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Pig/Poultry
CSO: Number of pigs falls to lowest level since 1991
The number of pigs in Ireland in December 2023 was down by 10.4% when compared with the same month in...
Pig/Poultry
The number of pigs in Ireland in December 2023 was down by 10.4% when compared with the same month in...
Beef
The number of cattle slaughtered in Ireland in 2023 fell by 2% year on year to almost 1.9 million head, according...
Agri-Business
First estimates of agricultural price indices for 2023 indicate a shift from the sharp price increases that characterised 2021 and...
Beef
Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Ibec association representing primary beef, pork and lamb processing facilities, has praised what it called...
Pig/Poultry
Irish pig producers reduced their average holding size over the past 18 months according to the latest report from Bord...
Pig/Poultry
Recommendations have been published by university researchers for the reduction of the disease risks posed to public health by intensive...
Agri-Business
Slaughterings of cattle, sheep and pigs declined between January and November 2023, when compared to the same period in 2022,...
Pig/Poultry
Wexford native, James Cullen, a PhD student in the Eco-Innovation Research Centre (EIRC) at South East Technological University (SETU), was...
Pig/Poultry
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) National Pigs Committee will meet on Wednesday, December 6 in the Killeshin hotel, Portlaoise to discuss...
Agri-Business
The agreement on the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) reached yesterday (Wednesday, November 29) by the European Parliament and the Council...
Pig/Poultry
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is currently inviting tenders for a €90,000 contract to provide a...
Beef
The number of cattle slaughtered between January and October 2023 fell by 2.8%, to more than 1.5 million head, according...
Pig/Poultry
The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) has detected a human case of a flu virus which is currently circulating in...
Pig/Poultry
The recent Teagasc annual pig conference provided an opportunity to highlight those nutritional factors that impact on piglet performance, directly...
Opinion
Irish pig farmers have managed to increase ‘born alive’ rates per litter by 36% over the past 22 years, a...
Pig/Poultry
Teagasc has confirmed that ‘born alive’ rates on Irish pig farms increased by a staggering 36% between 2000 and 2022....
Environment
Research carried out in Denmark has confirmed that solid flooring systems will help to reduce ammonia emission levels from livestock...
Agri-Business
The value of Irish agricultural output at basic prices increased by 28% (+€2.8 billion) to €12.9 billion in 2022, according...