N.Ireland
95% of eligible farmers in the North have received CAP payments
Some 95% of payments to eligible applicants under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes were made to farmers in the...
N.Ireland
Some 95% of payments to eligible applicants under the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) schemes were made to farmers in the...
Environment
Agricultural accounts for 10% of total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union, according to the European Commissioner for Agriculture...
Agri-Business
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is calling on the IFA leadership to clarify their position on the outcome...
Agri-Business
New measures announced by the European Commission to simplify CAP including changes to the farm inspections regime should be brought forward...
Agri-Business
Red tape and non-tariff barriers to trade need to be tackled in the current Transatlantic Trade Investment Partnership (TTIP) talks,...
Tillage
The Common Agricultural Policy’s (CAP) new greening measure has come in for some scathing criticism from a leading agricultural policy...
Rural Life
The finalising of the Statutory Instrument for the establishment of farm partnerships by the Department of Agriculture has been welcomed by...
Agri-Business
A campaign to communicate the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) to the general public and farmers, across the island has been launched...
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has said he is aware of the concerns in relation to the publication of...
Agri-Business
Talks in relation to the simplification of the CAP were greeted with criticism of the current reform process by Fianna...
Rural Life
Agri Aware is to educate second level students about the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) at the Family Farm classroom in Dublin...
Agri-Business
Macra na Feirme’s land mobility programme is turning out to be an unqualified success, according to the organisation’s President elect...
Agri-Business
Roberta Simmons, from Rathfriland in Co. Down, is the new president of the Young Farmers’ Clubs of Ulster (YFCU). She...
Agri-Business
Confirmation has been received by the IFA from the European Commission that Ireland’s seven-year €4 billion Rural Development Plan (RDP)...
Agri-Business
An Agriland poll on the impending publication of farmers payment details has found that 66% of respondents are against the...
Agri-Business
The application period closing dates for the new Pillar 1 and Pillar 2 CAP support schemes should have been put...
Agri-Business
The option of spreading single payment entitlements on owned land will, in many cases, save farmers money, even if convergence...
Agri-Business
While the confirmation of the opening of the National Reserve for so-called ‘old young farmers’ is very welcome, there is...