Agriculture

• Saturday, October 7th 2017 - 19:28 UTC

  North Ireland controversy over plans for an all Ireland agri-food trade, after Brexit

  

  North Ireland's Democratic Unionist Party, DUP, has dismissed a suggestion that agri-food trade could be regulated on an all-Ireland basis after Brexit. Agri-food is a particular challenge to the “no hard border” policy because of strict EU rules on food imports.

• Saturday, September 30th 2017 - 11:52 UTC

  Half of the Falkland Islands wool clip has been forward sold

  

  Landholdings General Manager Andy Pollard has reported that the wool market remains in a strong position, with demand increasing as customers view it as a more sustainable product than artificial fibres.

• Thursday, September 28th 2017 - 07:48 UTC

  British Embassy present at the main Uruguayan agri-business exhibition for the fourth consecutive year.

  

  From 6-17 September, Montevideo was home to Uruguay’s biggest agricultural industrial fair, Expo-Prado, and the British Embassy was present with a pavilion focused on tourism, business, education, gastronomy and culture.

• Wednesday, September 27th 2017 - 19:32 UTC

  Falklands promote horticulture to cut costly and vulnerable import of fresh foods

  

  The Falkland Islands Development Corporation, FIDC, announced the latest phase of their Fresh for the Future program, bringing new commercial entrants into the horticulture market, as well as assisting keen amateur growers to step up with a training program to develop skills that may be applied over a range of production situations and optimizing crop performance.

• Tuesday, September 26th 2017 - 11:35 UTC

  Brazil's beef exports recovering strongly: 1.91m tons forecasted in 2018

  

  Brazil's beef exports will return close to a record high net year, encouraged by revived growth in the cattle herd, and the industry's success in avoiding lasting bans from importers over a slaughterhouse scandal.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2017 - 19:57 UTC

  Irish and French farmers warn about Mercosur/EU beef negotiations

  

  News of a potential offer of a tariff rate quota for 85,000 tons of beef in the Mercosur/European Union negotiations has triggered a dismayed reaction from the ICSA’s (Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association’s) Beef Chairman Edmond Phelan.

• Monday, September 18th 2017 - 08:03 UTC

  Falklands' flock reaches 490.113; West Falkland produces more wool per sheep than in the East

  

  By Sharon Jaffray - The Falkland Islands flock reached 490.113 sheep of which 281.671 in East Falkland and 177.506 in the West plus 30.936 in the outer islands, according to the latest Farming Statistics 2016/2017, in accordance with the Agricultural Returns Ordinance. Likewise the number of cattle was 3.433.

• Saturday, September 16th 2017 - 08:12 UTC

  Falklands promotes the Weather Observation Website to improve forecasting

  

  The Falkland Islands government is calling for individuals' weather observations to be uploaded to the Met Office system thus helping with improving forecasting and in formal weather modeling.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 19:17 UTC

  Brazilian agriculture minister home raided by police on corruption probe

  

  Brazil's Police raided the home of a top government official Thursday seeking evidence in yet another corruption case involving a member of embattled President Michel Temer's Cabinet. The operation was authorized by Brazil's top court and is part of an investigation of Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi, who is suspected of bribing state lawmakers during his 2003-2010 terms as governor of Mato Grosso.

• Thursday, September 14th 2017 - 18:53 UTC

  Irish beef farmers warn that an EU/Mercosur deal is a “completely unacceptable”

  

  Pushing the European Union Mercosur deal is a “completely unacceptable”, according to Meat Industry Ireland’s (MII) director Cormac Healy. In a statement, Healy said that any progression and completion of the Mercosur trade deal will have negative effects on the EU beef market.