CAP / Schemes
'No excuses left for BPS payment delays'
With a total of 87% of farmers submitting their application to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) online in 2017, Pat...
CAP / Schemes
With a total of 87% of farmers submitting their application to the Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) online in 2017, Pat...
Beef
Farmers are ‘justifiably concerned‘ following the news of Dawn Meats proposed takeover of Dunbia, according to the Irish Creamery and Milk...
Agri-Business
Following a meeting to discuss the proposed establishment of Glanbia Ireland, John Comer, President of the Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers...
Dairy
Only farmers’ margins are wiped out in a price downturn, according to the Chairperson of the Irish Creamery and Milk...
Agri-Business
Recent calls by a French farm leader for the introduction of a ‘hard’ border between the Republic of Ireland and...
Dairy
The European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture has voted in favour of a voluntary volume reduction programme. This is said to be...
Dairy
Ahead of dairy processors announcing their milk prices for April supplies this week, and into next week, the IFA (Irish...
Dairy
There is a strong possibility that the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) will call on the dairy co-ops to increase milk...
Agri-Business
ICMSA President John Comer has welcomed the strong indications from Brussels that the needs of Ireland will be put centre...
Beef
The idea of progressing with Mercosur trade talks has been deemed reckless by the President of the Irish Creamery and...
CAP / Schemes
Some 552 payments under GLAS 1 or GLAS 2 have been made in the past two weeks, according to figures...
Beef
The new Bord Bia Sustainable Beef and Lamb Assurance Scheme (SBLAS) must deliver better price returns back to farmers, the IFA...
Dairy
A detailed analysis must be carried out to determine the full costs associated with the production of milk in Ireland,...
Environment
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine is ‘failing miserably’ to properly compensate owners of designated land, the ICMSA’s...
Agri-Business
Ireland must look to its own national interest as Article 50 is triggered, the President of the Irish Creamery and Milk...
CAP / Schemes
The ‘complexity’ of the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine’s explanatory document for the BPS and Greening scheme has...
Dairy
Today’s Global Dairy Trade (GDT) event in New Zealand concluded with the price index increasing by 1.7%. IFA Dairy Committee...
Beef
The ICMSA President, John Comer, has confirmed that, at a meeting with EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan, the Irish delegation...