Agri Politics
1 in 4 EU farms disappeared between 2003 and 2013
One in four farms disappeared between 2003 and 2013 in the European Union (EU), figures from Eurostat show. This is...
Agri Politics
One in four farms disappeared between 2003 and 2013 in the European Union (EU), figures from Eurostat show. This is...
Dairy
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has confirmed that the EU dairy aid package will be paid out before the...
Agri Politics
The EU needs a new strategy for the protection and welfare of animals, a non-legislative resolution the European Parliament adopted on...
Agri-Business
The Department of Agriculture has been informed today (Wednesday) by the European Commission, of its decision to exclude a total of €68.9m...
Agri Politics
There have been further outbreaks of Bluetongue in France and the disease has spread to Slovenia and Austria, according to...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has this week published a regulation to reimburse €410m to European farmers. This amount was deducted from...
Agri-Business
New measures announced by the European Commission to simplify CAP including changes to the farm inspections regime should be brought forward...
Agri Politics
No country offered skimmed milk powder (SMP) into intervention for the week ending November 15, 2015, figures from the Milk...
Agri Politics
CAP simplification is part of European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan’s overall strategy to streamline and reduce EU legislation wherever possible....
N.Ireland
Dairy farmers in Northern Ireland and the rest of the UK started to receive their EU aid payments, two weeks...
Beef
Ireland has jumped back into sixth place on the EU deadweight heifer price league table after overtaking Italy. For the...
Agri Politics
European Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan has not confirmed a date for a mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP). Responding...
Agri Politics
After several months of outstanding export performance, the value of EU agri-food exports went down quite significantly in August 2015...
Agri Politics
The Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of legislation to tackle unfair trading practices (UTPs) and...
Agri-Business
A potential exit for Britain from the European Union would be of ‘great concern’ to the Irish meat industry, its representative...
Agri Politics
The European Court of Auditors has highlighted errors in the way Ireland spent EU funds last year with Agriculture most...
Agri Politics
Technical amendments to the EU-New Zealand Agreement on sanitary measures in live animals and animal products have recently been made...
Beef
Ireland continues to hold seventh place on the Livestock and Meat Commission’s (LMC) EU deadweight cattle prices league table. For...