Pig/Poultry
Average pig farm continues to lose €13,000/month
Latest figures from Teagasc’s pig development department indicate that with the current Irish pig price at €2.10/kg, the average sized...
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Agri-Business
Average pig farm set to lose €400,000 this year - Gallie
If current pig prices and costs of production persist to the new year, the accumulated losses on the average pig...
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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...
Pig/Poultry
IFA pig protests stood down ahead of 'high-level' meeting
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has confirmed that it has stood down pickets at two pig processing plants ahead of...
Pig/Poultry
'Slow progress': Pig farmer protest continues in Louth
A group of pig farmers, who are members of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), remain on the picket line in...
Pig/Poultry
Gallie: No white smoke yet on pig price increases
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Pigs Committee has said that pig farmers are still waiting for an...
Pig/Poultry
IFA to engage with more processors in bid to boost pig price
The chair of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) Pigs Committee is hoping to meet with more secondary processors in a...
Pig/Poultry
Farmers call for 30c/kg increase in pig price
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling on processors to deliver a very significant price increase for pig farmers tomorrow...
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Agriland covers IFA pig protest at government buildings
Pig farmers from the Irish Farmers’ Association along with supporters demonstrated outside the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
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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...
Pig/Poultry
IFA Pigs Committee hosts 'emergency meeting' on current state of sector
The Irish Farmers’ Association’s (IFA) Pigs Committee hosted what was described as “an emergency meeting” this evening, Monday, January 10,...
Pig/Poultry
Covid-19 continues making its presence felt in the pig sector
Pig prices are continuing to be affected by the impact of Covid-19, with a price drop of 4c/kg this week,...
Pig/Poultry
'European price rises must be followed by Irish pig processors'
Irish pig processors have been urged to follow their European counterparts and increase Irish pig prices immediately. Chairman of the...
Pig/Poultry
'Pig sector could crumble within months' - IFA
If the current margins over feed cost continue for much longer, the Irish pig sector – the third largest agri...
Pig/Poultry
'Pig farmers on the brink' - Hogan
“At this stage, we would have to be calling on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed,...
Pig/Poultry
Light at the end of the tunnel for the Irish pig trade
It has been outlined by the chairman of a farm lobby group’s pig committee that there are signs of of...
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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....
Pig/Poultry
IFA pig committee facing split as protest planned at HQ
IFA pig farmers are set to protest outside IFA HQ, over what they say are ongoing issues within the pig...
Pig/Poultry
IFA Pigs Committee faces potential split
The IFA Pigs Chairman Pat O’Flaherty has survived another attempt to remove him from his post, albeit by the narrowest...
