Agri-Business
The European Commission has set an "aspirational target" to double the share of young farmers in Europe to 24% by 2040.
Farmers who lost crops because of "adverse climatic events" are to share a support package worth €50 million from the European Commission.
Rural Life
Ireland cannot risk the "further decline" of family farms, the chair of the joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food has warned.
As part of its range of proposals for the next CAP, the EU Commission is aiming to provide more supports to allow farmers take a break.
The European Commission is proposing a new CAP with "simpler and more flexible rules" specifically with new streamlined payments.
EU Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen defended a proposed budget of €300 billion for the next CAP despite criticism from MEPs.
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon will meet with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen in Japan this week.
Agri Politics
Eu Commissioner Christophe Hansen said he intends to keep direct payments as the main tool supporting the farming community.
The European Board of Agriculture and Food (EBAF) had their inaugural meeting in Brussels today, February 4.
The ICMSA president Denis Drennan has urged the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen to ban below-cost selling of food.
An Irish MEP has highlighted "the plague of mental health in farming" with the European Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen.
Health groups representing millions of patients, doctors and nutritionists across the continent...
