Irish factories buying in euro and selling in sterling win with strong sterling.
Farming is low priority for UK government as it grapples with the outworkings of Brexit checks.
Brief news snippets from Brazil, Canada, Australia and UK.
Irish exports to Britain have avoided Brexit inspection costs so far, but that will change with a new facility being built in Holyhead.
Weekly round-up of news from the farming industry in Northern Ireland.
Farm Minister Daniel Zeichner gave some insight into Labour’s plans for farm schemes when he said the new government “will not be over-turning the applecart”.
Price cuts of over 20% or nearly €40/lamb in the space of just a few weeks have been experienced by sheep farmers.
Following Labour’s election win last week, the party’s spokespeople for environment and agriculture were appointed as ministers in the new government.
The governing legislation has turned out to be a Nimbies’ Charter, conferring veto powers on geographically small planning authorities sensitive to the objections of residents’ associations.
