Agri Politics
Former Oireachtas committee chairman Pat Deering has announced his candidacy for the Seanad by-election on the Seanad Agricultural panel.
Outgoing TD and chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture Pat Deering has confirmed he will run for a seat in Seanad Éireann.
Tillage
In November 2017, Pat Deering TD and chairperson of the Joint Committee on Agriculture, released a report on the future of the tillage sector in Ireland.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has confirmed it will reconvene tomorrow, Wednesday, September 4.
Agri-Business
From a farmer's point of view, the key thing is that the Climate Action Plan will be based on principles set out in the Teagasc roadmap.
Environment
Agricultural elements of the Government's climate action plan are expected to be largely based on Teagasc's Emissions Roadmap.
Beef
A meeting is set to take place tomorrow in government buildings to begin hearings on the future of the beef sector.
Fine Gael TD Pat Deering has said that Fianna Fail's response to the Government's Brexit policies has been "disappointing".
The proposed directive on UTPs is set to be the key focus of tomorrow's meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Agriculture Committee.
Fine Gael TD Pat Deering is "looking forward" to the National Ploughing Championships arriving in his native Co. Carlow next year.
Announcement on the much-anticipated low-cost loan scheme is imminently expected, the chairman of the Oireachtas Agriculture Committee says.
There is reportedly a "general unhappiness" among Ireland's pedigree beef breed societies with the structure of the board of the ICBF.
Farmers shouldn't need to apologise for calling for an increase in the CAP budget, according to the president of the IFA Joe Healy.
Forestry
Payment issues around Coillte farm partnerships are set to go under the microscope at a meeting of the Joint Committee on Agriculture.
The Coillte payment fiasco is set to be examined by the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
The large crowd in attendance at the IGGG's public meeting sent a message to the government that the tillage sector needs support.
A revival of the sugar beet industry may be in the pipeline as a new factory site is being considered on the Carlow-Kildare border.
Beet was a hot topic in the report on the future of Irish tillage. Pat Deering stated that a visibility study was needed on the the industry.
Fine Gael TD Pat Deering stopped short of saying the the EU's €11m fund will be used to fund low-cost loans for Irish farmers.
Carlow/ Kilkenny TD Pat Deering has been appointed Chairman of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture.
