Beef
PGI status for Irish suckler beef: What's the progress to date?
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has provided an update to its efforts in attaining Protected Geographical Indicaton...
Beef
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine has provided an update to its efforts in attaining Protected Geographical Indicaton...
CAP / Schemes
Definitions of young and genuine farmers, as well as the elephant in the room that is the CAP budget, remain...
CAP / Schemes
Tranche 14 of the Targeted Agriculture Modernisation Schemes (TAMS) II will close this Friday, July 5. This tranche opened for...
Rural Life
Improved satellite imagery can remove the need for farm audits, according to a senior researcher for the European Commission. Vladimir...
CAP / Schemes
The commencement of payments of over €13.4 million to approximately 98,000 farmers has been announced by Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Environment
While greenhouse gas emissions from European agriculture have tracked downwards over the last 25 years, Ireland’s performance has been at...
Agri Politics
The recommended 5% reduction to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget is “the best possible proposal” for agriculture, Frank Bollen...
Beef
EU member states today, Thursday, June 20, agreed to a proposal from the European Commission to make €50 million available...
Agri-Business
The Land Mobility Report for 2019 has been launched this morning, Thursday, June 20, in Buswells Hotel, Dublin. The report has...
Agri Politics
The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) will meet tomorrow, Thursday, June 20, with officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and...
CAP / Schemes
Progress made by the Romanian EU presidency on the European Commission’s proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 has...
Beef
The “simplification” to some of the requirements for the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP) has been welcomed by the...
Beef
A total of three farmer meetings will take place this week to discuss the rollout of the recently announced €100...
Beef
A “simplification” of requirements under the Beef Data and Genomics Programme (BDGP), in relation to the eligibility of stock bulls,...
CAP / Schemes
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine is being called on to address a delay in approving applications under...
Beef
The National Marts Committee of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has formally set out its stall on the proposed...
CAP / Schemes
A decision has been made to extend the three-year cap under the Fair Deal Scheme to farms and businesses where...
Agri Politics
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, has been criticised “over his meddling with the future sustainability...