Agri-Business
'Rushing deal for sake of a deadline is inappropriate'
The lack of progress on EU-Mercosur trade negotiations at the weekend “doesn’t mean we can take our eye off talks”,...
Agri-Business
The lack of progress on EU-Mercosur trade negotiations at the weekend “doesn’t mean we can take our eye off talks”,...
Beef
The beef sector cannot be sacrificed in favour of pushing through the ‘toxic‘ Mercosur deal, according to the president of...
Agri-Business
Mercosur is reportedly prepared to offer the EU a streamlined rate of cutting import tariffs – but will look for...
Opinion
I sense that Phil Hogan is about to do a Pontius Pilate impression and conveniently wash his hands of the...
Agri Politics
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, earlier today expressed his concern about a Mercosur trade deal...
Opinion
A Mercosur trade deal is only one of the threats facing the Irish livestock industry at the present time. The...
Agri-Business
Farmers should admit that beef prices are quite strong at the moment, given the current situation we find ourselves in...
Other
The impact of the Mercosur free-trade deal on Irish beef farmers was high on the agenda during Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s first...
Beef
Speaking to an Oireachtas Committee on the Future of Europe yesterday (Wednesday, October 4), Macra na Feirme President James Healy...
Beef
Irish and European farmers are being “thrown to the wolves” when it comes to the Mercosur deal, according to the...
Beef
Hundreds of farmers from across the country have joined an IFA protest against the Mercosur trade deal outside the EU...
Beef
Reports that the European Commission is set to offer a 70,000t beef quota at this week’s Mercosur talks in Brasilia...
Environment
MEP Mairead McGuinness has warned the Mercosur trade deal will pose “a huge cost to rural Europe” as “uproar” over...
Beef
Farmers’ groups have reacted angrily to reports of a 70,000t offer already decided upon in the EU Commission’s Mercosur trade...
Beef
The EU beef market is being sacrificed for the sake of the Mercosur trade deal, according to Cormac Healy of...
Beef
Irish beef farmers are depending on EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan and the Minister for Agriculture,...
Opinion
Forget Brexit: the real challenge facing the Irish livestock industry over the coming months will be that of ensuring that...
Beef
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan was in talks with IFA (Irish Farmers’ Association) President Joe Healy and National...