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The Irish government is seeking “unprecedented powers” in the negotiation of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), to force farmers on peatlands and…
“If you are a beef farmer and you are looking at him trying to import 100,000t of untraceable beef from South America, you…
“A minister without a mandate is currently pushing for an end to the convergence of farm payments.” This is according to independent MEP…
Numerous MEP members of the European Parliament’s Agriculture Committee grilled the European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Janusz Wojciechowski over Covid-19 supports for…
The EU’s Agriculture and Rural Affairs Committee will ask for an extension to the period to lodge an objection to a delegated act…
The “dysfunctional nature” of the beef industry in Ireland must be addressed from top to bottom if it is to move forward to…
An Irish MEP has raised fears that the measures included in the EU’s regulations on the €100 million aid fund for the beef…
An Irish MEP has called the Mercosur deal an “abomination” and argued that Europe already has access to the most environmentally sustainable beef…
In a recent meeting with nominee for the president of the European Commission, Ursula von der Leyen, Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan set out his…
The recently announced draft EU/Mercosur trade deal has been described as “the ultimate hypocrisy and betrayal of farmers and the wider rural economy”,…
The ‘draft implementing act’ for the EU’s half of the €100 million beef fund is “targeting” the national suckler herd, according to MEP…
Farmers’ thinking and expectations are being “conditioned” by the “drip feed of information” on the €100 million beef aid fund, according to newly…
Midlands-North West MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan is in the running to hold his seat in the European Parliament, following the election on Friday,…
An independent MEP for the Midlands-North West region has criticised the European Commission on forestry policy that has resulted in a substantial amount…
Unfair trading practices (UTPs) pose “a serious threat” to farmers in the food supply chain and are “ultimately detrimental to all”, MEP Luke…
This Friday, May 4, MEP Luke ‘Ming’ Flanagan will be hosting a conference on generating a livelihood from protected lands in the Bush…
EU Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan’s retail regulation directive on unfair trading practices in the food chain has been described as “an important…
The European Union currently imports a total of 65,000t of Brazilian beef, the European Parliament’s Committee on Agriculture has heard. This week, at…