Agri-Business
Wheat, vegetable and pork drive EU agri-food exports up year-on-year
Wheat, vegetables and pork exports drove overall EU agri-food exports up in December 2015 on the corresponding month in 2014....
EU
EU
Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in the EU - EFSA
Antimicrobial resistance is on the rise in the EU, with bacteria in humans, food and animals continuing to show resistance...
Dairy
Co-ops oppose any attempts to reintroduce milk quotas by 'the back door'
The Irish Co-operative Society will oppose any attempts to reintroduce milk quotas by the back door in the EU, according to...
EU
EU Ministers discuss milk market crisis at Brussels meeting
EU Agriculture Ministers are meeting in Brussels today with discussions on the current crisis in the dairy and pigmeat sectors...
World News
Pics: Protesting Greek farmers hit police with tomatoes, rocks and shepherd's crooks
Over 800 farmers are protesting outside the Greek Ministry of Agriculture today after the government there introduced further tax increases...
EU
GMOs are being authorised in the EU without Member State support - MEPs
GMOs are being authorised in the EU without the support of Member States, according to MEPs. They said last week...
Dairy
Over 15,000t of dairy product offered to intervention in 2016
Ireland is continuing to offer dairy product into intervention, with 631t offered to the measure in the most recent week....
Pig/Poultry
'Reopening of storage scheme for pigmeat critical for EU market'
The reopening of the private storage aid scheme for pigmeat will be critical for further market support in the EU,...
Dairy
EU extends storage aid for dairy products as markets remain poor
The private storage aid for butter and skimmed milk powder will be extended until September 30, 2016, following the approval...
Other
EU storage aid scheme for pigmeat closed after just 3 weeks
The pigmeat Private Storage Aid Scheme (PSA) open since 4 January 2016 has been closed. The decision comes following a...
Agri-Business
EU agri-food exports rise by €500m in November
The value of EU agri-food exports in November 2015 amounted to €10.9 billion, approximately €500 million higher than in November...
EU
Yellow card system to end some of the stress on farmers - Hogan
The new yellow card CAP simplification measure is to help end some of the stress and anxiety farmers feel when...
Agri-Business
Investigation finds Tesco UK 'intentionally' delayed payments to suppliers
The UK’s new Groceries Code Adjudicator Christine Tacon has told Tesco to introduce significant changes to practices and systems after...
Dairy
Dairy farmers should scrap farm subsidies - New Zealand dairy leader
Subsidies have resulted in Irish dairy farmers propping-up other farmers around Europe who should be allowed to fail. That’s according...
N.Ireland
Payment details of North’s 2016 ANC scheme announced
The 2016 Areas of Natural Constraint (ANC) Scheme payment details for farmers in Northern Ireland have been announced by the Minister...
Beef
Farmers urged not to risk importing bluetongue
Farmers have been warned not to let their guard down in the fight against Bluetongue disease. Ulster Farmers Union (UFU)...
EU
New CAP measures do not go far enough for farmers - Carthy
While the announced simplification of the CAP measures is a step in the right direction – they are still inadequate,...
Dairy
UV-treated milk is safe, says European Food Safety Authority
Milk treated with ultraviolet (UV) radiation after pasteurisation has been deemed ‘safe’ under the intended conditions of use as specified by the...
