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Northern Ireland
Feed sales surge whilst fertiliser hits new low
Peter McCann
The 12% drop in fertiliser deliveries in NI last year is notable given that prices were well down from record highs seen the year before
20 March 2024 Northern Ireland
Legal action against poultry firm in Britain
Avara Foods has had legal action taken over pollution of a major rive in south west Britain
18 March 2024 Podcast
Young Stock Podcast: meet the man who took ABP’s stand at the Tullamore Show
Anne O’Donoghue talks to James Stokes of Freeway Poultry about why he started his flock, being a teenage entrepreneur and expanding his business.
NI poultry at risk from variable water quality
David Wright reports from a conference organised by St David's Poultry Team.
13 March 2024 Northern Ireland
More pig and poultry farms to require EPA licenses after MEP vote
The European Parliament's vote will mean that almost all pig and poultry farmers will require an environmental license to operate.
12 March 2024 Pigs
Increased pay rates put poultry production in jeopardy - IFA
The base salary has been increased to €30,000 for all grades of workers under changes to the permit system announced recently by Minister of State Neale Richmond.
3 March 2024 News
Market Digest: stories from around the world
Brief news snippets from New Zealand, England, United States and Brazil.
28 February 2024 News
Greenfield 'guilty' of lagging behind others on egg price
Egg producers have campaigned for two years to get a price that takes account of higher costs, IFA poultry chair Nigel Sweetnam has said.
20 February 2024 News
Industrial emissions directive targets small poultry and pig farmers - IFA
Without an amendment, the directive would bring very small pig and poultry units into a scenario where they needed a full EPA licence, the IFA warned.
15 February 2024 Poultry
Farmer Writes: Days of industrious farmers are gone
Soon there will probably be no native whitethorn propagation and it’ll be all imported stock, which risks bringing the fire blight disease.
14 February 2024 Farmer Writes
High Court dismisses challenge over chicken farm licence
The High Court dismissed an action by well-known activist Peter Sweetman over an EPA decision to grant an industrial emissions licence for a chicken-rearing plant in Co Limerick.
9 February 2024 News
Can poultry manure replace bag fertiliser on tillage farms?
Teagasc poultry adviser Rebecca Tierney chats with Teagasc crops adviser John Mahon about the uses and value of poultry manure as a fertiliser.
4 February 2024 Fertilizers