Agri Politics
EC president says commissioners must comply with health guidelines
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says she expects commissioners to be “particularly vigilant about compliance” with...
Agri Politics
President of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, says she expects commissioners to be “particularly vigilant about compliance” with...
Beef
No doubt the debate on how to deliver sustainability for Ireland’s national suckler herd will gather greater momentum over the...
Opinion
The fact that Phil Hogan, Europe’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, believes that a proposed 5% cut in the...
Opinion
Members of the general public would be pretty taken aback, I would assume, if it was pointed out to them...
Opinion
Fine Gael Member of the European Parliament (MEP), Sean Kelly, seems confident that the EU’s Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural...
Opinion
Glanbia could have held off for at least another month in deciding to reduce farmgate milk prices. And, of course,...
Opinion
This week’s talk of degressive support payments to farmers is a distraction from the core issue of how the European...
Opinion
Irish agri-food will, no doubt, be breathing a sigh of relief, given the comments made by Department of Food and...
Opinion
Three years into the job and it looks like Phil Hogan is, at last, making a real impression in his...
Opinion
I sense that Phil Hogan is about to do a Pontius Pilate impression and conveniently wash his hands of the...
Opinion
Irish consumers, north and south, are prepared to pay that little bit more for chicken that has been grown on...
Opinion
Ophelia has come and gone, leaving a trail of weather-related destruction in her wake. Farmers are continuously told that they...
Agri Politics
The European Union’s CAP (Common Agricultural policy) budget may well come under pressure post-Brexit, according to EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil...
Dairy
European Agriculture Ministers meet in Brussels today as Commissioner Hogan is set to unveil a new package of measures to address the...
Agri Politics
European Agriculture Commissioner, Phil Hogan has given his clearest signal yet that any new aid funds for dairy farmers will...
Agri Politics
Dairy farmers must take their responsibility for the continuing increase in production which, given current market conditions, is simply not...
Agri-Business
Michael Creed met with European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, yesterday evening for the first time since...
Agri Politics
The recent positive trade figures news that EU agri-food exports picked up in November last year, must not be confused...