Agri Politics
Bluetongue in France; 1.3m doses of vaccine made available
There has been an outbreak of bluetongue in a sheep and cattle herd in Allier, France, the department of agriculture in...
Agri Politics
There has been an outbreak of bluetongue in a sheep and cattle herd in Allier, France, the department of agriculture in...
Sheep
The EU imported 1% more sheepmeat in the first half of 2015 compared to the first half of 2014, according...
Agri Politics
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said this week there is a need to break up some retail oligopolies in Europe....
Agri Politics
In the first half of the year, EU beef and veal imports were up 3% on the same period last...
Agri Politics
Any extra funds for farmers as a result of the crisis Farm Council meeting in Brussels this week will have...
Beef
Ireland remains in fifth place on the EU deadweight cattle prices league table, latest figures from the Livestock and Meat...
Agri Politics
Farmers and ICOS are disappointed that there was no announcement to ‘review’ intervention prices among the package of measures by...
Opinion
The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers across the EU are to be welcomed. The outcomes of...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Simon Coveney, has called for immediate clarification on how a €500 million aid package for European...
Agri Politics
The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers include the facility for Member States to advance up to...
Agri Politics
Over 6,000 angry farmers have gathered from across Europe to a mass Brussels protest in advance of key meeting of...
Agri Politics
The European Commission has presented a €500m comprehensive package of measures to support European farmers in Brussels today. The proposals...
Agri Politics
The UK could be set to leave the EU, according to the result of a recent poll announced this weekend....
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Simon Coveney has called on the EU Commission to deliver a comprehensive...
Agri Politics
Thousands of farmers have descended on Brussels today ahead of an ‘Extraordinary’ meeting of EU Agriculture Ministers this afternoon. Following...
Agri Politics
French farmers are continuing to protest against the low prices they are receiving for their produce. Today (September 3) over...
Agri Politics
The EU agriculture committee has rejected the European Commission’s draft law that would give Member States the power to restrict or...
Agri Politics
Fed-up Irish dairy, grain and pig farmers took to the streets of Dublin recently to protest about the low prices...