Agri-Business
May: Westminster seeks amendment to backstop - not removal
The UK government and Westminster in general are not seeking an entire removal of the Northern Irish backstop, but rather...
Agri-Business
The UK government and Westminster in general are not seeking an entire removal of the Northern Irish backstop, but rather...
Agri-Business
The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Theresa May, has said that “there will be no hard border” on the island...
Beef
In the context of a disorderly (no-deal) Brexit, the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is now setting its...
Agri-Business
There is “a world of difference” between talking in abstract terms about the damage done to Irish farming and food...
Agri-Business
CAP, exchange rates, straw, trade agreements…the unknowns of Brexit. We all know that Brexit isn’t simple and while Fiona Thorne...
Tillage
An increase in income from cereals, an increase in input prices, but an overall decline in family farm income due...
Agri-Business
Farmers and agri-businesses on both sides of the Northern Irish border are getting increasingly concerned as a no-deal Brexit looks...
Rural Life
Michael McGrath, Fianna Fail’s spokesperson on finance, has warned that Brexit will have a “real-life impact” which would be greater...
Agri-Business
The Irish Government has alerted the European Commission of its intention to seek emergency aid for the beef, dairy and...
Agri-Business
If the UK was to impose World Trade Federation (WTO) tariffs on Irish agricultural exports, such rates could be up...
Agri Politics
Paschal Donohoe, the Minister for Finance, Public Expenditure, and Reform, has said that the agri-food sector, along with the indigenous...
Beef
Brexit and the looming possibility of the UK crashing out of the EU with no deal were key talking points...
Agri Politics
The European Union has published a revision of its tariff rate quotas that will apply after Brexit, which will dictate...
Tillage
Anyone who looks closely at an “Irish” brand of flour will notice that the packet will say something like “milled...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is set to embark on a “thorough examination” of the beef sector as part of...
Agri Politics
The European Parliament will not accept any Brexit deal that doesn’t include a guarantee of a backstop arrangement for Ireland,...
Sheep
Ivor Ferguson, president of the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU), has warned that many sheep farmers in Northern Ireland would be...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has said he does “not envisage” border infrastructure in the...