Beef
EU live cattle exports expected to 'weaken significantly' in second half of 2018
The number of live cattle exported out of the EU during the first half of 2018 was 11% higher than...
Beef
The number of live cattle exported out of the EU during the first half of 2018 was 11% higher than...
CAP / Schemes
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has confirmed that flexibility for fodder production under some GLAS...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission has announced proposals for further support to EU farmers struggling from the consequences of the severe drought...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission has signalled its agreement to some proposed adjustments to the Green, Low-Carbon, Agri-Environment Scheme (GLAS) for this...
CAP / Schemes
European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has announced that the commission is to allow derogations for a...
Beef
A formal complaint has reportedly been made to Brussels for claimed “systematic failures” by Irish exporters in relation to breaches...
Agri Politics
“The big problem that the European Union has is that we don’t know what the UK wants.” This response was...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is unlikely to seek an extension to the deadline for Basic...
Agri Politics
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is calling on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed...
Tillage
IFA Grain Committee chairman Mark Browne has called for a derogation on the ‘three-crop rule’ under greening obligations, in light of...
Agri Politics
European Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Gunther Oettinger has said it will be impossible to avoid cuts to the...
Agri Politics
EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, has promoted Kevin Keary to full membership status on his cabinet,...
Agri Politics
Comments that EU budgetary resources need to be strengthened beyond the current levels, made by European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker,...
Agri-Business
The Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) between the EU and Japan has been finalised today, the European Commission has confirmed. The successful...
Agri-Business
This morning a number of proposals were revealed in the EU’s much-anticipated White Paper that will guide Common Agricultural Policy...
Dairy
Reports that the 2018 intervention for skimmed milk powder will be via tender rather than the current regulation price of...
Beef
Irish beef farmers are depending on EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan and the Minister for Agriculture,...
CAP / Schemes
The EU Commission has omitted Ireland from its list of member states permitted to make a 70% advance BPS/Greening payment....