Brexit has seen the number of Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine staff posted at Irish ports and airports to deal with customs checks more than triple over the course of the last year, according to Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue. This follows a question on the matter from Sinn [...]

DAERA launches ‘Major Emergency Response Plan’ as Brexit preparations hit critical stage Rachel MartinNov 23, 2020, 2:39pm  Image source: Gerry Temple Northern Ireland’s Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) has launched a ‘Major Emergency Response Plan’ as Brexit preparations hit a critical stage ahead of January 1, 2021. The end of the Brexit transition [...]

Sylvester PhelanOct 30, 2020, 11:04am   Grave concerns have been expressed by independent TD Verona Murphy over what she considers to be “incorrect numbers” that the government is continually communicating in relation to ferry capacity post-Brexit. In explaining the issue, deputy Murphy said: “Simon Coveney and many others have said recently that we have 22 weekly [...]

With 100 days to go until the end of the Brexit transition period and the inevitable changes to come with it, Tánaiste Leo Varadkar is urging businesses to “focus on their readiness”.From January 1, 2021, the UK will no longer be in the single market or customs union which means trade will be starkly different [...]

The use of drones in modern day farming is becoming increasingly popular and a trial is now underway in Australia to assess whether the hovering of a drone can replace the attentive eye of a farmer. The ‘Drones for monitoring sheep welfare’ pilot project is being conducted by a Best Wool / Best Lamb group in [...]

By Tony Connelly Europe Editor Irish and EU officials have reached a draft agreement to limit the impact of Brexit on the movement of Irish food products and live animals into the rest of the EU via the UK land bridge, RTÉ News has learned. As a result of the agreement, officials say Irish food exports [...]

The fifth round of talk between the UK and the EU got underway yesterday, Monday, June 29, and is continuing for the remainder of the week – after four previous rounds of very little progress. The two parties have until the end of this year – December 31, 2020 – to get a trade deal [...]

Beef kill year-to-date figures back on 2019 levels Niall Claffey May 2, 2020, 3:00pm Source - Argiland As we enter into the last month of spring, AgriLand takes a look back at the beef kill to date. From the onset of the year, supplies were predicted to tighten into the summer months, with many hoping [...]

Date: 08/01/2020 The publication today of Bord Bia’s Export Performance and Prospects report 2019/2020 by the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, TD, reveals a stand out 2019 performance by Ireland’s food, drink and horticulture industry as exports reached €13bn in 2019 (2018: €12.1bn) for the first time.  This is the highest [...]

Date: 10/01/2020 Bord Bia’s Meat Marketing Seminar that took place on January 10th 2020 brought together over 150 representatives from the Irish meat industry at government, producer, and processor levels, to review the global meat industry in 2019 and look ahead to the opportunities and challenges of 2020 and beyond. It was a year of [...]