Environment
In a move that will help tackle one of the "biggest and most solvable contributors to the climate...
Dairy
EU Commission refuses all prices offered at the latest skimmed milk powder (SMP) intervention tender event
Agri-Business
An increased budget of €133m has been allocated for 2017 to promote EU agri products outside and inside the EU and to continue finding new markets.
There has been a drop in the volumes of skimmed milk powder (SMP) Member States are offering to the public intervention system.
EU
European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker has appointed Michel Barnier as Chief Negotiator in charge Brexit
Reports in Brussels suggest the European Commission will propose that the commonly used glyphosate be re-approved for nine years.
New proposals to lessen the cost of organic certification for small scale producers form part of an EU Commission regulation on organic production and labelling according to Mairead McGuinness, Fine Gael MEP.
The price paid to producers for putting milk into public intervention stores barely covers 60% of dairy production costs
Simplification of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is a key first priority for EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan.
Concerns were expressed by EU Agriculture Ministers at this weeks council meeting over the EU Commission proposal to cut support in the EU agriculture sector in the 2015 budget.
European Ministers for Agriculture will discuss issues facing young farmers at a Council meeting in Brussels today.
A coalition of European non-governmental organisations have called on Phil Hogan, the designated European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development to advocate sustainable family farming.
Commissioner-Designate for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan has announced this mornind that he is to appointment Limerick man Peter Power his head Head of Cabinet.
The decision to designate Phil Hogan as the next EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development is testament to his considerable experience and abilities according to Taoiseach Enda Kenny
Jean-Claude Juncker has told Phil Hogan that he believes the CAP is a vehicle to deliver future food security and jobs in Europe.
