The full impact on Brexit for the Irish food sector will become apparent in the medium term rather than over the next six to 12 months, the Teagasc Outlook 2021 report has cautioned.
A farmer tested positive for both cocaine and cannabis when he was stopped driving his tractor during a routine checkpoint recently in Ballyshannon, Co Donegal.
There's an old rule in PR that if you're explaining, you're losing. By this measure, the dairy sector has been losing for some time. Farmers have themselves and their leaders to blame for this.
Debt levels on Irish dairy farms remain among the lowest globally, despite the massive expansion the sector has seen over the last decade.
THE debate about the future of dairy expansion must begin with a recognition of the crisis facing Irish beef farming, leading economist Professor John Fitzgerald has warned.
Irish farmers dodged a €470m income hit thanks to the pre-Christmas Brexit Deal, and will enjoy a modest lift in farm profits this year, Teagasc has forecast.
Concern over a new 40-day export residency rule for livestock going to Great Britain (GB) has been raised by mart managers and breed societies.
