Environment
'The policy on national emissions targets is not working' - Colm McCarthy
The policy on national emissions targets hasn’t worked – it dates back to the Koyto agreement in 1992 and we...
Environment
The policy on national emissions targets hasn’t worked – it dates back to the Koyto agreement in 1992 and we...
Environment
The challenge with sustainability in agriculture is to keep going at the same time as complying with environmental targets in...
Environment
In 2017 agri-food was worth about €12.2 billion to the Irish economy and this increased to €13.5 billion in 2018....
Environment
2016 data indicates that beef contributed 44% of the emissions; dairy – 56%, but by 2030 dairy will be two-thirds...
Agri Politics
Livestock farmers have been reminded that the closing date for the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) scheme is this coming...
Dairy
The evidence from the global milk market is that milk prices for August should be “at least” held, according to...
Agri Politics
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has been called on to immediately hold bilateral talks with the...
CAP / Schemes
The key issue for farmers, following the announcement of payment dates for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) and Areas of Natural...
Beef
A window of opportunity in relation to the beef crisis may have opened up that might allow progress to be...
Dairy
A farm lobby group has claimed that “farmers’ frustrations have reached boiling point on both prices and the question of...
Beef
Concerns around “the eco-disaster that is the Amazon forest fires and the complacency of the Brazilian government” have been described...
Beef
A number of technical changes in the beef sector resulting from the recent talks have been described as “having the...
Dairy
“The 2019 milk-price figures – as published by KPMG – shows a discrepancy of over €8,000 for the first seven months...
Agri Politics
The opening of the Beef Exceptional Aid Measure (BEAM) compensation fund has “only emphasised the unfairness of the decision” to...
Dairy
The difference in July milk prices announced by processors so far this month has been flagged with concern by the...
Agri Politics
The beef talks between Meat Industry Ireland (MII), the Beef Plan Movement, farm organisations and the Department of Agriculture provided...
Dairy
The Glanbia decision to cut its milk price for July supplies is unwarranted and represents “the usual default response of...
Dairy
The price paid to Irish farmers for June milk was over 2c/L behind the EU average, according to the Irish...