Agri-Business
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture has told agriculture ministers that the CAP must show it is a "policy of the future" to secure funding.
The future of the CAP after 2027 will be the key topic of discussion in meetings of EU agricultural ministers this week.
Member states have agreed a partial plan on the next EU budget that is broadly in line with the controversial EU Commission proposals
Forestry
EU agriculture ministers have raised the possibility of using the Common Agricultural Policy as a way to better prevent wildfires.
Dairy
Minister Martin Heydon has been called on to declare Ireland's support for an EU-wide milk supply reduction scheme.
Minister Martin Heydon has said he will support the suspension of the CBAM on fertiliser at a meeting of EU agriculture ministers today.
Agri Politics
A meeting of EU agriculture ministers will take place in the Council of the EU today, with the future of CAP again on the agenda.
The proposed suspension of some tariffs on fertiliser imports is unlikely to make a significant difference to the costs of the CBAM.
Schemes
The government has marked six months to Ireland's EU Council presidency, with Minister McEntee citing agriculture as a highlight.
Several EU agriculture ministers have expressed concerns over planned moves to strengthen capping and degressivity in the next CAP post-2027.
Minister Heydon has told his EU counterparts that capping and flattening farm payments could have "unintended effects" on productivity.
Rural Life
An MEP has called for member states in the Council of the EU to back a proposal to increase the amount of payment available to small farmers.
EU agriculture ministers have given their backing to a forest monitoring framework, which will make it possible to track progress on targets.
EU member states have given their backing to a proposal from the European Commission to reduce the protection status of wolves.
Minister Heydon is set to tell his counterparts in other EU member states that the CAP "must remain a core EU priority".
Department officials believe that it is likely that most, if not all, of the work to agree the next CAP will take place on Ireland's watch.
Agriculture ministers from EU member states have signaled their views that the CAP should retain its format of having two pillars.
Machinery
The EU will adopt a common set of rules and measures for harvesters and other non-road mobile machinery, unifying rules across member states.
A majority of agriculture ministers in the EU have again supported a call to increase the threshold for 'de minimis' state aid.
A meeting of EU agriculture ministers has heard calls for predictable policies for farmers, with Minister McConalogue supporting those calls.
Hungary has said that it will seek a "farmer-orientated" agricultural policy during its six-month presidency of the Council of the EU.
Agriculture ministers from the EU's member states debated the future of farming in the EU at a meeting of the Council of the EU yesterday.
The government of Austria is set to take legal action against its own environment minister after she voted in favour of the NRL.
