Agri Politics
European Council: €1.8 trillion budget and Covid-19 recovery package announced
There was a breakthrough in Brussels this morning as EU leaders signed off on a €1.8 trillion budget and Covid-19 recovery...
Agri Politics
There was a breakthrough in Brussels this morning as EU leaders signed off on a €1.8 trillion budget and Covid-19 recovery...
Agri Politics
Leaders of two Irish farm organisations will travel to Brussels today, Thursday, February 20, to object proposals for drastic cuts...
Agri Politics
European Union leaders are expected to consider UK Prime Minister Theresa May’s pending letter seeking ‘a short Brexit postponement’ at...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Joe Healy has called for “intervention and complete transparency” within the beef sector ahead...
Agri Politics
The long-awaited major trade deal between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur bloc is now “off the table”, AgriLand...
Opinion
Back in 2014, when Russia introduced an import ban on most EU food imports, Brussels reacted by putting in place...
Opinion
It hasn’t gone unnoticed that the EU Commission is striving to offload its intervention milk powder stocks onto commercial markets...
N.Ireland
The countdown to Brexit means pressure is mounting on Northern Ireland’s farming and food industries, according to Ulster Farmers’ Union...
Opinion
The European Commission is telling the world that its milk reduction scheme has worked, so why not get Brussels to...
CAP / Schemes
There is an understanding at European level that farming schemes will become more environmentally focused in the coming years. Two...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, outlined a number of ways that he plans to simplify...
CAP / Schemes
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, has confirmed that he will be coming forward with CAP reform...
Agri Politics
Farmers from across Europe were protesting today in Brussels as EU Agriculture Ministers met to try and come up with solutions...
Agri Politics
All EU aid monies will be paid out to farmers by the end of October, according to European Agriculture Commissioner...
Dairy
Last week’s EU dairy aid package for agriculture is fundamentally weak but does contain a few positive themes of a...
Agri Politics
Farmers and ICOS are disappointed that there was no announcement to ‘review’ intervention prices among the package of measures by...
Agri Politics
Over 6,000 angry farmers have gathered from across Europe to a mass Brussels protest in advance of key meeting of...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney has called on the EU Commission to deliver a comprehensive...