Rural Life
Farmers are in the mindset that they should get paid to carry out environmental improvements, according to Donal Sheehan, project manager at the Biodiversity Regeneration in a Dairying Environment BRIDE) project.
Environment
A report published today recommended that Ireland introduces "emissions pricing" to complement subsidies to accelerate decarbonisation.
EU-funded subsidies in Ireland rose by €194 million euro in 2023, a rise of 144% on the figure...
Consolidations in the food industry and large food retailers have put downward pressure on the values of what farmers produce, result...
Opinion
There are no two more intertwined but seemingly unrelated topics in the EU currently than electric vehicles (EV) and cows.
Agri-Business
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine has defended the stance of the EU, amid trade tensions with China over some dairy products.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue said he will engage with the European Commission on the Chinese dairy subsidy investigation.
N.Ireland
The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) is being urged to rethink...
An environmental lobby group has called for future subsidies to encourage biodiversity instead of rewarding intensive food production.
Payments for intact tails and better housing could be made as part of new 'green' farm subsidies planned for the UK.
UK subsidy changes could "free up £150 million for the environment and other public goods", a consultation launched today has said.
Fewer inspections; maintaining soil quality, clean rivers and wildlife habitats; and open days could all be rewarded in UK subsidy plans.
The UK's agriculture secretary Michael Gove is expected to reveal more on his plans for post-Brexit policy at tomorrow's NFU conference.
A new entitlement register service is now available on online to allow farmers and agents to view all entitlements held by their business.
Ulster farmers are becoming sickened with Brexit talk, Ulster Farmers' Union deputy president Ivor Ferguson told journalists on Monday.
Ulster Unionist MEP Jim Nicholson has called on the UK government to "ring-fence" future farm payments for Northern Ireland.
Former Lib Dem leader Tim Farron has hit out at comments made by Michael Gove at the Oxford Farming Conference saying they are "insulting...
Agri Politics
Northern farmers will be better off this year as exchange rate fluctuations add around 5% to the value of their farm subsidies.
Farmers in Northern Ireland will have to brace themselves for a fundamental change regarding the way in which subsidies are made available
In 2015, net subsidies accounted for 52.6% of agricultural income (operating surplus) at State level, new figures from the CSO show.
Dairy
Farm subsidies have resulted in Irish dairy farmers propping-up other farmers around Europe who should be allowed to fail.
Net subsidies accounted for 78.1% of farm incomes in the Border, Midland and Western (BMW) region in 2014, figures from the Central Statistics Office (CSO) show.
