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‘Irish Cream’ and ‘Irish Whiskey’ secure GI status in China

November 6, 2019

The EU and China have concluded negotiations on a bilateral agreement to protect 100 European Geographical indications (GI) in China and 100 Chinese…

EU 27 agree to UK request for Brexit ‘flextension’

October 28, 2019

Agri Politics

The 27 EU member states have agreed to a request from the UK for a further extension to Brexit departure day until the…

Producer organisations ‘strengthen farmer position in chain’ – EU study

October 23, 2019

Agri-Business

Producer organisations (POs) and associations of producer organisations (APOs) help to strengthen farmers’ position in the food supply chain while providing technical assistance…

Creed stresses need for EU budget to support CAP climate ambition

September 24, 2019

Agri Politics

The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, has reiterated calls for the EU’s ambitions in relation to climate action to…

‘The policy on national emissions targets is not working’ – Colm McCarthy

September 6, 2019

Environment

The policy on national emissions targets hasn’t worked – it dates back to the Koyto agreement in 1992 and we are still having…

‘As far as the people of this area are concerned the DUP is not interested’

September 1, 2019

N.Ireland

Apart from workers here having to apply for certain status [because of Brexit] there is now also the economic viability of actually working…

EU Commission rejects criticism of EU-US beef agreement

August 9, 2019

Beef

The European Commission has rejected claims that the agreement between the EU and the US on beef trade is a “backdoor arrangement” or…

EU and US sign agreement on imports of hormone-free beef

August 4, 2019

Beef

The EU and US have signed an agreement reviewing the functioning of an existing quota to import hormone-free beef into the EU. The…

EU elections: ‘Eurosceptic’ gains not as dominant as predicted

May 27, 2019

Agri-Business

So-called ‘Eurosceptic’ and ‘populist’ parties have put in a strong performance in a number of EU member states in the 2019 European elections,…

How much protein does the EU produce and use?

May 23, 2019

Beef

The EU published the EU Feed Protein Balance Sheet for 2017/2018 this week. A total of 85 million tonnes of crude protein were…

Kent eyes up agricultural advisor role in Brussels

April 25, 2019

Agri Politics

Patrick Kent, who has stepped down from his long-held position as president of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA), now has…

EU delegation visits Wicklow uplands to see the SUAS project

April 23, 2019

Rural Life

Last week, Wicklow Uplands Council’s Sustainable Uplands Agri-environment Scheme (SUAS) project hosted a field trip for a delegation of 60 participants from 22 of…