Newly appointed MEP, Colm Markey, has said that any environmental changes that will affect farmers in Ireland have to be “incentive-based”. The former…
By Luke Ming Flanagan, MEP (Member of the European Parliament) for the Midlands–North-West constituency Under pressure from food scandals abroad, international trade deals,…
Prices offered at the third skimmed milk powder (SMP) public intervention tender last week ranged from €155/100kg to €190/100kg. These were well below the…
The European Commission is making steady progress in the ongoing Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP) negotiations, Margaritis Schinas, the Commission’s spokesperson has said. Schinas…
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has appointed Michel Barnier as Chief Negotiator in charge of leading the European Commission Negotiations with the UK,…
Hopes for additional supports from the EU for dairy farmers have been dampened by the European Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan. Speaking following a…
Reports in Brussels suggest the European Commission will propose that the commonly used herbicide glyphosate be re-approved for nine years. It is understood the…
Farmers want a much simplified Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), according to Copa-Cogeca Secretary General Pekka Pesonen, who has written to EU Agriculture Commissioner…
The price paid to producers for putting milk into public intervention stores barely covers 60% of production costs according to Chairman of Copa-Cogeca Milk Working Party…
Simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a key first priority for EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan next…
Phil Hogan Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Rural Development had to answer a number of difficult questions during his hearing by the European Parliament’s Committee…
ICSA president Patrick Kent has welcomed reports that EU Agriculture commissioner-designate Phil Hogan will give serious consideration to the appointment of a Food…
