BY the end of 2014, only 200 Teagasc advisers may be left to do the work handled by 405 at the end of 2008, according to a stark warning from the organisation’s director on the effects of public service cutbacks and early retirements.

A LATE push is being made to encourage more Irish submissions to the European Commission debate on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy.

MAJOR British retailers have told Bord Bia they are reluctant to change from their current supply of beef, from cattle born, reared and slaughtered in Britain, or from cattle born, reared and slaughtered in Ireland.

AGRICULTURE Minister Brendan Smith earned kudos going into yesterday’s Budget by claiming genuine savings of almost €107m, compared to his department’s 2009 budget.

RADICAL measures are needed to address the problems facing the rural economy in the West of Ireland, according to a report presented to the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Food.