Agri Politics
Fairer food-chain laws progress further in Brussels
Political agreement on a new set of rules on unfair trading practices in the food-supply chain has been ratified by...
Agri Politics
Political agreement on a new set of rules on unfair trading practices in the food-supply chain has been ratified by...
Agri Politics
Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) president Joe Healy has said that he will travel to Brussels today, January 16, to meet...
Agri Politics
The tardy roll-out of high-speed rural broadband has the potential to become a major stumbling block for the reform of...
Agri Politics
The EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, has declared his ambition to retain his Brussels portfolio ahead...
Agri Politics
Total greenhouse gas emissions from the transport sector – including carbon dioxide, methane and nitrous oxide – have “gone through...
Agri Politics
Carbon emissions will be the new quota system for the future of Irish farming, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and...
Agri-Business
Phil Hogan, EU commissioner for agriculture, has talked-up the creation of a digital single market, and the digitisation of European...
Agri Politics
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, has rejected the European Court of Auditors’ searing opinion on his...
Agri-Business
Agriculture is “not being unfairly targeted” in the ongoing challenge to reduce Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions, the EU Commissioner for...
Agri Politics
It is “almost inevitable” that changes will be made to the proposed legislation on reforming the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, stated that “intense negotiations” lie ahead regarding the final decision...
CAP / Schemes
The EU budget and the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget post-2020 were discussed at length today in...
CAP / Schemes
The European Commission was left with “no option” other than to cut the Pillar II budget under the Common Agricultural...
CAP / Schemes
This morning the European Commission published its legislative proposals for the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020 – which includes a...
Agri Politics
Proposals to cap direct payments at €60,000 means the “average farmer” with 40ha or less should not be affected by...
Agri-Business
The proposed 5% reduction to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget is a “very fair outcome” for farmers, EU Commissioner for Agriculture...
CAP / Schemes
The deficit that will be left in the European budget as a result of Brexit will mean that an increase...
CAP / Schemes
Entitlement and reference years have been deemed “barriers to entry” for young farmers, according to the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and...