A LEADING scientific journal has warned that livestock farming systems ‘are too precious’ to become victims of what it describes as proposed ‘simplification and reductionism’. The...
IT mightn’t make that much of a difference in terms of taste and texture but meat that tends to be dark coloured is considered ‘undesirable’ by...
QUESTIONS need to be answered as to why Ireland imported nearly €129 million worth of beef last year, according to West Galway Fianna Fáil TD, Eamon...
THE Galway Beef Plan Movement (GBPM) have this week promised a resurgence in their efforts and a higher profile in the coming months in their battle...
STARK warnings have been issued this week that ongoing protests outside meat plants by one splinter farming organisation could jeopardise the whole future of the Irish...
WHILE a peace deal brokered by a local TD allowed a Chinese delegation to inspect a West of Ireland meat plant this week, the leader of...
THE threat to the future of suckler enterprises across the country – and especially so in the West of Ireland – is expected to draw over...
THE re-opening of the Egyptian market for Irish live cattle exports will be very good news for West of Ireland suckler and beef farmers, according to...