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Minister called on to introduce new bird flu compensation scheme
5+ hour, 36+ min ago (514+ words) Monaghan County Council has called on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine to introduce a new compensation scheme to cover poultry farmers directly and indirectly impacted by bird flu. Last month France announced that it will provide economic…...
Brendan Soden is new IFA Poultry Committee chair
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (209+ words) Brendan Soden has been elected chair of the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) Poultry Committee. The layer farmer and pullet producer who hails from from Stradone Co. Cavan, secured the position following a meeting of the committee yesterday (Monday, January 5). Soden,…...
Brazil poultry exports in early 2025 up 10% before bird flu cases
1+ mon, 4+ week ago (543+ words) Exports of poultry products from Brazil - which, along with beef, are covered under the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement - in early 2025 were considerably up on the corresponding figure for 2024. That was before regional outbreaks of avian influenza (bird flu) slowed exports. However,…...
CSO: Food and live animal exports worth €8.3 billion to end of June
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (582+ words) The value of food and live animal exports stood at "8.2 billion in the first six months of 2025, according to the Central Statistics Office (CSO). This marks a significant increase of almost "1.2 billion (14%) on the same period last year when such…...