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.
Forestry
EU agriculture ministers have given their backing to a forest monitoring framework, which will make it possible to track progress on targets.
Agri-Business
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.
Agri Politics
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.
The Council of the EU and the European Parliament are set to begin talks on a new set of rules on food waste and 'green' claims.
The adaption of the Nature Restoration Law (NRL) just a week after the elections "smacks of deep and corrosive cynicism" the ICMSA said.
The stalling and delay in adopting the Nature Restoration Law has been described as "a piece of pre-election political theatre" by the IFA.
Environment
The Nature Restoration Law has been adopted by the Council of the EU following a vote by member states' environment ministers.
Monday is a potential make-or-break day for the Nature Restoration Law, with crunch talks to be held that may result in its adoption.
A Council of EU meeting of agriculture ministers has heard calls for more to be done to address the rise in wolf attacks on livestock.
The decision of Eamon Ryan and Malcolm Noonan to write to EU environment ministers on the NRL has been described as an "act of desperation".
The Council of the EU has given the final approval for a review of the CAP, with the changes coming into force by the end of May.
EU member states have called on the European Commission to increase the ceiling of state aid for farmers to €50,000.
The Council of Ministers is expected to adopt the proposed amendments to the CAP to ease administrative burden for farmers on May 13, 2024.
Agriculture ministers from the EU held an informal meeting in Belgium this week to develop the autonomy of the EU in proteins.
