CAP / Schemes
Draft BEAM scheme details 'broadly welcomed' by ICSA
The details on the €100 million Beef Exceptional Aid Measures (BEAM) scheme have been “broadly welcomed” by the president of a...
CAP / Schemes
The details on the €100 million Beef Exceptional Aid Measures (BEAM) scheme have been “broadly welcomed” by the president of a...
Beef
The €100 million beef fund for Ireland has been discussed at a meeting of the World Trade Organization’s (WTO) Agriculture...
Dairy
A dairy farmers’ lobby group has insisted that it will “absolutely reject” any attempt to exclude dairy farmers from the...
Beef
The Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said that a financial support package, similar to the €100 million beef fund for...
Agri Politics
As Irish beef farmers await clarity from the European Commission on the more questionable conditionality aspects of the €100 million...
Beef
A total of three farmer meetings will take place this week to discuss the rollout of the recently announced €100...
Beef
Elected representatives are being urged to resist any proposals to cut the number of suckler cows under the regulations for...
Agri Politics
The ‘draft implementing act’ for the EU’s half of the €100 million beef fund is “targeting” the national suckler herd,...
Beef
The topic of making payments to the suckler sector under the €100 million beef fund was hotly discussed at a...
Beef
The National Marts Committee of the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has formally set out its stall on the proposed...
Beef
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is gearing up for a meeting of its members tonight, Thursday, June...
Beef
Farmers’ thinking and expectations are being “conditioned” by the “drip feed of information” on the €100 million beef aid fund,...
Beef
The inclusion of a ‘production reduction’ condition in the distribution of the €100 million beef aid package has been heavily...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has set a date for a meeting of its member farmers to...
Beef
It is “absolutely unacceptable” for the European Commission to attach conditions to the €100 million beef fund, according to one...
Agri Politics
The European Commission’s regulations on how it wants the €100 million beef fund to be rolled out to Irish beef...
Beef
Suckler farmers should be included in the allocation of the €100 million beef aid fund, according to Michael Creed, the...
Beef
Distributing the €100 million beef fund to finishers only is “hopelessly unfair and not at all consistent with the facts...