Rural Life
Ireland cannot risk the "further decline" of family farms, the chair of the joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food has warned.
Agri-Business
MEP Ciaran Mullooly has outlined his disapproval of the proposed EU cuts that were discussed during the AgriFish meetings in Brussels
An Irish MEP is calling on the government to ensure that it fully uses the mechanisms in the new CAP to boost available funding.
MEPs backed changes today (Wednesday, September 24) to "simplify" the current EU Common...
The European Commission is presenting the minimum national allocations for income support for the future Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)
Agri Politics
A meeting of member states' agriculture ministers yesterday saw several member states criticise the commission's plans for the new CAP.
The European Commission's proposals for the future of CAP and the EU's trade policies will be the key topics at a meeting today.
Farmers are being treated as "collateral damage" in international trade deals in "efforts to...
Minister Heydon has said the EU's proposal to stop income support for farmers who have a pension are measures that he feels are very "crude".
The European Parliament has voted to adopt a report from its Agriculture Committee that rejects proposals for the next CAP.
Policymakers are being urged "to restore credibility and ambition for young farmers" in the...
EU member states' representatives of the EU Council have agreed the council's position on simplifying provisions related to the CAP.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon is in Copenhagen for an informal meeting of the EU AgriFish Council.
Minister Heydon has announced that updated reference costs will be in place for all eligible applications submitted in Tranche 10 of TAMS.
Ciaran Mullooly has questioned the EESC, raising fundamental questions about the future of farming in Europe, amid "massive cuts" to the CAP.
Payments under the current TAMS have surpassed €90 million, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
Forestry
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €626 million Danish scheme to support afforestation.
The government "will have to lead a strong push in Brussels" to focus the debate around food production, a farm organisation has said.
An Irish MEP has claimed that some 28,000 farmers in the Midlands--North-West could be "forced out" of the sector by the new CAP.
Beef
Francie Gorman has said that the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) remains "absolutely pivotal" to the future of Irish livestock farming.
The IFA said amendments have been made to the appeals process for the Good Agricultural and Environmental Condition 2 (GAEC 2).
The European Commission is taking steps to allow EU member states to pay higher advances of Common...
The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has urged the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine...
