Last March, Ireland joined 200 other countries when we committed to the Food Waste Charter.

Many EU citizens might have to pay for a trade deal with South American countries with medical bills.

Government-backed insurance plans in the US help compensate farmers for losses after natural disasters. Unfortunately for the produce growers who were ravaged by recent hurricanes, a lot of the nation’s vegetable and fruit crops aren’t covered.

The US Department of Agriculture has licensed a rapid-response foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) diagnostic kit.

Irish wild birds have acquired some very exotic tastes, writes Dick Warner.

The Irish agrifood industry has found itself at the beginning of an unprecedented time of uncertainty as a direct result of Brexit.

The US is proposing to change regulations which restricted the importation of sheepmeat from the EU.

Emergency service recordings have revealed the confusion and panic after a three-year-old boy plunged into Cincinnati Zoo's gorilla exhibit and was picked up by one of the animals.

Dairy farmers have been boosted by a Global Dairy Trade auction average price rise yesterday of 3.4% for dairy commodities.

Police are investigating the circumstances surrounding a four-year-old boy entering a gorilla's exhibit at Cincinnati Zoo and the animal being shot dead to protect the child.

There is little or no change in prices on offer from processors this week for beef animals, despite intake at export plants recovering to more than 30,000 head.

US retailers adopting cage-free eggs — laid by non-battery hens — sooner rather than later could gain a profit advantage over competitors.

Talk of milk supply control returning in the EU didn’t boost the GlobalDairyTrade commodity auction on Tuesday, with a 2.9% slump to a seven-month low, defying signals from futures markets which had predicted a positive outcome.

US grain futures have edged higher on concerns that unfavourable crop weather could threaten domestic production, as markets temporarily shook off the weight of massive global inventories.

Hedge funds are so down on wheat that even the worst price plunge in 29 years isn’t leaving them satisfied.

The risk a substance poses depends on its inherent capacity to cause harm and one’s exposure to it, but some seem unable to grasp this concept, writes Henry I Miller

Peanut allergies could, in a matter of years, be a thing of the past — or more accurately the offending nut might be about to be cracked — if a Canadian start-up has its way.

Irish beef has been approved for sale in the US for the first time in more than 15 years.

Russia's decision to ban most food from the EU could spell disaster for the Irish cheese industry.

Russia has banned most food imports from the West in retaliation for sanctions over Ukraine.