Beef
Brazil BSE case could 'spell disaster, not success for us' - Downey
The former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Eddie Downey has warned farmers to be apprehensive about the confirmed...
Beef
The former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Eddie Downey has warned farmers to be apprehensive about the confirmed...
Beef News
Irish farmers will expect a better price for their cattle if demand from China increases as Brazil has suspended beef...
Agri-Business
The opportunity in the Chinese beef market, created by a suspension of Brazilian beef exports to the country, “must be...
Beef
Authorities in Brazil have confirmed a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) – or mad cow disease – and have...
Beef
Authorities in Brazil have said that they are awaiting laboratory results from a suspected case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE),...
Beef
A case of mad cow disease has been discovered on a farm in the Netherlands, Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf has...
Beef News
China has announced that it is imposing a ban on imports of British beef following the confirmation of a single...
Beef
A single case of classical Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has been confirmed on a farm in Somerset, England, the UK’s Department...
Beef
Brazil has halted its beef exports to China following confirmation of two cases of ‘atypical’ bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) at...
Opinion
The recent decision by the European Union (EU) to allow the inclusion of certain animal protein sources in livestock diets...
Agri-Business
The decision by the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to recognise Ireland as having a negligible risk for bovine...
Beef
The World Health Organisation (OIE) has revealed that its Scientific Commission for Animal Disease has concluded that Ireland now fulfils...
Agri-Business
Additional reporting by Charles O’Donnell While a letter written by Taoiseach Micheál Martin to Chinese Premier Li Keqiang is a “positive”...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has applied to the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) to have...
N.Ireland
A meeting between British and Irish ministers at Maryfield, the base of the Anglo-Irish Secretariat, descended into jibes over how...
Beef
News that Irish beef exports to China have been suspended due to a case of atypical BSE earlier this month...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed that it has identified a case of ‘Atypical BSE’ in...
Beef
There is no scientific basis for the 30-month age limit to remain as a requirement for the slaughtering of beef...