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Irish Farmers Demand Lower Feed Costs After Latest Pig Price Drop
2016-02-24 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) National Pigs Committee Chairman, Pat O’Flaherty, has expressed "complete outrage" at processors’ decision to drop pig prices last week.
Irish Pig Herd Expanding
2015-07-10 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - Ireland has a relatively small pig herd, with fewer than 150,000 breeding sows, but the herd has been expanding lately.
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Irish Pig Producers Want Income Crisis Tackled
2015-04-24 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The Irish pig industry is facing an income crisis and the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney must take immediate action, according to the Irish Farmers' Association.
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Irish Pig Sector Faces Another Crisis
2015-01-09 01:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - Irish Farmers Association (IFA) President Eddie Downey has said the Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan and the Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney need to push for the introduction of market measures in the EU that will effectively remove the excess product from the EU that is depressing pig prices.
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Irish Pig Meat Heads for Viet Nam
2014-09-05 02:00:00| ThePigSite - Industry News
IRELAND - The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney TD, has welcomed the agreement reached with the veterinary authorities in Viet Nam to allow for the importation of fresh and frozen pork meat from Ireland.