Rural Life
'Idyllic portrayal of the family farm is far removed from hard reality'
The “idyllic portrayal” of the family farm is “far removed” from the hard reality of day-to-day tasks undertaken by farmers...
Rural Life
The “idyllic portrayal” of the family farm is “far removed” from the hard reality of day-to-day tasks undertaken by farmers...
Rural Life
The fodder situation on many family farms in the country is extremely serious and requires detailed and urgent attention, according...
Rural Life
The European Parliament’s adoption of the Integrated Farm Statistics Regulation will result in a new requirement to record details of...
CAP / Schemes
A dispute over which of the European Parliament committees has control over drafting the European Parliament’s position on the reform...
CAP / Schemes
Rising concern about resistance to antibiotic treatment – and the potentially catastrophic consequences for humans and animals – is behind...
Agri Politics
Yesterday’s UK paper on Brexit is a long-overdue step that is insufficient and incomplete, according to Mairead McGuinness, MEP and...
CAP / Schemes
Future direct payments for Irish farmers were the focus for Mairead McGuinness on Friday (June 1), following the publication of...
CAP / Schemes
Initiatives to improve farm safety may be included as mandatory measures in Pillar 11 in the upcoming CAP reform proposals,...
Beef
The Irish Aubrac Cattle Breed Society celebrated 20 years going strong at the weekend – during which guest speaker Mairead...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has confirmed that it is working on plans to allow member states to apply a zero VAT...
Rural Life
The European Parliament will debate the pressing issue of farm accidents and fatalities in May, MEP and First Vice-President of...
Environment
New targets demanding the reduction of emissions coming from agriculture by 30% by 2030, compared to 2005 levels, have been...
Agri Politics
Irish MEP and First Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness, has stated that the publication of the EU Commission’s proposals on the...
Rural Life
The European Parliament has been called upon to remember the importance of human as well as animal welfare, and to...
Rural Life
A proposal to create an Erasmus scheme for young farmers – enabling them to avail of training opportunities in other EU...
Agri Politics
US President Donald Trump’s much-publicised new import tariffs could have knock-on implications for EU farm food produced under the Common...
Rural Life
Awareness about food fraud has risen ever since the horse meat scandal in 2013 – yet the number of food...
Agri Politics
Less than a week after the Italian general election delivered an inconclusive result; Antonio Tajani, President of the European Parliament...