Agri Politics
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will this week continue discussions on the Common Agricultural Policy.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will this week continue discussions on...
Environment
A significant number of farmers are being denied access to critical information on how to improve water quality according to the ACA.
Tillage
The gap between total "costs and product prices" is driving tillage farmers to exit the sector, TDs and senators have been warned.
An Oireachtas Committee has voiced "deep concerns" about the European Commission’s plans to reform the next Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
Agri-Business
Stakeholders in Ireland are "broadly in agreement" that "stability and certainty for farmers should...
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will hold discussions on farm safety, mental...
More funding may be needed to compensate the "forgotten farmers", Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Martin Heydon has confirmed.
Minister Heydon has said he "can't afford not to act" as he puts together a "very strong business case" for extra TB funding.
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) cannot yet provide a clear timeline for a new TB control plan.
Representatives from DAFM and the TB 2030 Stakeholder Forum will go before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture.
Only 85 out of some 85,000 veterinary prescriptions lodged on the new NVPS were purchased from a licenced merchant or pharmacist.
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, and Food will hear from stakeholder bodies in the veterinary sector this week.
Rural Life
Minister Heydon has said he "absolutely wants" to incorporate the issue of women in agriculture into Ireland's EU council presidency.
Minister Heydon will appear in a public meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine today.
The 14 members of the new influential joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food which shadows the work of DAFM have been confirmed.
