Agri-Business
Investigation finds Tesco UK 'intentionally' delayed payments to suppliers
The UK’s new Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon has told Tesco to introduce significant changes to practices and systems after...
Agri-Business
The UK’s new Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon has told Tesco to introduce significant changes to practices and systems after...
Dairy
Subsidies have resulted in Irish dairy farmers propping-up other farmers around Europe who should be allowed to fail. That’s according...
Agri Politics
Draft EU rules that would allow baby foods to continue to contain up to three times more sugar than is...
N.Ireland
The 2016 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme payment details for farmers in Northern Ireland have been announced by the Minister...
Beef
Farmers have been warned not to let their guard down in the fight against Bluetongue disease. Ulster Farmers Union (UFU)...
Agri Politics
While the announced simplification of the CAP measures is a step in the right direction – they are still inadequate,...
Dairy
Milk treated with ultraviolet (UV) radiation after pasteurisation has been deemed ‘safe’ under the intended conditions of use as specified by the...
Dairy
Ireland last week offered dairy product into intervention for the first time since early October. According to statistics from the...
Agri Politics
The European Union has committed close to €161m to combat animal diseases and zoonoses in 2016. This is to support eradication,...
Dairy
There has been a significant increase in the last three weeks of European countries selling milk powder into public intervention,...
Dairy
The November EU weighted average milk price stood at €30.78/100kg (22.40p/L), up €0.24/100kg (0.8%) on the previous month, according to...
Agri Politics
Bluetongue outbreaks are continuing in France, with a further three outbreaks over the Christmas period, the World Animal Health Organisation...
Agri Politics
A recent European Commission survey on what European citizens think of the CAP shows that 62% of EU citizens think...
Agri Politics
Some 100m tonnes of food is thrown out every year in the EU, according to the European Commission. Eurobarometer has...
N.Ireland
A British exit (Brexit) from the European Union would be detrimental for Northern Ireland’s agri-food sector, according to the North’s...
Pig/Poultry
New rules opening private storage aid in the pigmeat sector have entered into force today, the European Commission has announced....
Agri-Business
Earlier this year the European Commission (EC) and the European Investment Bank (EIB) presented a model guarantee instrument which aimed...
Agri Politics
Agricultural land in the EU has seen a slight reduction over time — in general, because of afforestation and urbanisation...