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Beef
Over 2,000 store cattle to set sail for Africa
Adam Woods
Adam Woods has an update on the beef trade and big numbers of weanlings being exported
14 August 2024 World
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from Brazil, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States.
12 August 2024 News
Tom Arnold appointed chair of Ireland Africa Rural Development Committee
Arnold previously chaired the EU Commission Task Force on Rural Africa and Ireland’s response, the National Task Force for Rural Africa (NTTRA).
Tracker shows cuckoo's 9,000km journey before landing in Kerry
Cuach KP, along with two other Irish cuckoos, was tagged in Killarney National Park in May 2023. He is the first to successfully make the 9,000km journey home for the summer months.
2 May 2024 News
Looking to the past for solutions to the climate challenge facing farmers
It is fascinating to observe how scientists are looking both to the past and to the future to answer how farmers are going to feed the world, writes Joe Healy, a director of Self Help Africa.
3 April 2024 News
African demand for dairy in-calf heifers
Cows.ie and the Irish Holstein Friesian Association are linking up as a new opportunity to export dairy in-calf heifers has opened up in North Africa.
27 March 2024 News
Minister McConalogue concludes World Food Programme visit to Africa
WFP South Sudan, under the leadership of country director, and Donegal native, Mary Ellen McGroarty, is supporting farmers to diversify their systems, says minister.
18 March 2024 News
Ireland increases World Food Programme contribution by 40%
The funding pledge announced by Minister Charlie McConalogue is a 40% increase on the funding made under the previous three-year period.
15 March 2024 News
Minister McConalogue travels to east Africa for St Patrick's Day
The Minister for Agriculture will lead an international developmental mission to east Africa, underpinning Ireland's role as a leading donor of the World Food Programme.
13 March 2024 News