Agri Politics
Agriculture ministers to meet in September on EU dairy 'crisis'
Following the growing concern about the economic situation in the dairy and in the livestock sectors in certain Member States...
Agri Politics
Following the growing concern about the economic situation in the dairy and in the livestock sectors in certain Member States...
Agri Politics
Odds being laid in Brussels on whether the UK will quit the EU stand at around 1/6 on – which...
Dairy
The average Irish milk price in May was 22% lower than the same month last year at 28.75/100kg. According to...
Agri Politics
The EU Commission is still taking far too long to authorise the use of new genetically modified (GM) maize and...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture Simon Coveney has called for an impact assessment of the European Commission’s proposal for a EU Regulation...
Agri-Business
New measures to protect the intellectual property in certain Irish foods have been brought into law, the Minister for Agriculture, Simon...
Agri Politics
Two genetically modified (GM) crops have received the green light for import into the EU from the European Food Safety...
Beef
Ireland has regained the third place spot on the EU deadweight cattle prices league table, the Livestock and Meat Commission...
Sheep
In 2014, EU gross production of sheep and goat meat increased by 2.5% and, according to the European Commission’s latest outlook,...
Dairy
The continuation of the Russian import ban is translating mainly into lower exports of cheese despite a strong re-direction of trade to...
Pig/Poultry
EU pork prices dropped in the second quarter (Q2) of 2015, with limited exchange rate movements a factor in the...
Tillage
2014/2015 has been confirmed to be an exceptional year for EU sugar production, according to the European Commission. It says...
Agri Politics
Despite many commentators suggesting that meat consumption was negatively effected by the Europe wide recession in recent years. The European...
Beef
Irish exports of beef and veal to the UK in May 2015 were back 350t on the previous May (2014) after...
Agri-Business
Farmers, processors, retailers and consumers can have their say when it comes to country of origin labelling rules to non-prepacked meat,...
Agri Politics
Some €4 billion of EU money is spent every year policing farmers to ensure they obey a litany of complex EU...
Dairy
Despite lower milk prices, EU milk deliveries in 2015 are expected to be nearly 1% above 2014, according to the European...
Agri Politics
Discussions are continuing in Europe over the European Commission’s decision to fine Ireland €181m over land eligibility irregularities. In May...