1+ mon, 3+ day ago   (270+ words) The next CAP needs new backstops that stop farm payments from heading to fake cows and the ruling class of the Middle East, Fianna Fáil MEP Barry Cowne has said. Cowen has stated that recent revelations of CAP funds ending…...

4+ mon, 1+ day ago   (235+ words) The deputy president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union, Glenn Cuddy, has confirmed he is in the early stages of depopulating his birth-to-bacon pig unit on his farm outside Donaghmore in Co Tyrone. Cuddy, who farms alongside his wife and two…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (400+ words) Feeding preserved grain to pigs can reduce the carbon footprint of pig production by 11% and improve farm profitability by 27% according to UCD research. These research findings were presented at an Adesco event held last week in collaboration with UCD and…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (358+ words) How did you get into the promotion of pig and poultry with Bord Bia? I was coming to the end of my two-year graduate programme with Bord Bia, which I had spent working with the meat team when the opportunity…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (128+ words) The Estonian city of Tartu hosted its first pig squealing competition recently in an effort to raise awareness of the struggles the pig sector faces in the Baltic country. African swine fever (ASF) severely impacted pig farmers in Estonia last…...

4+ mon, 4+ week ago   (187+ words) The Estonian city of Tartu hosted its first pig squealing competition recently in an effort to raise awareness of the struggles the pig sector faces in the Baltic country. African swine fever (ASF) severely impacted pig farmers in Estonia last…...

5+ mon, 3+ week ago   (806+ words) The main cost that has shot up for the pig sector in recent weeks is diesel and heating oil for farrowing rooms run on boilers, IFA pig committee chair Michael Caffrey has said. “Electricity costs are definitely going to follow…...

7+ mon, 3+ week ago   (288+ words) There are currently no discussions taking place between authorities in NI and the Republic of Ireland (ROI) about lifting restrictions on the cross-border livestock trade. Cattle and sheep exports from NI to farms in ROI have been suspended since bluetongue…...

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