Agri Politics
Chinese company, Shanghai Pengxin, has agreed to buy the 34,000ac (13,800 hectare) Lochinver Station near Taupo valued at more than NZ$70 million (€44m).
New Zealand dairy farmers should pay close attention to farm costs this season, says industry body DairyNZ, in response to the reduced 2014/15 forecast milk price announced this week.
Speaking in the Agriculture & Rural Development committee in the European Parliament recently Ireland Midlands and West MEP Luke Ming Flanagan stated that interfering crooks and cartels are destroying the beef industry.
The British Veterinary Association (BVA) has refuted claims that most antibiotic resistance in human infections is of farm-animal origin.
A second round of coordinated pan-European testing for horse meat DNA in beef products was launched in April this year.
Global milk production is expected to reach 928 million tonnes (901 billion litres) by 2023, an increase of 180 million tonnes on current levels, according to the latest Agricultural Outlook produced by the OECD and FAO.
Major players in the European dairy sector have recently launched the work on the Dairy Environmental Footprint Pilot (‘DAIRY PEF’), which will give results on environmental footprints for dairy products by mid-2016.
Decisions taken under Irish law in relation to developments such as Fracking or GMOs could be undermined if the proposal as part of the proposed Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) according to Marian Harkin MEP.
The US Dairy Export Council (USDEC) rejected suggestions by the EU that US producers should relinquish their right to use long-standing generic food names on the US market.
Copa-Cogeca has said a much more ambitious and stronger approach is needed to tackle Unfair Trading Practices (UTPs) in the food chain.
With the Northern Hemisphere being more than three months into its milk year and the Southern Hemisphere heading towards its flush, the strong global supply situation is continuing according to DairyCo.
If current trends continue the milk prices could head lower according to New Zealand bank ASB.
The European Commission has today adopted a communication encouraging Member States to look for ways to improve protection of small food producers and retailers against the unfair practices of their sometimes much stronger trading partners.
While opposition grows from MEPs outside of Fine Gael to his candidacy, Phil Hogan looks set to be get the much sought after agriculture or trade portfolios in the Next European Commission.
Unlike his counterpart here in Ireland Simon Coveney, Owen Paterson has been replaced by Liz Truss as Secretary of State at Defra as part of UK Prime Minister David Cameron's reshuffle.
Simon Coveney has, again, failed to secure agreement on the proposed 2014/15 Milk Quota butterfat adjustments at today’s Council of Farm Ministers’ meeting
The new EU Commission must urgently tackle unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, Mairead McGuinness
The recent Parliamentary elections saw Sinn Fein secure seats in the European Parliament in every...
With over 60% of Irish laws originating in Brussels, Tom O'Callaghan joined a delegation of Irish journalists in Brussels.
Self-professed ‘townie’ Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan has taken a seat on the influential Agriculture Committee in Europe and a swipe at McGuinness.
Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd and Abbott have announced the signing of an agreement to develop a proposed dairy farm hub in China.
Ireland will push to have the butterfat adjustment issue debated at next Monday’s Council of EU Agriculture Ministers’ meeting.
In recent years, total cow numbers in the EU declined at a slower pace than in the past, and it even increased in 2013 according to the European Commission's Summer 2014 Short-Term Agricultural Outlook.
