Violating the butter law can result in fines upward of $1,000, or jail terms of six months.

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

Beef processors have welcomed the US authorities’ approval of access for Irish manufacturing beef to the American market.

According to bookmakers, there is only one chance in four that the UK will vote today in favour of leaving the EU (in other words, you can get a 300% return by betting on Brexit).

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.

ICMSA president John Comer has proposed that Ireland should pay farmers 10c for every litre less they produce versus 2015 to help correct market oversupply.

Inspectors in the US Department of Agriculture are trying to determine how a strain of GM wheat ended up in a non-GM crop in Oregon almost a decade after Monsanto abandoned plans to sell the herbicide-resistant wheat variety.

US farm exports may top the record $142bn (€110.6bn) forecast in February as agreements with China and Russia reduce trade barriers and buyers replenish supplies at lower prices, US agriculture secretary Tom Vilsack said.

Wheat snapped a four-day rally after a survey showed reserves in the US, the biggest exporter, may be larger than a government forecast.

If you want to guarantee you are getting the real deal then watch out for products that are certified.

Dry weather will return to the drought-stricken US mid-west crop region, with corn and soybeans ending their growing season on a negative note after this week’s rains proved to be too little too late, an agricultural meteorologist warned yesterday.

Genetically modified plants have caused a surge in disease-resistant weeds and insects, warns one leading Irish organic food producer.

Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has predicted the US will move to lift its ban on EU beef, once procedural requirements around the publication of BSE rules are completed.

Ireland has made progress in its bid to reopen trading channels to the US for Irish beef and lamb exports.

Irish dairy co-ops have come under renewed pressure to reinstate their March milk prices as stable trading at yesterday’s latest global dairy trade auction followed a series of upward markets.

Glanbia is now one of the leading cheese and whey producing businesses in the US, according to a report by Davy Stockbrokers.

Food safety experts played down the risk of mad cow disease entering America's food supply, a day after a government agency detected the first new case of the disease in the US since 2006.

OIL BE BACK

FOOD prices will remain higher in the next decade than in the past 10 years as agricultural production slows and demand increases, the OECD and the United Nations said in a joint report yesterday.

The Obama administration has defended its decision to force out a black Agriculture Department employee over racially-tinged remarks at a banquet, despite evidence that they were misconstrued.

NO EARLY solution can be expected to Ireland’s continuing gap between high food prices in the shops and low prices at the farm gate.

IN his article headlined ‘Future could be GM and nuclear power’ (June 2), Brian O’Mahony puts forward certain arguments that need further analysis.

THE Irish Farmers Association yesterday called on the European Commission to reinstate a full ban on Brazilian beef imports.

THE IFA has urged the European Commission to abandon trade talks with the Mercosur group of South American countries after the US stopped contaminated Brazilian beef products entering the country.

Kirstie Alley has lost 20lbs on her new organic weight-loss plan.