Beef
Germany proposes to ban sending heavily pregnant cows to slaughter
Germany has submitted a proposal to the European Commission to ban sending heavily pregnant cows to slaughter amid animal welfare...
Germany
Agri-Business
CAP payments could be cut in wake of Brexit - Merkel's No 2 says
German’s Vice Chancellor has called into question the future of farmers CAP payments from the EU. Sigmar Gabriel, who is...
Sponsored
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...
Dairy
Lidl to list GMO-free dairy products in its German stores
Lidl is to introduce several GMO-free dairy products in its German stores this year, with GMO-free milk being listed from...
Agri-Business
Top German retail chain bought 5,000t of Irish beef in 2015
One German retail hypermarket chain REAL purchased over 5,000t of Irish beef in 2015, according to Mark Zieg of Bord Bia. The...
Dairy
German ministers urge Merkel to support dairy farmers
Six regional farming ministers of the German green party have written an open letter to Chancellor Merkel urging her to...
Tillage
Has Germany put the kibosh on next week's EU glyphosate vote?
Germany looks set to abstain in an EU vote next week on the continued use of glyphosate in weed killers,...
Agri Politics
Commission takes Germany to court over nitrates causing water pollution
Germany has been referred to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to take stronger measures to combat water...
Sheep
German imports of Irish sheepmeat fell 38% last year
German imports of Irish sheepmeat dropped by 38% in 2015 on the year before, according to recent figures from the...
Sponsored
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...
Rural Life
Video: Meet the cow trained to jump like a horse
A 15-year-old girl in Germany has trained her cow to jump like a horse, after her parents told her she couldn’t...
Agri Politics
13,000 birds culled in Germany as bird flu strikes
Over 13,000 birds have been culled in Bayern, Germany following a case of bird flu in the country, according to...
Beef
'The only true way to get German consumers to purchase Irish beef is to taste it'
One of the largest retailers in Germany, Real Hypermarkets, expects to double its sales of Irish beef in the next...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia launches 3-year beef campaign in Germany, as sales jump six fold
Irish beef exports to Germany have increased by 50% in the past three years and have grown six fold in...
Agri-Business
Bord Bia targets 1,000 key food buyers at world's largest food fair in Germany
Twenty Irish food companies are with Bord Bia in Germany this week at the world’s largest trade food fair in...
Agri Politics
Germany moves to ban GM crops - follows Scotland's lead
The German minister for agriculture Christian Schmidt has signalled that he wants to push ahead with plans to ban the...
Sponsored
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....
Beef
German President visits Irish beef and sheep farm
German President Joachim Gauck recently visited a Co. Clare Bord Bia Origin Green beef and sheep farm as part of...
Dairy
'German milk prices cover less than 70% of costs'
The average production costs in January 2015 in Germany were 45.64c/kg milk, according to the European Milk Board (EMB), which...
Agri-Business
Dan Kelly’s Cider to quench German thirst
Dan Kelly’s Cider – which is produced by Boyne Grove Fruit Farm in Northern Ireland – is now hitting the...