Beef News
EU officially registers Irish Grass Fed Beef PGI
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, November 29) announced that the application for...
Beef News
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Wednesday, November 29) announced that the application for...
Agri-Business
European Commissioner Mairead McGuinness is confident that Ireland can maintain a nitrates derogation threshold of 220kg of organic nitrogen (N)/ha....
Agri Politics
The EU Commissioner for the Environment, Virginijus Sinkevicius, who will visit Ireland later this week, has indicated that there could...
Environment
Rewetting of drained peatlands will be voluntary for farmers under the proposed Nature Restoration Law, Irish MEP Mick Wallace has...
Agri-Business
European Commissioner Mairéad McGuinness will deliver the Michael Dillon Memorial Lecture at the K Club on Friday (November 24). The...
Agri-Business
A Fine Gael senator has claimed that over 40,000 cows could potentially be slaughtered if the European Commission does not...
Beef News
The Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers’ Association (ICMSA) has said that the success of the protected geographical indication (PGI) status for...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) is urging MEPs to oppose the proposed EU Nature Restoration Law when...
Agri-Business
The EU Council and EU Parliament reached provisional political agreement last night (Thursday, November 9) on the controversial Nature Restoration...
Agri-Business
The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association (INHFA) has issued a last minute plea to the European Commission to carry...
Agri-Business
The EU Commissioner for the Environment Virginijus Sinkevicius is to visit Ireland later this month, Minister for Agriculture, Food and...
Agri-Business
A call has been made for the introduction of an “ad hoc” financial support mechanism by the EU for farmers...
Tillage News
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) is calling on the government to use over €9.5 million in funding from the EU...
Agri Politics
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Tim Cullinan is not happy at what he regards as the politicisation of the nitrates...
Agri-Business
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Janusz Wojciechowski, has said that farmers will benefit from a proposed EU regulation on late...
Environment
The EU Commissioner for the Environment is currently exploring options to ensure that “no animals will be slaughtered or herds...
Agri-Business
The European Commissioner for the Environment Virginijus Sinkevicius believed that postponing a reduction in Ireland’s nitrates derogation would have resulted...
Dairy News
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has said that it is “bitterly disappointed” at the European Commission’s decision on Ireland’s...