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Sinn F'in calls for poultry litter trading ban to be removed
4+ hour, 17+ min ago (273+ words) Barriers to the export of poultry litter from Northern Ireland to the Republic are putting additional costs on farmers on both sides of the border and must be removed, Sinn F'in has said. A prohibition on the movement of poultry…...
Making pellets from chicken manure at scale
5+ day, 20+ hour ago (791+ words) It is no secret that Northern Ireland's poultry industry produces significant volumes of manure. While this manure is a valuable fertiliser resource, it has also contributed to the nutrient management challenges facing the environment. Among the many strategies and roadmaps…...
UFU deputy president winds down pig unit 03 June 2026 Premium
1+ week, 5+ day ago (235+ words) The deputy president of the Ulster Farmers" Union, Glenn Cuddy, has confirmed he is in the early stages of depopulating his birth-to-bacon pig unit on his farm outside Donaghmore in Co Tyrone. Cuddy, who farms alongside his wife and two…...
Small number of pig and poultry farmers deliver big output
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (358+ words) How did you get into the promotion of pig and poultry with Bord Bia? I was coming to the end of my two-year graduate programme with Bord Bia, which I had spent working with the meat team when the opportunity…...
Small number of pig and poultry farmers deliver big output 06 May 2026 Premium
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (301+ words) How did you get into the promotion of pig and poultry with Bord Bia? I was coming to the end of my two-year graduate programme with Bord Bia, which I had spent working with the meat team when the opportunity…...
Egg technology start-up exhibiting at Balmoral 06 May 2026 Free
1+ mon, 1+ week ago (672+ words) Local egg equipment supplier Egg Tek is exhibiting at Balmoral Show for the first time this year. The company was set up by Andrew Sayers shortly after he started a free-range egg unit on his farm near Strabane, Co Tyrone…...
Empty egg shelves are a sign of poultry farmer prices " IFA
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (281+ words) The IFA has called for supermarkets and egg packers to come forward with higher egg prices to avert scenes of empty egg shelves in shops. "What we are seeing is history repeating itself," the association's poultry chair Brendan Soden said....
Editorial: Mercosur safeguards passed
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (222+ words) The Mercosur trade deal continues to rumble on in the European houses of power. Revised safeguards were voted through by the European Parliament this week, which means that if the volume of imports increases by over 5% or the European price…...
Mercosur would not prevent EU ban on Brazilian beef on food safety grounds
4+ mon, 4+ week ago (654+ words) Ratifying the proposed EU-Mercosur free trade deal would not impede the EU from outright banning beef imports from Mercosur countries if their authorities were deemed to not have responded adequately to shortcomings exposed by EU food safety audits, the European…...
EU to audit beef production in Brazil and Uruguay in 2026
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