Agri Politics
'EU farmers to cover the cost of future price support measures'
EU farmers may well be asked to, at least, part fund future market support measures, according to a European Commission...
Agri Politics
EU farmers may well be asked to, at least, part fund future market support measures, according to a European Commission...
Opinion
The IFA’s commitment to Irish cereal growers is laudable. It seems the organisation will do all in its power to...
CAP / Schemes
Fianna Fail Agriculture Spokesperson Charlie McConalogue has called on the Government to match the EU Conditional Adjustment Aid Package and provide...
Dairy
End of year milk production volumes in the EU for 2016 have been revised downwards by the European Commission. Provisional production...
Dairy
The Minister for Agriculture has not confirmed whether the Irish Government will be co-financing the EU Dairy Aid Package agreed...
Dairy
The targets set for the EU milk production reduction scheme should be met with a degree of ease over the...
Beef
Germany has submitted a proposal to the European Commission to ban sending heavily pregnant cows to slaughter amid animal welfare...
Agri-Business
Calls have been made to involve the Competition and Consumer Commission (CCPC) in Ireland in the investigation into the proposed ABP/Slaney...
Agri-Business
ABP and Fane Valley have said that more effective and better-resourced Slaney in Ireland is needed to compete on international...
Beef
It’s unrealistic to expect Mercosur to conclude negotiations with the EU without obtaining any improvement in their access to the EU...
Opinion
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) must now act in a meaningful way, given that the organisation has found Moscow to...
Dairy
It appears that the majority of Irish dairy farmers will not be applying to the EU’s Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme...
Agri Politics
The European Commission is making steady progress in the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, Margaritis Schinas, the Commission’s spokesperson...
Agri Politics
It is clear now that TTIP is politically dead, at least for the time being, Sinn Fein MEP Matt Carthy...
Dairy
Ireland’s €11.1m funding allocation from the recent EU aid package could be used to provide dairy farmers with a direct...
Dairy
Milk production in the EU increased by 3.3% between January and June 2016 compared to the corresponding period in 2015,...
Dairy
Farmers who fail to reduce milk production for the full amount offered (14c/L) under the EU’s Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme will...
Dairy
The European Union’s Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme edges closer to coming into effect at national level following a successful vote...