Rural Life
Commission told Irish farms 'in desperate situation' on fertiliser price
Representatives from the Directorate General for Agriculture (DG AGRI) of the European Commission have been told that Irish farms are...
Rural Life
Representatives from the Directorate General for Agriculture (DG AGRI) of the European Commission have been told that Irish farms are...
Agri-Business
A coalition of 63 organisations is calling on the European Commission to ringfence funding specifically for plant-based food research. A...
CAP / Schemes
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue has confirmed that his department has published the European Commission’s observation...
Environment
Spreading of the insecticide sulfoxaflor is set to be limited to indoor use only, by the European Commission in the...
Agri-Business
The proposed changes to the EU Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) – which would see larger cattle, pig and poultry farms...
Agri-Business
Copa Cogeca, which lobbies for 22 million European farmers has said that thousands of family livestock farms will be unfairly...
Agri-Business
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has rejected “out of hand” proposals by the European Commission to introduce...
Agri-Business
The official document from the European Commission outlining changes to the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) – that will see more...
Agri-Business
Macra na Feirme is the latest farm organisation to slam proposals from the European Commission to extend an environmental permit...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has officially published a set of proposals to update the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) which, if adopted...
Beef
A proposal from the European Commission to extend the requirement for environmental permits to larger cattle (including dairy) farming would...
Agri Politics
Proposals by the European Commission which seek permits for larger cattle and dairy enterprises “need to be binned”, the president...
Environment
The European Commission is set to propose that farms with 100 cows or more will require permits, as part of...
Environment
The European Commission authorised four genetically modified crops for use in food and animal feed today (April 1). Three genetically...
CAP / Schemes
EU member states are being asked to review their Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) Strategic Plans in light of the Russian...
Agri-Business
The European Commission has carried out unannounced inspections of companies in Germany involved in the supply, transmission and storage of...
Agri Politics
Measures by the European Commission to address food security concerns will not fix the crisis and are not a “gift...
Agri-Business
The EU needs to move “even faster to reshape” its energy system and end its dependency on Russian energy as...