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Agribusiness
Brazil can resume exports to China
Phelim O'Neill
Beef from Brazil cleared to enter China following BSE suspension in February.
24 March 2023 News
How will UK trade agreements affect Irish farmers?
UK trade agreements have a major knock-on effect on Irish farmers because as well as extra competition in the UK, there is potentially more UK competition in EU markets.
22 March 2023 News
Slow road to Korea for Irish beef
Minister of State Martin Heydon was in Korea for St Patrick’s week pushing for Irish beef access.
Where does the Irish Government stand on Mercosur?
With a new president in Brazil, the EU is open to pushing on with the Mercosur deal and the Irish Government will have to decide its position on ratifying.
22 March 2023 News
World report: China imports, UK pork and lab-grown US chicken
Brief updates from Argentina, China, US and UK.
22 March 2023 World
Market corrections catch out farmers and merchants who forward bought fertiliser
Market correction in fertiliser prices penalises anyone holding expensively purchased stock.
19 March 2023 News
US beef exports fall in January
US beef exports begin the year down on the start of 2022, though the previous two years had been exceptional and this could be seen as returning to normal.
17 March 2023 News
There will always be a risk of fraud
Where there is opportunity and financial reward, fraud will always be a possibility, but proper regulation and enforcement reduces the risk.
15 March 2023 News
Surge in Australian beef and lamb production forecast
The surge in Australian cattle and sheep production marks the end of the herd and flock rebuilding following drought.
15 March 2023 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Iceland, New Zealand, USA and Brazil.
15 March 2023 World
Non-tariff trade barriers create invisible wall between UK and EU
Sorting out the protocol and the trade and co-operation agreement is the least-bad Brexit outcome.
12 March 2023 News
Product integrity back in focus in UK
UK investigation into possibility of non-UK beef being passed off as British in a supermarket chain.
10 March 2023 News