Opinion
Farmers and the National Living Wage...is it possible to keep everyone happy?
There has been a lot of talk this week about the possible impact of increases in the National Living Wage...
Common Agricultural Policy
N.Ireland
New CAP review procedures to come into force
New procedures for Northern Irish farmers applying for a ‘review of decisions‘ under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will come...
N.Ireland
UK farm subsidies to be dealt out on ‘environmental merit’ after Brexit
The UK Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs will outline the future of income support for...
Agri-Business
Brussels hosts conference on future of CAP
Brussels will hear European farmers’ views on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) in a conference taking place...
EU
Commission wants the public to have its say on the future of CAP
The European Commission wants the public to have its say on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as...
EU
Hogan confirms October pay out of EU aid package
All EU aid monies will be paid out to farmers by the end of October, according to European Agriculture Commissioner...
EU
European farmers warn Hogan new CAP could be a bureaucratic monster
The reformed Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) could become a bureaucratic monster the new EU Agriculture Commissioner Hogan has been warned. European...
EU
‘Today’s farmers are new Renaissance men’
“Today’s farmers are new Renaissance men: they must possess the right mix of science, economics, entrepreneurialism, and environmental awareness to...
Agri-Business
Dublin student wins Holy Cow! competition
Dublin student Martinn Cousins, from Crumlin, has won Agri Aware’s Holy Cow! competition. The competition was part of the ‘Follow...
Opinion
Is the CAP falling apart at the seams?
Two months ago, EU Farm Commissioner Dacian Ciolos referred to the steps taken by him to provide support for those...
EU
Taoiseach has no doubt Hogan is equal Agriculture Commissioner task
In nominating Phil Hogan to the European Commission, the Taoiseach asked President-elect Jean-Claude Juncker to give him a role that...
EU
Hogan told of his priorities
Courtesy of his letter confirming Phil Hogan’s nomination as Europe’s new Farm Commissioner, EU Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has told...
Sheep
Commonage farmers won’t accept collective agreements as over 1,700 attend meeting
Commonage farmers will not accept collective agreements as a measure to gain entry into the new GLAS scheme, according to...
EU
Ciolos calls meeeting to discuss Russian ban & support for affected sectors
Dacian Ciolos, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, has called for a meeting of agricultural experts across Europe...
EU
Draft RDP plan includes €395m for On Farm Capital Investment
Included in the final detail of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme (RDP), 2014-2020, announced today by the Minister for Agriculture, Food...
Arable
€250/ha available for growing protein crops under new measures
Some €250/ha will be available to tillage farmers to grow protein crops, according to the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the...
Agri-Business
Who will be the next EU Farm Commissioner?
There now seems every likelihood that the Romanian politician Dacian Cioloş will be asked to serve a second consecutive term...
Beef
Farmers must be paid realistic prices for beef
Emotions were running high in the tent used to host the forum discussion at the Beef 2014 event, held at...
