Agri Politics
French Government knocks €500m off farmers tax bills
The French Government announced yesterday that it will cut the tax bills paid by its farmers by the equivalent of...
Agri Politics
The French Government announced yesterday that it will cut the tax bills paid by its farmers by the equivalent of...
Agri Politics
Wheat, vegetables and pork exports drove overall EU agri-food exports up in December 2015 on the corresponding month in 2014....
Agri Politics
Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in the EU, with bacteria in humans, food and animals continuing to show resistance...
Dairy
The Irish Co-operative Society will oppose any attempts to reintroduce milk quotas by the back door in the EU, according to...
Agri Politics
A meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers yesterday took stock of the agricultural market situation in particular on current difficulties in...
Agri Politics
EU Agriculture Ministers are meeting in Brussels today with discussions on the current crisis in the dairy and pigmeat sectors...
Agri Politics
Over 800 farmers are protesting outside the Greek Ministry of Agriculture today after the government there introduced further tax increases...
Dairy
Irish intervention stocks are almost at 4,000t after more skimmed milk powder (SMP) was offered to the measure for the...
Agri-Business
Rabobank’s dairy global strategist believes Ireland can exceed its target to increase milk supply by 50% before 2020, based on...
Agri Politics
GMOs are being authorised in the EU without the support of Member States, according to MEPs. They said last week...
Agri Politics
The recent investigation which found that Tesco UK breached the Groceries Supply Code of Practice (the Code) confirms the worst suspicions...
Agri Politics
Land availability is the biggest problematic issue for young farmers in Ireland compared to other young farmers in the EU, an...
Dairy
Last week Ireland offered 1,769t of skimmed milk powder (SMP) into public intervention, the highest amount offered by a country...
Agri Politics
In response to the European Commission’s report into unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, MEP Mairead McGuinness has...
Beef
The beef price differential between Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland narrowed again last week, figures from the Livestock...
Dairy
Ireland is continuing to offer dairy product into intervention, with 631t offered to the measure in the most recent week....
Pig/Poultry
The reopening of the private storage aid scheme for pigmeat will be critical for further market support in the EU,...
Agri Politics
If Britain were to leave the EU, it would be like saying to other Member States that we don’t need...