Agri Politics
'Sold a pup': Farmers in west 'lose out' under current CAP
Farmers in western counties such as Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon are all losing out under current payments made through...
Agri Politics
Farmers in western counties such as Sligo, Leitrim, Donegal and Roscommon are all losing out under current payments made through...
Agri Politics
Farmers need a far Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) – and that means that there has to be redistribution in payments,...
Agri Politics
Lands designated either a Special Area of Conservation (SAC) or Special Protected Area (SPA) must be adequately catered for in...
CAP / Schemes
Flexibility for Ireland to design its own Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) strategic plan is key to ensuring that CAP works...
Agri Politics
The new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is in danger of moving away from its original purpose of food supply –...
Agri Politics
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has mobilised its members across the country in approximately 30 towns around Ireland for a...
Agri Politics
Irish farmers “have not been consulted” on which Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) proposal they would prefer to have in place,...
Agri Politics
Sinn Féin spokesperson on agriculture Matt Carthy has accused Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue of “arguing...
CAP / Schemes
Difficult discussions lie ahead in the ongoing effort to reach agreement between the European institutions on the future Common Agriculture...
Agri Politics
The Irish family farm model “would be critically undermined” under the proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) deal, the Irish Creamery...
CAP / Schemes
12 EU member states – including Ireland – are backing a proposal put forward for an opt-out to implementing mandatory...
CAP / Schemes
Maximum flexibility at member state level to be “able to make decisions at national level” on the shape of Ireland’s...
CAP / Schemes
A new dairy beef welfare scheme is set to be brought in under the proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) National...
CAP / Schemes
A new suckler scheme is set to be brought in under the proposed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) National Strategic Plan...
Agri Politics
The notion that convergence will deliver for small and medium sized farmers is “completely wrong”, according to the Irish Creamery...
Agri Politics
Farmers are concerned that the debate around the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is “being hijacked by vested interests –...
Agri-Business
Rural Ireland is “being squeezed and squeezed – and not getting the return for what’s being done”, according to farmers...
CAP / Schemes
Farmer frustration was a recurring theme to a meeting this week held by the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) in relation...