Agri Politics
EU citizens waste almost 50m tonnes of food each year
EU citizens waste almost 50m tonnes of food every year and it could be avoided, according to research by the...
Agri Politics
EU citizens waste almost 50m tonnes of food every year and it could be avoided, according to research by the...
Dairy
Irish dairy farms are producing milk less efficiently than was the case prior to the abolition of milk quotas, according...
Agri Politics
Just over one year ago, the Russian Govenment announced an embargo on imports of a range of agricultural products from the...
Dairy
It will take at least two years for the European Commission to secure changes to the current dairy intervention price...
Tillage
There are good prospects for the 2015/2016 world cereal harvest, the European Commission has said in its Short-term Outlook. Recent...
Agri Politics
Two genetically modified (GM) crops have received the green light for import into the EU from the European Food Safety...
Dairy
The continuation of the Russian import ban is translating mainly into lower exports of cheese despite a strong re-direction of trade to...
Tillage
The European Commission has increased its estimates for both maize and barley production in 2015/16 in its latest balance sheet and...
Agri Politics
Agreement on genetically modified organisms (GMOs) for import as food and feed hasn’t been reached in the European Union since 2003....
Agri Politics
Voluntary labelling rules regarding country of origin on dairy products seem to be the most suitable solution to the issue...
Agri Politics
The way is now clear for Brussels to introduce a raft of CAP simplification measures later this year, according to...
Agri-Business
A combination of EU import tariffs, and an industry that is vertically integrated, is acting to keep European fertiliser prices...
Pig/Poultry
There is scope to increase Irish farm gate pig prices by a further 8c/kg on the back of recent currency...
Tillage
The EU Commission has approved 50% EU co-funding for ‘Potato Potential’, a €4.3m programme to promote potatoes on the Irish and UK...
Agri Politics
It has been proposed that payments to farmers are to be cut by 1.39% next year in order to provide...
Agri Politics
The new funding measures for agriculture announced earlier this week by the European Investment Bank (EIB) will provide a unique...
Agri-Business
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has written formally to his counterpart in the Competition directorate – Alexander Italianer – expressing...
Agri Politics
The introduction of measures to streamline the new CAP support measures will be a relatively straightforward process, according to EU...