Agri Politics
ICSA calls for additional powers for Agri-Food Regulator
The Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers’ Association (ICSA) has called for additional powers to be granted to the Agri-Food Regulator...
Joe Healy
Agri-Business
Food regulator seeks further powers as some retailers 'not engaging'
A letter from the Agri-Food Regulator (An Rialálaí Agraibhia) has been sent to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
Agri-Food Regulator publishes three-year strategy
The Agri-Food Regulator (An Rialálaí Agraibhia) has today (Thursday, June 20) published its inaugural strategy statement setting out a roadmap...
Agri-Business
Agri-Food Regulator can't tackle below-cost selling - chair
The chair of An Rialálaí Agraibhia (Agri-Food Regulator) office has said that the office cannot tackle below-cost selling of agri...
Agri-Business
Joe Healy announced as chair of food regulator board
The Minister for Agriculture Food and the Marine, Charlie McConalogue has today (Tuesday, November 28) announced his intention to appoint...
Agri-Business
Fertiliser loan scheme with Cultivate to begin on January 31
Cultivate chairman and former president of the Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA), Joe Healy, has confirmed that the organisation’s ‘fertiliser loan’...
Beef
IFA calls for base price rise on back of 'rising EU beef prices'
Factories have been called on to increase the base price of beef on the back of rising cattle prices in...
Agri Politics
BEEP Scheme: IFA calls for extension to November 1 deadline
Calls have been made for the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to extend the November 1...
Agri Politics
New food strategy 'must contain farmer viability targets' - IFA
It has been stressed that “any policy debate about the future of the agricultural sector has to be more farmer...
Dairy
US tariffs on butter and other products 'concerning for farmers'
It has been said that “every effort must be made to try and avoid the US applying proposed tariffs”. The...
Beef
IFA calls for price index to allow farmers pursue 'the full value of stock'
“An accurate price index is essential to arm farmers” with key market information and allow them to pursue the full...
Agri-Business
IFA calls on MII to 'get down off high horse' and enter talks without preconditions
Meat Industry Ireland (MII) has been called on to “get down off its high horse and enter into talks with...
Beef
'There are some beef farmers who also milk dairy cows' - Healy
Farmers who produce both milk and beef off their farms do not always consider themselves as strictly dairy farmers, according...
Beef
Excluding one sector from BEAM is 'wrong-headed' - IFA
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has said that its National Council is “unanimous” on the need for changes to the...
Beef
South American trade deal described as 'hypocrisy'
The president of an Irish farm lobby group has accused the European Commission of “hypocrisy” for doing a trade deal...
Beef
IFA requests Taoiseach's assistance on Mercosur deal intervention
The Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been asked to intervene “at the highest levels in Brussels” to stop an EU/Mercosur trade...
Beef
Age limit removal for exports to Japan 'an important step' - IFA
The announcement today that the 30-month age limit for Irish beef exports to Japan has been removed is “a welcome...
Beef
IFA welcomes EU beef package after 'savage price losses'
In light of the “savage price losses” suffered by beef farmers as a result of Brexit uncertainty, the European Commission’s...