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Shippers warn of calf exports collapse
Declan O’Brien
Seamus Scallan of the Wicklow Calf Company forecast that calf sales to other EU states could potentially fall by 50,000 head this year.
19 March 2024 News
Peatland cooperation part of updated plan between Ireland and Germany
This comes following a meeting between Minister Martin Heydon and parliamentary state secretary in the German Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture Dr Ophelia Nick.
7 February 2024 News
Farmer protests sweep across Europe
Anne O'Donoghue and Noel Bardon examine the spread of farmer protests across the EU and what drove protest action in the EU agricultural powerhouses of Germany, France, Poland and Belgium.
Major players pulling out of SIMA results in show's cancellation
The SIMA show, regarded as the second largest machinery exhibition in Europe and which was due to take place in November, has been cancelled.
7 February 2024 News
French farmers block motorways in protest
Alongside blocking roads with tractors, French farmers have sprayed manure on public buildings, dumped rotting produce and covered roads with soil.
31 January 2024 News
ESB to recycle old wind turbine blades for new e-mobility hub
The semi-State body has partnered with Cork-based start-up BladeBridge to repurpose decommissioned wind turbine blades, a key problem facing wind farm developers.
31 January 2024 News
EU approves €1bn German state aid for pig industry
Cash to be given in two schemes to improve animal welfare standards.
30 January 2024 News
IFA not taking to the streets for now - Gorman
With farmers in France, Germany and Belgium protesting, the president of Ireland's largest farm organisation says that the IFA will pursue a policy of dialogue and engagement for the present.
29 January 2024 News
Farmer protests complicate trade deals
Trade commissioner talks up prospects of Mercosur deal, but there are many obstacles in the way of getting it across the line.
28 January 2024 News
What's driving the farmer protests in Germany?
The government has been shaken by the scale of the protests, which have attracted public support from outside farming, and they have withdrawn, or diluted, some of the planned changes.
24 January 2024 Viewpoints
Diesel tax brings German farmers to Checkpoint Charlie
Berlin has been taken over by 5,000 tractors and 30,000 protesting farmers. Now the genie is out of the bottle, what will it take to send them home again?
17 January 2024 Dealer
German protests: Berlin brought to a halt
Thousands of tractors are said to have been arriving in Berlin as early as Sunday for Monday's protest action.
15 January 2024 News