Agri-Business
Price dispute between knackeries and rendering plants escalates
It appears that a dispute over the price of rendering fallen animals between rendering plants and knackeries is set to...
Animal Collectors’ Association
Rural Life
Cost of animal rendering set to rise from next week
The Animal Collectors Association (ACA), the body that represents knackeries in Ireland, has confirmed that the cost of animal rendering...
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Agri-Business
Knackeries resume scrapie testing following department meeting
Knackeries will resume testing sheep for the disease scrapie today (Monday, January 16), the Animal Collectors Association (ACA) has said....
Sheep
Knackeries to reduce services over Fallen Animal Scheme
The Animal Collectors Association (ACA), the body that represents knackeries in Ireland, has told the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
Agri-Business
Knackeries resumed services 'for environmental and health reasons'
Knackeries made the decision to resume fallen animal collection services for “environmental and health reasons”, according to the knackery representative...
Agri-Business
Knackery dispute 'cannot be resolved by passing cost to farmer'
One of the country’s leading farm organisations has warned that the dispute between the knackeries and the Department of Agriculture,...
Agri-Business
Knackeries to resume services today
Knackeries across the country will resume services and be open for business this morning, Tuesday, March 3, the Animal Collectors’...
Agri-Business
Knackeries urged to resume fallen animal collections during talks
The Animal Collectors’ Association (ACA) is being called on to resume fallen animal collections while talks take place between the...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Agri-Business
Knackeries to meet department for talks today
Knackery representative group the Animal Collectors’ Association (ACA) is to meet the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine this...
Agri-Business
Knackeries request emergency meeting with department
Knackeries have requested an emergency meeting from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine – but have been told...
Agri-Business
Department issues animal carcass storage advice during 'regrettable' strike
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has issued storage advice for farmers with dead animals amid the ongoing...
Agri-Business
Knackeries to close their gates in strike from tomorrow
Knackeries across the country will close their gates to farmers seeking to dispose of dead animals from tomorrow, Thursday, February...
Agri-Business
Knackeries: Animal collection halt will go ahead...with 'full closure' in coming days
The Animal Collectors’ Association (ACA), which represents the country’s knackeries, will continue with its action to halt fallen animal collection...
Agri-Business
Knackeries to halt animal collection services from Wednesday
No lorries from Irish knackeries will operate collection services to remove dead animals from farms from next Wednesday, February 26,...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
Agri-Business
Knackeries to conduct ballot to 'determine best way forward' following talks stalemate
A ballot of members of the Animal Collectors’ Association (ACA) will be conducted today, Monday, February 17, to “determine the...
Agri-Business
Knackeries call emergency meeting following stalled department talks
An emergency meeting has been called for all members of the Animal Collectors Association (ACA) following stalled talks with the...
Agri Politics
'Farmer stuck in middle': Creed urged to intervene in knackeries dispute
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has been urged to “immediately intervene and resolve the dispute between...
Agri-Business
Delay in new support scheme could see knackery charges doubled
Fears have been raised over progress being made in ongoing talks between knackery representatives and Department of Agriculture, Food and...