Agri-Business
Call on EU to find 'workable agreement' on fruit and veg packaging
Copa Cogeca has urged EU negotiators to find a “workable agreement” for packaging in the fruit and vegetable sector. The...
Agri-Business
Copa Cogeca has urged EU negotiators to find a “workable agreement” for packaging in the fruit and vegetable sector. The...
CAP / Schemes
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has welcomed EU Commission proposals to simplify the Common Agriculture Policy...
CAP / Schemes
European farmers have returned to Brussels today (Tuesday, March 26) for the third time in less than two months calling...
Agri-Business
The European Parliament and the EU Council have reached a provisional agreement to simplify and strengthen the current plant health...
Agri-Business
EU agriculture ministers have agreed on short-term changes to rules on Good Agricultural and Environmental Conditions (GAEC) standards to reduce...
Agri-Business
EU environment ministers have reached an agreement on a proposed regulation on packaging to tackle the increase in packaging waste...
Rural Life
EU agriculture ministers have called for solutions aimed at attracting young people, including young farmers, to rural areas. The issue...
Environment
Rewetting of drained peatlands will be voluntary for farmers under the proposed Nature Restoration Law, Irish MEP Mick Wallace has...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is urging MEPs to oppose the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law when...
Agri-Business
The EU Council and EU Parliament reached provisional political agreement last night (Thursday, November 9) on the controversial Nature Restoration...
Organics
The European Council has identified a “worrying” drop in demand for organic sales, stating that if the trend continues, funding...
Agri-Business
The EU is set to ask member states to encourage the use of “good, evidence-based, manure management practices” as part...
Rural Life
The European Council and EU Parliament have today (Thursday, March 30) reached a provisional deal aiming to increase renewable energy...
Agri-Business
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has claimed that the EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) is being driven by ideology, not...
Rural Life
The European Parliament and the European Council has provisionally agreed to strengthen the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and to...
Agri Politics
Minister for Environment, Climate and Communications Eamon Ryan has agreed to “improving” the level of environmental ambition to reduce the...
biodiversity
The European Council of environment ministers has called for the adoption of an ambitious and transformative global biodiversity framework that...
Agri Politics
EU leaders have agreed to continue with plans to introduce a cap on the wholesale price of gas in an...