Agri Politics
National rally targeting ANC 'imbalance' tonight
A national rally targeting the “imbalance” in the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme, and to ensure the new Common...
Agri Politics
A national rally targeting the “imbalance” in the Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme, and to ensure the new Common...
Agri Politics
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, has declared his ambition to retain his Brussels portfolio ahead...
Agri Politics
The drop in farm income in 2018, which was revealed by Teagasc this week, is “depressingly predictable”, according to Sinn...
Agri Politics
Agriculture is “unevenly targeted” under Europe’s effort to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, a senior official at the European...
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed pledged €70 million in funding to the United Nations World Food...
Agri Politics
The advocate general of the European Court of Justice – which deals with EU law – has declared that the...
Agri Politics
Fine Gael MEP and First Vice-President of the European Parliament, Mairead McGuinness, has said on-farm slaughter capacity is important in...
CAP / Schemes
The balancing payments under the 2018 Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Greening have now commenced, the Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Agri Politics
Total greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector – including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – have “gone through...
Agri Politics
Carbon emissions will be the new quota system for the future of Irish farming, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and...
Rural Life
Following a call for Agri-Food Tourism Initiatives under the 2018 Rural Innovation and Development Fund in October, 10 projects that...
Agri Politics
A tendering process for the provision of mobile weighing scales under the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s new...
Agri Politics
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers Association (ICMSA) recorded an operating surplus of €349,973 for the financial year ending December 31...
Dairy
Ornua CEO John Jordan came in for a heavy line of questioning over the recent launch of Glanbia’s Truly Grass...
Agri Politics
Joe Healy, president of the Irish Farmers’ Association, met with representatives of other non-government farm groups throughout Europe, to discuss...
CAP / Schemes
Farmers need a more inclusive Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that can deliver for everybody, according to the Irish Natura and...
Beef
The outlook for the 2019 beef market is more positive, according to an EU Commission Civil Dialogue Group in Brussels....
Agri-Business
Phil Hogan, EU commissioner for agriculture, has talked-up the creation of a digital single market, and the digitisation of European...