Agri-Business
The European Commission said it has introduced a range of measures that address farmers’ concerns about the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement.
Farmers from across Europe have descended on the streets of Brussels on what is a crucial day for...
Farmers will gather outside the European Parliament on Wednesday (January 22) to protest against the proposed EU-Mercosur trade agreement.
Agri Politics
Copa Cogeca has told president of the EU Commission, Ursula von der Leyen that there is 'an urgent need' for responses on EU protests...
Dairy
The European Parliament's Environment Committee has backed the compromise reached in late November on the Industrial Emissions Directive.
Negotiations between Australia and the EU during a summit of trade ministers of the G7 nations in Osaka, Japan have stalled.
Tillage News
Copa-Cogeca called on the EU for flexibility with CAP implementation due to a "rapidly deteriorating situation" with the EU cereal harvest.
The Nature Restoration Law needs to be sent back to the EU Commission for a "thorough review", Copa-Cogeca has said.
A resilient, transparent and fairer food chain is needed for farmers, the representative body of EU farmers and agri-cooperatives has said.
Sheep News
IFA National Sheep Committee chair Kevin Comiskey has been elected as a vice-chair of the Copa-Cogeca Sheep and Goat Working Group.
Tillage
European Union (EU) crop output is expected to increase in 2023, despite the continuing threat of drought across southern Europe.
The president of Cogeca, does not believe that the controversial EU-Mercosur free trade agreement (FTA) will be ratified this year.
EU beef and sheep sectors are "under extreme pressure" due to the market access being given to other countries, an EU farm organisation said.
Women farmers have been urged to enter the European-wide 2023 Innovation Award for Women Farmers which has a €10,000 prize fund.
Environment
Copa-Cogeca, the group representing EU farmers and co-ops, has welcomed moves by Sweden to make the bioeconomy a focus of its EU presidency.
IFA president Tim Cullinan has been re-elected as one of the vice-presidents of COPA, the representative body for EU farmers.
Copa-Cogeca has welcomed the council of EU agriculture ministers' support for carbon farming as a "new green business model".
The European Commission's first response to the crisis on the fertiliser market "lacks concrete...
The European Commission recognises the role of EU agriculture production in global food security, Copa-Cogeca has said.
Rural Life
Carnivore species are causing increased conflict which is exacerbated by challenging legal frameworks, according to Copa-Cogeca.
An online interactive risk-assessment tool to efficiently support farm safety has been officially launched by European social partners.
The Ukrainian National Agrarian Forum has joined the European farming body Copa-Cogeca as a new partner organisation.
Copa-Cogeca has said that it welcomes moves by the commission to end reliance on Russian gas partly by increasing biomethane from agriculture.
