Agri Politics
Department 'must move immediately to resolve fallen animal disposal issue'
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, and his officials must move immediately to ensure farmers have a...
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, and his officials must move immediately to ensure farmers have a...
Rural Life
Farmers with fallen stock have been “left in limbo” because of the closure of knackeries around the country, according to...
Agri Politics
Minister Michael Creed is being called on to intervene in the ongoing knackeries strike to “protect public health”. Charlie McConalogue,...
Beef
Just under 40 knackeries around the country will close today, Tuesday, September 10, until further notice due to a collapse...
Sheep
Sheep farmers must be allowed to bury the carcasses of dead ewes on-farm “rather than pay exorbitant fees to knackeries”,...
Rural Life
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is currently investigating an issue with a knackery, it has been confirmed. Responding...
Beef
There has been a noted increase in the amount of animals being sent to knackeries in recent months, but some...
Agri Politics
There is no safety cushion for systems that have been “pushed beyond their limits” when things go wrong, according the president...
Beef
It is believed that the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has begun an investigation into a knackery following...
Agri-Business
The difficulties farmers are experiencing under the current structures around fallen animal disposal are reaching crisis point in some areas of...
Agri-Business
Recent weeks have seen knackeries are either charging up to €50 to collect fallen sheep or refusing to collect them, leaving...