Dairy
More details of the EU's Milk Reduction Scheme revealed
Farmers who fail to reduce milk production for the full amount offered (14c/L) under the EU’s Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme will...
Dairy
Farmers who fail to reduce milk production for the full amount offered (14c/L) under the EU’s Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme will...
Dairy
The European Union’s Voluntary Milk Reduction Scheme edges closer to coming into effect at national level following a successful vote...
Dairy
There was a steep drop in offers of skimmed milk powder (SMP) into the public intervention measure for the week...
Beef
A suggestion to limit the journey times of animals that are being brought to slaughter has been shot down by...
Agri Politics
The value of EU agri-food exports for the 12-month period from July 2015 to June 2016 amounted to just over...
Dairy
Last week Ireland offered 2,119t of butter to private storage aid, the second highest amount the State has offered to...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has opened an in-depth probe to assess whether the proposed merger of Dow and DuPont is in...
Dairy
There has been a drop in the volumes of skimmed milk powder (SMP) Member States are offering to the public...
Environment
Glyphosate is unlikely to be carcinogenic to humans, a new report on the herbicide commissioned by the Environmental Protection Authority...
Environment
New rules which restrict the conditions around the use of glyphosate in the European Union are to come into effect in...
Dairy
Global milk production is beginning to stabilise, with the combined milk production of the five key exporting regions, the EU,...
Dairy
Some 24,228t of skimmed milk powder (SMP) has been offered to the public intervention system in the three weeks after...
Agri Politics
The UK’s Minister for Agriculture, Andrea Leadsom, made no commitment to subsidising direct payments to farmers after the UK leaves...
Dairy
More detail of the EU’s new Milk Supply Reduction Scheme has emerged this week. Last week, the Commissioner for Agriculture and...
Agri Politics
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has appointed Michel Barnier as Chief Negotiator in charge of leading the European Commission Negotiations...
Tillage
Crop development and biomass accumulation are mainly above average in Ireland and the UK, but pest and disease pressures remain high,...
Agri Politics
Farmers, more than any other socio-economic group, are most worried about the impact of world trade deals such as the Transatlantic...
Agri Politics
Last week, the European Commission announced that Ireland would receive €11.1m of ring-fenced funding from its new €500m dairy package. The...