Opinion
It’s time to put the value of the Basic Payment into context
I am pretty sick and tired of environmental and conservation groups telling us all that we need farm support measures...
EU
Agri-Business
Farmers ‘happy’ with Roundup despite landmark US verdict
A landmark lawsuit in the US linking glyphosate – the key ingredient in Monsanto’s Roundup – to cancer has led to...
Opinion
London remains committed to fundamentally changing farm support in the UK
By all accounts, the UK government remains on track to fundamentally change the nature of the support made available to...
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...
Dairy
Britain’s biggest dairy firm warns of 'dairy dilemma' post-Brexit
Pan-European dairy cooperative Arla Foods says border breakdown could leave UK consumers with less choice and higher prices. Arla Foods...
Sheep
Texels could provide tremendous potential for post-Brexit profitability
Sheep farmers are being reminded of the added-value opportunity that exists from using pedigree Texel rams across their flocks beyond...
Agri-Business
UK proposes free trade relationship in Brexit white paper
The Government has published its long-anticipated Brexit white paper earlier today, proposing the establishment of a free trade area for...
Agri-Business
General welcome for action on unfair trading practices
Italian MEP Paolo De Castro has presented his draft report on the proposed Directive to fight unfair trading practices in...
Opinion
Farming needs Brexit certainty ...and it needs it right now
As soon as Theresa May gets the bones of a Brexit deal across the line with her ministerial colleagues, then...
Agri-Business
Copa-Cogeca celebrates International Co-operatives Day in Brussels
Together with EU Farm Commissioner Phil Hogan and MEPs, the European farm co-operative organisation Copa-Cogeca are celebrating he United Nations’ International...
Arable
Rothamsted draws down EU research funding
Rothamsted Research has drawn down European Union (EU) funding, which will kick-start a new programme of agricultural innovation at the...
Environment
Copa and Cogeca says 'smart farming' offers ways to save on water resources
Copa and Cogeca has underlined the great strides that European farmers and cooperatives have made in improving the quality of...
Sheep
Calls to revitalise EU sheep sector or risk facing a 'rural exodus'
Copa and Cogeca, the combined umbrella grouping that represents the views of farmers within the European Union (EU), has drawn...
Agri Politics
EU report to tackle unfair trading practices in the food chain
Copa and Cogeca is supporting the European Parliament’s draft report on the EU Commission’s plan to fight unfair trading practices...
Agri-Business
More than 1,600 EU vets so far respond to second RCVS Brexit survey
Over 1,600 EU-qualified veterinary surgeons and veterinary nurses have already responded to a second survey by the Royal College of...
N.Ireland
Northern Ireland could continue getting EU funding post-Brexit
Northern Ireland should continue getting EU regional funds post-2020, when the Brexit transition period ends, the Regional Development Committee stated...
N.Ireland
Biosecurity: Big issues facing post-Brexit disease control
Brexit could be an opportunity to bolster the UK’s biosecurity efforts – but much could be at stake if the...
N.Ireland
Confusion risks NI being shoehorned into English farm policies
Northern Ireland risks seeing major agricultural policies designed with rural England in mind shoe-horned into its post-Brexit legislation, Queen’s University...
