Farmers encouraged to plant trees in recent decades face income loss from a series of after-effects from storm Éowyn. The challenge is a test for newly appointed junior minister Michael Healy-Rae.
Roebuck Foods was in the business of milking cows, and meat and dairy trade and logistics. It is now on course to raise up to €10m to acquire a Galway start-up addressing livestock’s methane emissions.
All the main parties have voiced opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal but an updated agreement and text means Ireland will have to reassess the terms. Will it change sides?
Manifestos from Fine Gael, Sinn Féin and the Green Party raise their opposition to the EU-Mercosur trade deal. But in Brussels the machine is marching on to get the deal done next month.
In the second part of our trade deal series, The Currency looks at how the 2020 EU-Vietnam agreement still leaves hurdles for Irish food exporters, while the country could serve as a beachhead for business in south-east Asia.
In the first part of our series examining Irish businesses leveraging the EU’s most recent trade deals, farm machinery firms could benefit the most from Kiwi access.
On the day after its managing director resigned, Novellus appointed receivers to “one of the most impressive” farms in Co Louth. The landowner is now threatening court action.
The EU-Mercosur trade deal has been in the works for 25 years but environmental concerns and anger from farmers could kill the deal in its last stretch. The outcome of next week's election will also influence the outcome of negotiations.
Amid growing questions over fraudulent slurry movements from farms, newly released data and documents point to serious gaps in the State’s capacity to track where the nutrient-dense, potentially polluting material goes.
Experts warn of long-term shifts in the conditions that have made Ireland outperform in the global food chain. Can the industry adapt?
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