Beef
The details on the €100 million BEAM scheme have been "broadly welcomed" by the president of a farm lobby group.
The €100 million beef fund for Ireland has been discussed at a meeting of the WTO Agriculture Committee, which took place in Switzerland.
Dairy
A dairy farmers' lobby group has insisted that it will "absolutely reject" any attempt to exclude dairy farmers from the beef fund.
The UFU has said that a financial support package, similar to the beef fund for Ireland, may be needed for Northern Ireland's beef farmers.
Agri Politics
As Irish beef farmers await clarity on the conditionality aspects of the €100 million beef fund, here's a full copy of the draft regulation.
A total of three farmer meetings will take place this week to discuss the rollout of the recently announced €100 million beef fund.
Elected representatives are being urged to resist any proposals to cut the number of suckler cows under the regulations for the beef package.
The 'draft implementing act' for the €100 million beef fund is "targeting" the national suckler herd, according to Luke 'Ming' Flanagan.
The topic of making payments to the suckler sector under the €100 million beef fund was hotly discussed at a meeting of the ICSA.
The National Marts Committee of ICOS has formally 'set out its stall' on the proposed compensation package for beef farmers.
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers' Association is gearing up for a meeting of its members tonight to discuss the €100 million beef aid fund.
Farmers' thinking and expectations are being "conditioned" on the €100 million beef fund, according to Luke 'Ming' Flanagan.
The inclusion of a 'production reduction' clause in the distribution of the beef aid package has been criticised by one independent TD.
Agri-Business
The ICSA has set a date for a meeting of its member farmers to discuss the €100 million beef aid package. The meeting is set for Athlone.
It is "absolutely unacceptable" for the European Commission to put conditions on the €100 million beef fund, according to the ICMSA.
The European Commission's regulations - on how it wants the beef fund to be rolled out to Irish beef farmers - have emerged tonight.
Suckler farmers should be included in the allocation of the €100 million beef aid fund, according to Michael Creed.
Distributing the €100 million beef fund to finishers only is "unfair and not at all consistent with the facts", according to the ICMSA.
Martin accuses Commissioner Hogan of "playing politics" with the EU beef support package which was announced last week.
Fianna Fáil has warned the Government that beef farmers won't be "conned by auction politics" on the eve of elections.
It has been affirmed by the Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed, that factories will not benefit from the EU beef support package.
The first proposal on the payment of the EU beef support has been put forward by the president of a farm lobby group.
Farmer-owned feedlots should be entitled to a fair share of the €100 million support package for beef farmers, according to the ICSA.
