Agri-Business
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food has warned that without new farmers there will be no future for farming.
Farmers and foresters in the EU are calling for an "ambitious" bioeconomy strategy to recognise the role of agriculture and forestry.
Rural Life
An Irish MEP has presented what he has described as a nine-point 'family farm reform plan' to the European Commissioner for Agriculture.
Agri Politics
Cowen has raised concerns that the recently published EU Vision for Agriculture 'lacks crucial clarity' on funding around the CAP
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon has welcomed the publication of the EU Commission’s ‘Vision for Agriculture and Food’.
Commissioner Hansen has said that future CAP funding should be directed towards young farmers, as well as smaller farms and family farms.
IFA deputy president Alice Doyle said that farmers 'cannot afford to wait' to implement ambitions in the EU Vision for agriculture
The new Vision for Agriculture aims to ensure farmers are not forced to "systematically" sell their products below production costs.
Beef
The European Commission is expected to commit to making the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) "simpler and more targeted" next week.
EU Commissioner Christophe Hansen has urged that a reform on simplification for farmers is completed 'well ahead' of the next EU elections
Commissioner Hansen discussed a wide range of topics central to Irish farmers while attending a family farm in Co. Kildare
The ICMSA president Denis Drennan has urged the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen to ban below-cost selling of food.
EU Commissioner Christophe Hansen said that he will remain 'committed' to supporting and saving average family farms in Ireland
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen has addressed the thorny issue of non-farmers purchasing agricultural land.
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food has told Irish farmers that the next CAP needs to "build on what is working well".
As the IFA celebrates 70 years since its founding, president Francie Gorman said that challenges have changed, with more regulations in place
The new EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, will visit Ireland for the first time in the role later this month.
Farming "faces structural challenges" in the EU that "demand attention" the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Food has warned.
The EMB has said that the new commissioner for agriculture will have to "withstand" industry in order to protect farmer livelihoods.
As we've covered on Agriland this week, the EU will soon have a new agriculture chief to oversee its regulations and directives on farming.
