Agri Politics
Ireland must use opportunity of EU presidency to get best possible CAP deal for farmers and rural communities, Sinn Féin TD Martin Kenny said.
Rural Life
The main farm organisation in France has said it is "counting on Ireland's negotiating capabilities" on the next CAP.
This week saw the publication a key report by the lead MEP in the European Parliament working on the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
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The Agriland team brings you the biggest stories of the week in Irish agriculture, which this week...
Schemes
Organics must be "given priority and not be placed at a financial disadvantage" in the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Agri-Business
The next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) must include "ambitious measures" to support young farmers, the INHFA said.
An MEP has said he will table amendments to the European Parliament's position on the CAP to secure higher funding for young farmers.
MEPs on the European Parliament's agriculture committee are set to push for mandatory frontloading of 15% in the next CAP.
Representatives of local development companies have met MEPs to present a report outlining the benefits of ringfenced funding under LEADER.
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has warned that cuts to the CAP budget would undermine food security, and hit rural economies and generational renewal.
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture has told agriculture ministers that the CAP must show it is a "policy of the future" to secure funding.
The future of the CAP after 2027 will be the key topic of discussion in meetings of EU agricultural ministers this week.
"Stagnant" prices, high inputs and TB are among the issues Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon must prioritise, ICMSA said.
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Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Martin Heydon has said that Ireland will use its...
Minister Martin Heydon has said that Ireland will use its presidency of the Council of the EU to try to secure increased funding for the CAP.
Member states have agreed a partial plan on the next EU budget that is broadly in line with the controversial EU Commission proposals
The proposal to take farm payments off pensioners will be "strictly rejected" in a key European Parliament report on the next CAP.
Ireland's Minister of State for European affairs has defended what he called Ireland's "old school" understanding of the CAP.
A report from MEPs in the European Parliament, to be published next week, will begin a "crucial phase" on CAP talks, an Irish MEP has said.
An Irish MEP has called on the EU to agree a Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that provides a way...
An MEP has called on the EU to agree a CAP that provides a way of life for young farmers that will give them a return on their investment.
An Irish MEP has said that Ireland cannot go in to its six-month presidency of the EU with a 'wish...
An MEP has said that Ireland cannot go in to its presidency of the EU with a 'wish list' of what kind of CAP it wants to see at the end of it.
