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The country is in the midst of the Covid-19 (coronavirus) outbreak. How are farming…
Farmers and their advisors have been reminded that the online application process for both the Beef Environmental Efficiency Programme – Suckler (BEEP-S) for…
The lack of response from the EU regarding supports for the European agri-food sector has been labelled “inconceivable” by the Irish Creamery Milk…
Announcements made by the European Commission last week on additional measures aiming at supporting the farming sector amid the Covid-19 pandemic crisis have…
The European Commission will increase advances of direct payments and “simplify certain administrative requirements for farmers” as part of new measures to support…
The Irish Government must resist any attempt to reduce the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) funding as a result of the Covid-19 crisis. This…
The Covid-19 pandemic has “overtaken every single piece of legislation or debate” in the European Parliament, according to MEP Mairead McGuinness. McGuinness –…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has been urged to implement greater flexibility for farmers applying for their Basic Payment Scheme…
The European Commission is set to provide for an increase in the advances for direct payments and rural development payments under the Common…
The European Commission has pledged to mobilise all of its resources to protect lives and livelihoods as Covid-19 continues to devastate the EU.…
The EU Special Agricultural Committee, scheduled for this Monday, April 6, has been described as a “pivotal moment for the activation of market…
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has confirmed a number of flexibilities to schemes run by his department in…
The EU ‘Farm to Fork’ (sustainable food) strategy is “tentatively scheduled” to be published at the end of April, according to the European…
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has been called on to bring forward balancing payments under the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment…
In a wide-ranging announcement, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed confirmed that routine Department of Agriculture on-farm visits will not…
Approvals will issue this week to applicants under the new Calf Investment Scheme, Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has…
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine will issue guidance to marts on “a very limited range of essential services” that comply…
Around 33,000 applications for the Basic Payments Scheme (BPS) have been made so far – roughly 5,000 ahead of the same date last…
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