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The European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee has elected its chair and two vice-chairs for the first two-and-a-half years of the parliament’s…
The Irish Greyhound Board and Irish Coursing Club will appear before the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee tomorrow, Tuesday, July 9. Their appearance comes following allegations…
Members of the Oireachtas have recommended in a new report that Ireland should look to build a beef brand around our carbon-efficient production.…
A report into the future of the beef sector, produced by the Joint Oireachats Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine, will be…
A meeting is set to take place tomorrow, Tuesday, April 9, in government buildings as hearings begin on the future of the beef…
Voluntary eco-schemes are to come much more centre-stage under Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform proposals backed by the European Parliament Committee on Agriculture and…
Live exports will be top of the agenda tomorrow (Tuesday, February 12) for the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine. The…
The European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee endorsed new rules to better protect farmers against buyers’ unfair trading practices earlier today (Wednesday, January 23). The…
As the Brexit vote in the UK is imminent, MEP for the midlands north-west region Matt Carthy has warned of the dangers posed…
The recently-appointed chair of Teagasc, Liam Herlihy, is set to outline his ambitions for the authority before a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas…
“The EU cannot afford to cut the funding of its farm policy if it is to continue ensuring delivery of public goods to…
MEPs in Europe have backed an amendment tabled by MEP Mairead McGuinness stating that an increase in the CAP budget may be required…
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has been reprehended for purportedly “failing to grasp” the urgency of the fodder…
A “magic money tree” which exists under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for some farmers needs to be “chopped down”, according to Irish…
The proposal to cap direct payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 “won’t work”, according to the assistant secretary general of the…
The ongoing fodder crisis is set to be focused on by the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Tuesday, May 8.…
The recommendation by the Citizens’ Assembly in November 2017 to impose a carbon tax on Irish agriculture is deeply flawed, according to the president…
Proposals to ensure a sustainable supply of ‘efficient and environmentally-friendly’ fertiliser products for EU farmers were approved by the EU Agriculture Committee last…
