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Agribusiness
Slump in New Zealand beef and sheep farm incomes
Phelim O'Neill
New Zealand beef and sheep farm incomes for the 2023/24 season are expected to fall to levels last experienced in the 1980s.
15 March 2024 News
Jump in Brazil’s beef export capacity to China
Huge increase in Brazil's beef export capability to China increased by 50% with 24 more factories approved.
13 March 2024 World
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from USA, Netherlands, New Zealand and China.
Success and failure in USA for Irish beef and dairy
Irish beef and dairy have the opposite export experience to the US.
10 March 2024 News
Increase in output forecast from Brazil and Australia
Updated forecasts from USDA on Brazil and Meat and Livestock Australia (MLA) show more beef, sheep and pigmeat will be available for trade in 2024.
8 March 2024 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Brazil, United States, Australia and the Middle East.
6 March 2024 World
Wait and see on PGI beef brand value
Journey to build a brand for Irish grass-fed beef with PGI designation begins in Donegal, but has a distance to travel before value is returned to Irish farmers.
6 March 2024 News
PGI launch was the easy part
Recently appointed Northern Ireland agriculture minister Andrew Muir was hosted by Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue in his native Donegal to launch the Irish Grass-Fed Beef PGI brand on Friday.
3 March 2024 News
Minister refuses to be drawn on value of beef PGI for farmers
Agriculture ministers north and south join to launch the Irish Grass-Fed Beef brand on a farm in Donegal.
1 March 2024 News
Global conflicts adding to climate problem
Climate change is hitting the most vulnerable food producing areas of the world the hardest, and this is made worse by global conflicts.
28 February 2024 Feature
Analysis: beef and sheep farmers lose in EU trade deals
Trade deals benefit the wider economy and some sectors of agriculture but beef and sheep producers lose out.
28 February 2024 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from New Zealand, England, United States and Brazil.
28 February 2024 News