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Northern Ireland
UK secures two new trade deals
Contributor
Natasha Ferguson looks at the UK deals done with both India and the US.
14 May 2025 News
Illegal import of sheep semen investigated
The incident occurred on 15 April 2024 when semen was brought into the country from England without being registered through the required European Union Trade Control and Expert system (TRACES).
14 May 2025 Viewpoints
Dempsey at Large: alarm at tillage prospects
Europe and Ireland need to reassure their farmers that as harvest approaches, they will not be left swinging.
US suspends Mexican cattle imports over parasite risk
US secretary of Agriculture, Brooke Rollins, made the announcement, effective immediately, due to rapid northward spread of new world screwworm (NWS), a deadly parasitic fly, in Mexico.
12 May 2025 News
Animal feed imports increase in 2024
Animal feed imports increased in 2024 for many reasons including weather impacts on grassland and crops.
7 May 2025 Climate and environment
Parliament's agri committee votes in favour of tariffs on Russian fertiliser
Russian fertiliser tariffs will be a "serious concern' for Irish farmers, according to MEP Ciarán Mullooly.
6 May 2025 News
Big drop in British beef and sheep output
Tight British and Irish supplies of beef and sheep meat opens the door wider for Australian and New Zealand imports.
25 April 2025 News
Market digest – stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from: United States, China, Paraguay and Australia
23 April 2025 World
Britain upgrades risk of foot-and-mouth incursion to medium
Further cases, particularly additional member states being infected, or a change in the epidemiological situation such as evidence of disease in wild animals, would cause the risk to increase to high.
22 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Pause on US tariffs offers breathing space for Ireland
President Trump slashes tariffs announced last week for all trading partners, but goes the opposite way with China.
10 April 2025 News
US meat and dairy hit hard by China tariff retaliation
Apart from Canada, China is the only major US trading partner so far to retaliate
9 April 2025 News
Progress made to ‘protect’ Irish dairy and whiskey from tariffs - Harris
On Wednesday 2 April, US president Donald Trump announced 20% tariffs on American imports from the EU.
9 April 2025 News