, October 21, 2005
Labelling Pledge For Exported PorkIRELAND - Country of origin labeling will soon be applied to Irish pork. The move was announced by the Irish Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food, Brendan Smith, at the Teagasc Pig...
Friday, October 14, 2005
Top US Pig Behaviour Expert Will Address Teagasc Pig ConferencesIRELAND - The benefits in terms of performance from a good welfare regime for pigs is the focus of this year’s Teagasc pig production conferences.
Tuesday, August 30, 2005
New animal remedies rules will add €80m to vet costsIRELAND - The IFA Animal Health Chairman Michael Flynn said, "the Department's Draft Animal Remedies Regulations requiring that all veterinary medicines be sold under a prescription only regime,...
Friday, August 12, 2005
Move to help farmers better manage waste on their landIRELAND - Waterford farmers will get more grant aid to help manage waste on their land if the European Commission accepts an outline plan drawn up by the Minister for Agriculture and Food, Mary Coughlan...
Thursday, August 11, 2005
Egypt removes remaining restrictions on Irish beef importsIRELAND - The Egyptian authorities have removed all remaining restrictions to imports of Irish beef, according to Agriculture Minister Mary Coughlan. In November 2000, the Middle Eastern country...
Wednesday, July 20, 2005
Irish farm leader attacks Blair's CAP commentsIRELAND - An Irish farmers’ leader has told Prime Minister Tony Blair to keep his hands off the CAP. Speaking at the Royal Welsh Show, Malcolm Thompson, Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association president,...
Friday, July 01, 2005
Ireland launches beef and pork campaign in RussiaIRELAND - The Irish Food Board Bord Bia has launched a major new programme to develop outlets for Irish beef and pork in Russia’s rapidly growing supermarket sector, reports the Irish Examiner newspaper....
Thursday, June 30, 2005
Making the World SustainableIRELAND - In a lecture by Mae-Wan Ho, Biophysics Group, Dept. of Pharmacy, King’s College, at the Food Security in An Energy-Scarce World international conference, the idea's behind sustainable food...
Thursday, June 16, 2005
Pig producers being forced out by factoriesIRELAND - IFA Pigs Committee Chairman Pat O’Keeffe has said pig producers are being forced out of production because of a sustained and co-ordinated resistance by pigmeat processors to allow Irish pig...
Friday, June 03, 2005
Irish producers to get state-financed welfare-upgradeIRELAND - The Irish government has introduced an aid scheme to help producers convert from sow stalls to loose housing. The maximum investment that will be grant-aided is €300,000 (£202,680). A standard...
Friday, May 27, 2005
Food firms given £2.8m grant boost by EUIRELAND - Eight food firms in the North have been given a cash injection from Europe worth almost £2.8m (€4m) to expand and modernise their operations, it emerged today. It is believed up to...
Wednesday, May 18, 2005
IFA pigs committee chairman lashes processors for failure to increase priceIRELAND - In a stinging criticism of the two main pig processors in the Republic of Ireland, IFA Pigs Committee Chairman, Pat O’ Keeffe, said that the failure of Glanbia and Dawn to increase prices for...
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