Agri-Business
MEPs call for incentives to promote organic farming
MEPs on the EU’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development today (Thursday, March 31) recommended that support is given to...
Agri-Business
MEPs on the EU’s Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development today (Thursday, March 31) recommended that support is given to...
Agri-Business
MEP for Ireland South and Fine Gael’s leader in the European Parliament, Sean Kelly, has expressed his optimism about the...
Agri-Business
The Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS) has welcomed amendments to proposed new EU animal transport rules as “realistic” and “practical”. The...
Dairy
Following the result of votes today (Thursday, January 20) in the European Parliament on proposed animal transport regulations, one of...
Dairy News
MEPs have voted to reject the strictest regulations contained in a set of proposals to tighten rules in animal transport....
Agri Politics
A delegation from the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) led by president Tim Cullinan is in Strasbourg today (Wednesday, January 19)...
Agri Politics
Fine Gael MEP, Colm Markey, has urged his colleagues in the European Parliament to reject proposals to, effectively, ban the...
Agri Politics
The Agriculture and Rural Development Committee of the European Parliament will hold its first meeting of the new year today...
Agri Politics
Following today’s (Friday October 23) vote on the EU farm policy reform, the Chairperson of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee...
Agri Politics
The President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, has announced that Mairead McGuinness will become Ireland’s new European...
Agri Politics
The EU Agriculture Committee has approved the first batch of proposals to improve EU farm policy under the Common Agricultural...
Agri Politics
Moving forward with the post-2020 EU farm policy reform is the main priority of the Romanian Council Presidency, members of...
Agri-Business
As the Brexit vote in the UK is imminent, MEP for the midlands north-west region Matt Carthy has warned of...
Agri Politics
The European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee will this evening (October 1) vote on measures to stop ‘Unfair Trading Practices’ (UTPs) in...
CAP / Schemes
A dispute over which of the European Parliament committees has control over drafting the European Parliament’s position on the reform...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has hinted that an agreement on the long-awaited Mercosur trade deal will be reached by the end...
Rural Life
Awareness about food fraud has risen ever since the horse meat scandal in 2013 – yet the number of food...
Rural Life
Ireland will gain two extra MEP seats following the departure of the UK from the EU, along with its European...