Sheep Trade
This week's sheep trade sees plenty of positivity from factories with rises in weight limits, QA bonuses, and price offers this morning.
Tillage
Bord Bia is currently seeking auditing and data processing services for a pilot Quality Assurance (QA) scheme for the tillage sector.
Agri-Business
Bord Bia has said that imported meat from animals born and reared outside Ireland cannot carry the Bord Bia Quality Mark.
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has called "an important meeting of key agri-food stakeholders".
The controversy surrounding the chair of Bord Bia Larry Murrin has not impacted on the level of farm audits, an Oireachtas Committee heard.
Bord Bia said there has been no increase in farmers withdrawing from audits as controversy over Bord Bia chair Larry Murrin continues.
Bord Bia is investigating after herbs which were not of Irish origin were incorrectly packed and labelled with a Bord Bia Quality Mark logo.
Red Tractor has announced the appointment of two new sector chairs - Nick Major as chair of Poultry and Veryan Bliss of Fresh Produce
Bord Bia has today (Tuesday, September 9) unveiled a new national advertising campaign featuring Irish farmers and food producers.
Bord Bia said it will be "several months" before final agreement is reached on the new producer standard for beef, sheep and dairy farmers.
Bord Bia has confirmed to Agriland that the new quality assurance (QA) standard will not be agreed before the end of the year.
Beef
Bord Bia has said that a requirement to provide space for animals in the new QA standard "does not go beyond" current SBLAS requirements.
The president of the IFA Francie Gorman has said he is "hopeful" of more "workable" Bord Bia Quality Assurance (QA) scheme audits for...
The IFA has written to Bord Bia to outline its concerns in relation to a revamp of the Origin Green quality assurance (QA) standards.
Bord Bia is developing a new "consolidated standard" which will "replace" the current farm standards for beef, sheep and dairy.
Beef News
Bord Bia said its quality assurance (QA) programme is currently the only way to ensure compliance with PGI Irish Grass Fed Beef criteria.
N.Ireland
Red Tractor will put new standards and additional modules on hold until an independent review of governance has been completed.
The Department of Agriculture (DAFM) is planning to supply animal welfare information to Bord Bia under a new data sharing agreement.
Over 3,500 farmers who applied for the Suckler Carbon Efficiency Programme (SCEP) are yet to apply for quality assurance from Bord Bia
The IFA is reminding farmers who have applied for SCEP of the quality assurance requirement in the scheme.
Sheep News
10% of lamb that is processed at meat plants in the Republic of Ireland comes from Northern Ireland according to a Bord Bia representative.
Bord Bia has said that it will not be moving to an exclusively digitally-based audit format when a new producer standard is implemented.
Ahead of the biggest grocery spend of the year for Christmas, the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA)...
