# agriculture - Saturday 8 September, 2018
The Department of Agriculture said that if the disease reached Ireland, it would do “very serious damage to the pig industry”.
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# agriculture - Sunday 29 April, 2018
Farmers have welcomed moves to rebalance power in the supply chain.
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# agriculture - Thursday 5 April, 2018
The first loads of feed arrived at Irish ports this morning.
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# agriculture - Wednesday 4 April, 2018
The weather since Christmas has meant poor grass growth and a lack of fodder for animals.
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# agriculture - Tuesday 3 April, 2018
The weather since Christmas has meant poor grass growth and a lack of fodder for animals.
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# agriculture - Sunday 1 April, 2018
In 2014, overall trade with Russia was worth €948 million.
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# agriculture - Monday 19 March, 2018
# agriculture - Sunday 11 March, 2018
Ed Hanbidge says there’s the potential to turn the crop into a major farming industry.
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# agriculture - Thursday 15 February, 2018
Sheep farmer representatives plan to meet with government officials to discuss their problems with the inspections.
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# agriculture - Wednesday 3 January, 2018
New figures from the Health and Safety Authority show that there were 47 fatal accidents last year, up one from 46 the year before.
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# agriculture - Monday 27 November, 2017
Germany dropped its opposition to the pesticide, introduced in 1974 by US agro-giant Monsanto as Roundup.
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# agriculture - Sunday 26 November, 2017
The bad weather throughout the summer has left farmers without sufficient amounts of fodder.
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# agriculture - Tuesday 14 November, 2017
“The rule is prove to us that it’s safe – and that hasn’t been done.”
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# agriculture - Wednesday 16 August, 2017
Half of the fatalities last year involved self-employed people.
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# agriculture - Sunday 6 August, 2017
Studies in Australia and Canada look promising, but the Department of Agriculture still have some questions.
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# agriculture - Thursday 3 August, 2017
Thefts can be traumatic for farmers and their families. Communities are advised to work with local gardaí and watch out for suspicious activity.
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# agriculture - Monday 17 July, 2017
Hogan is Ireland’s representative on the European Commission.
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# agriculture - Thursday 6 July, 2017
Some farmers are talking about taking their kids out of college due to the bad harvest.
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# agriculture - Wednesday 28 June, 2017
Gardaí and health and safety inspectors are investigating the incident.
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# agriculture - Tuesday 20 June, 2017
The USDA has handed its seal of approval to the Bord Bia plan to market Irish beef in America.
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# agriculture - Friday 2 June, 2017
The Burren LIFE Project just won an EU LIFE nature award.
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# agriculture - Saturday 6 May, 2017
The farms will primarily grow leafy greens, like kale, bok choi, and spinach.
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# agriculture - Sunday 30 April, 2017
The scheme aims to bring farmers and environmentalists together to a mutual understanding of the others’ concerns.
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# agriculture - Saturday 15 April, 2017
It takes almost a year before the egg hatches releasing the infective larvae.
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# agriculture - Sunday 2 April, 2017
Deer experts say the calls are based on bad science.
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# agriculture - Wednesday 18 January, 2017
The animal’s carcass will be incinerated.
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A protest will be held outside of the Dáil this afternoon.
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# agriculture - Saturday 31 December, 2016
Fears about the infectious virus have been spreading across Europe this year.
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# agriculture - Friday 23 December, 2016
It’s a precautionary measure after outbreaks of bird flu in the UK.
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# agriculture - Friday 28 October, 2016
On average, Dublin agri jobs were found to contribute €178k compared to €55k elsewhere.
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# agriculture - Sunday 23 October, 2016
Green Party leader Eamon Ryan made the remarkable claim in the Dáil this week. Is it true?
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# agriculture - Thursday 20 October, 2016
The Agriculture Commissioner said the UK can’t “have its cake and eat it” and dismissed Brexiteers’ “posturing and fancy talk”.
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# agriculture - Tuesday 27 September, 2016
Creed has said he consented to a new contract for Brian Kavanagh, who earns €25,000 above government guidelines.
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# agriculture - Sunday 18 September, 2016
After four decades at the helm of Europe’s largest outdoor festival, Anna May McHugh shows no signs of slowing down.
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Agriculture Minister Michael Creed has waited a long time to take a seat at the Cabinet table and now he’s facing some tough challenges in agriculture.
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# agriculture - Saturday 17 September, 2016
A new photo project by Italian photographer Tiberio Ventura documents the otherworldliness of life on the islands.
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# agriculture - Monday 18 July, 2016
The Independent MEP says he’s the only Irish member who regularly shows up for the Agriculture Committee. FactCheck puts that claim to the test.
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# agriculture - Wednesday 13 July, 2016
Minister Michael Creed says that “the department is not in the business of shooting cattle”.
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# agriculture - Tuesday 19 April, 2016
Joe Healy has said a remuneration committee will decide his salary,
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# agriculture - Tuesday 12 April, 2016
Over the course of the week 60 lambs were born on the farm, including a live birth.
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