Agri-Business
EU urged to review 'harmful pesticides' by action group
The European Commission has been accused of supporting the “use of harmful pesticides” and has been challenged to review its...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has been accused of supporting the “use of harmful pesticides” and has been challenged to review its...
Agri-Business
The European People’s Party (EPP), the largest political grouping in the EU Parliament, has adopted a resolution rejecting the controversial...
Tillage
Recent research has allowed Irish farmers to reflect on how they implement the various European Union (EU) pesticide-use directives. The...
Environment
More than 10,000 Irish people have signed a petition calling on the European Union to introduce laws to phase out...
Environment
Dr. Matthew Tinsley, a senior lecturer at the University of Stirling, has said that the agricultural sector needs to “be...
Tillage
The largest political grouping in the European Parliament has slammed a proposed new regulation from the European Commission that would...
Agri-Business
Copa Cogeca, the umbrella group of EU farm organisations and co-operatives, has slammed what it calls the “bingo of political...
Organics
A recently conducted study carried out for IFOAM has apparently found that synthetic pesticides are “more dangerous” than natural pesticides....
Tillage News
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association has said that it is “alarmed” at a report issued in Brussels by...
Agri-Business
French sugar beet farmers will be in line for aid following a tractor protest in Paris last week. The protest...
Rural Life
Farmers in the French sugar beet sector have taken to the streets of Paris in their tractors to protest against...
Agri Politics
New pesticide regulations, which have been adopted by the European Commission today (Thursday, February 2), will see the residue limits...
Tillage
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski has urged caution on any potential moves to limit the use...
Environment
A public hearing on pesticide use and biodiversity is set to take place in the European Parliament on Tuesday (January...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser and pesticide use have complex interdependencies with positive and negative impacts on food security across the EU, the European...
Tillage News
All tillage farmers are being encouraged to participate in the public consultation linked to the new Sustainable Use Regulation (SUR)....
Tillage Technical
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) is seeking views on the European Commission’s proposed Sustainable Use of...
Rural Life
A Donegal man who works as a community garda in Castlebar, Co.Mayo has created a vegetable enterprise on what was...