CEJA president steps down with successor announced January 19, 2021 Agri Politics Jannes Maes has announced that he will step down as CEJA president in order to pursue a new professional opportunity, according to European…
€40m pilot scheme needed for suckler farmers ‘to meet societal demands’ January 8, 2020 Beef Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has been called on by the Irish Natura and Hill Farmers’ Association (INHFA) to…
‘If we are asking farmers to do more they need the resources to do that’ – Minister Creed October 28, 2019 Agri Politics The existing Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for farmers is going to rollover for a period of 12 months. Systems within the various departments…
130,000 pigs culled in Bulgaria due to ASF outbreak August 6, 2019 Pig/Poultry Around 130,000 pigs have killed on large commercial farms in Bulgaria over the past few weeks, amid a “worrying escalation of African swine…
EIB approves €3.4 billion for new investment in business and agriculture May 20, 2019 Agri-Business The board of directors of the European Investment Bank (EIB) approved a total of €3.4 billion of new financing that will strengthen business,…
EU agri-food exports hit record levels following 4 years of increase April 12, 2019 Agri-Business The value of EU agri-food exports in January has increased for the fourth year in a row to hit new record levels, according…
Backstop measures ‘complementary’ to tabled deal – Varadkar March 12, 2019 Agri Politics Taoiseach of Ireland Leo Varadkar has given his backing to the package of legally-binding measures agreed between the European Union and the UK…
Glyphosate debate: ‘If we can’t trust science, what do we base policy on?’ October 13, 2017 Tillage The European debate on glyphosate has led one Irish MEP to question what policy should be based on, if policymakers can’t trust science?…
Butter is better than ever as prices hit a new record high May 17, 2017 Agri-Business Butter prices across Europe have climbed to a record high, with wholesale averages reaching €439 per 100kg last week. The European Commission’s data…
Farm organisations to call for 1c/L hike in milk prices May 4, 2017 Dairy There is a strong possibility that the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) will call on the dairy co-ops to increase milk prices by 1c/L…
Pasta solo! Poor weather sends European tomato prices through the roof May 3, 2017 Agri-Business Spain’s summer glut of tomatoes is so immense that one town in the province of Valencia holds the Tomatina, a glorious festival of…
Spanish holding to become Europe’s largest dairy farm with 20,000 cows April 15, 2017 Dairy A farm under construction in the province of Soria in Spain is planning to have a 20,000-cow milking capacity which, if it goes…
European bird flu outbreaks ‘shouldn’t worry’ Irish poultry producers November 12, 2016 Pig/Poultry Irish poultry producers shouldn’t be worried about recent outbreaks of bird flu across Europe, according to the Chairman of the IFA’s Poultry Committee…
Over 27,000 birds destroyed due to bird flu outbreaks in Europe November 6, 2016 Over 27,000 birds have died or have been destroyed in EU Member States due to several cases of highly pathogenic avian influenza, according…
Less than 2% of land used for organic farming in Ireland October 26, 2016 Organic farming made up just 1.6% of the available agricultural land in Ireland in 2015, the second lowest in Europe, the latest Eurostat figures…
Europe leads the world in dairy processing investments April 12, 2016 Dairy Europe has led the world in investment in the dairy processing industry over the past three years. Since 2012 €4.4 billion has been…
A forest the size of Sligo and Leitrim is needed to tackle Ireland’s global warming targets December 15, 2015 Environment Growing a forest the size of the entire of Sligo and Leitrim would allow Ireland meet its 2030 global warming targets, according to Institute…
‘Pat Smith rewarded for unfavourable CAP deal for majority of farmers’ November 28, 2015 Agri-Business The Irish Natura and Hill Farmers Association is calling on the IFA leadership to clarify their position on the outcome the last CAP…
