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This week, we hear from Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman on the derogation and Meat Industry Ireland's Dale Crammond about beef exports. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
ASA Council member and past president interviews fellow council member Dale Crammond. Dale is director of Meat Industry Ireland and in this podcast he talks about his journey with ag science
Meat Industry Ireland, the Ibec sector association representing the primary beef, pork and lamb processing facilities located in the Republic of Ireland, launched the Irish Beef Sector Sustainability report in February. The report outlines the progress the industry has made to date in reducing GHG emissions and delineating the roadmap to further emissions reductions in line with government Climate Action Plan targets. In this episode of Ibec Responds, Síle Sweeney, Senior Executive at Meat Industry Ireland, is joined by Philip Tallon, Operations Manager at Dawn Meats and Margaret Berry, Head of Sustainability at Kepak, to discuss sustainability in the meat sector. Read the Beef Sector Sustainability Report here. Thank you for listening. To explore all of Ibec's podcast offering, visit here. Make sure to follow Ibec Podcasts to stay up to date with new episodes.
Catch up on the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture with Megan O'Brien and Aisling O'Brien, including: · Concerns over potential drop in milk prices for farmers: https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/icmsa-urges-co-ops-to-avoid-knee-jerk-reaction-on-milk-price/ · Meat Industry Ireland report - Beef factories to back farmers to cut greenhouse gases https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/mii-report-beef-factories-to-back-farmers-to-cut-ghgs/ · ICMSA claims that some farmers are being refused quotes for fertiliser prices https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/some-fertiliser-retailes-refusing-to-quote-farmers-icmsa/ · Land values increased by 11.5% in 2022 https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/sherry-fitzgerald-2022-land-values-grew-by-11-5/ · Concerns about the impact of rural planning laws on the children of farmers wishing to build houses https://www.agriland.ie/farming-news/rural-housing-rules-catastrophic-for-sons-and-daughters-of-farmers/ Rate, review and follow The Farming Week, Agriland's weekly review of Irish agriculture and visit Agriland.ie for more. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-farming-week/message
Cormac Healy, Meat Industry Ireland, discusses the recent Covid-19 outbreaks in meat factories.
The Division Organiser described the meeting as a 'step in the right direction' and warned that when you have nine out of ten workers not getting sick pay and come down with a slight fever or cough thenthey really have little choice but to go to work. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Cormac Healy, Senior Director of Meat Industry Ireland, on the outbreak of Covid-19 in factories and efforts to contain the spread.
Catriona Morrissey , News Editor, Irish Farmers Journalcomments on the reported agreement of picketingfarmers to join talks with Meat Industry Ireland factories.Its understood some talks will take place on Mondaynext 12th. August. An independent chairpersonis to be appointed.Aisling Molloy, B.& T. Dairy advisor with the Teagasc Officein Kanturk reminds listeners about some importantlooming deadlines and a big farm walk in Cork Weston 13th. August.Jim O’Regan a major tillage farmer in the Kinsale areareviews harvest 2019 prospects.Noreen O’Rahilly, Teagasc ,Kanturk Region has informationon some very useful courses tailored for farmers,planned for the Autumn.Plus other topics of interest to the farming communityand wider rural population..Broadcasting and technical production operationsplus overall sound quality monitoring by John Foott.Podcast creation and post-podcast editing wherenecessary by John Foott.The Farm Talk Programme is kindly sponsored byDairygold Co-Operative Society Limited, and is researched,edited, produced and presented by John O’Connor.Broadcast twice-weekly, every Saturday 10am to 11 am andevery Wednesday 10pm to 11 pm.Thank you for tuning in..We hope you find our Programmeuseful and interesting... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This week we hear farmers tackle the issue of low beef prices with Meat Industry Ireland’s Cormac Healy and the IFA stage a protest over ongoing Fair Deal nursing home delays.With the weather picking up we also take a look at weed control ahead of silage season and the Irish Farmers Journal has their very own Top Gear team take a look at tillage TAMs.
This week we hear farmers tackle the issue of low beef prices with Meat Industry Ireland’s Cormac Healy and the IFA stage a protest over ongoing Fair Deal nursing home delays.With the weather picking up we also take a look at weed control ahead of silage season and the Irish Farmers Journal has their very own Top Gear team take a look at tillage TAMs.
The UK has revealed the tariffs it would impose on imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit, which will have serious implications for the Irish economy, particularly the food sector. If the UK crashes out of the EU on March 29th, is there any way businesses will be ready? Cliff Taylor talks to Allie Renison, Head of EU and Trade Policy at the UK’s Institute of Directors, and Cormac Healy, Senior Director of IBEC’s, Meat Industry Ireland. Later, Irish Times business affairs correspondent Mark Paul talks about his recent trip to Birmingham, where he spoke to local business owners about their views on Brexit. But first, Peter Hamilton has a roundup of some of the week’s other stories: the grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8; An Post's plans to enter the mortgage market; and the freezing of plans for an EU Digital Tax.
The UK has revealed the tariffs it would impose on imports in the event of a no-deal Brexit, which will have serious implications for the Irish economy, particularly the food sector. If the UK crashes out of the EU on March 29th, is there any way businesses will be ready?Cliff Taylor talks to Allie Renison, Head of EU and Trade Policy at the UK's Institute of Directors, and Cormac Healy, Senior Director of IBEC's, Meat Industry Ireland.Later, Irish Times business affairs correspondent Mark Paul talks about his recent trip to Birmingham, where he spoke to local business owners about their views on Brexit. But first, Peter Hamilton has a roundup of some of the week's other stories: the grounding the Boeing 737 Max 8; An Post's plans to enter the mortgage market; and the freezing of plans for an EU Digital Tax. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
This week on FarmLand, independent senator Ian Marshall urges the Democratic Unionist Party to row in behind the draft Brexit withdrawal agreement for the sake of farmers and agri-businesses in Northern Ireland. As fears over the future of the beef sector in Ireland continue to escalate, Cormac Healy, the director of Meat Industry Ireland addresses price concerns. Plus, Eamon Corley, co-founder of the newly-formed Beef Plan Group 2018-2015, reveals that the farmer-led entity has yielded more than 6,500 members in just six weeks.