Brazil’s backsliding on Amazon conservation under right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and a likely Peronist return to power in Argentina could delay or even derail ratification of an EU-Mercosur trade...
A two-year delay in the introduction of the next CAP programme has not been ruled out by the Department of Agriculture.
The U.S. government will pay American farmers hurt by the trade war with China between $15 and $150 per acre in an aid package totaling $16...
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan came under fire from Irish MEPs on “Armageddon” Mercosur deal at the first meeting of the new EU Parliament Agri committee.
Up to 2,500 farmers marched on Leinster House to protest against the EU's Mercosur trade deal amid fears it will devastate the beef industry.
Farming organisations are calling on Phil Hogan to seek a review of the EU Commission's position on Mercosur.
From vetting every Mercosur farm before its produce is allowed to enter the EU market to kicking farms and, ultimately, countries out of...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has promised to protect the interests of Irish beef farmers even if the controversial EU-Mercosur deal is ratified.
Fresh concerns on the finalising of the CAP post 2020 have been raised by Ireland South MEP, Sean Kelly as the new parliament are set to meet for the first time tomorrow.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted that Ireland alone cannot block a new EU trade deal that threatens to devastate the Irish beef industry -...
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted Ireland cannot block a new trade deal that threatens to devastate the Irish beef industry - and has not ruled out backing the plan.
CAP budget cuts could become a reality if EU countries aren’t ambitious on the environment, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said.
EU officials are becoming increasingly frustrated at the deadlock in post-2020 farming talks.
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and three other European leaders have sent a letter to EU Commission President Jean Claude Junker highlighting their...
A Mercosur deal could be agreed by the end of next week if the right circumstances are in place, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
EU Member States today agreed to a proposal from the European Commission to make €50 million available to Irish beef farmers, which can be matched by national funds to reach a maximum...
An agreement on a common approach to the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy is set to be further delayed as Member States seek clarity on the policy's future budget.
Lump sum payments for older farmers who permanently transfer their holding to young farmers has been suggested by EU Agriculture...
European farmers are back on the offensive as a trade deal with the South American Mercosur bloc inches closer.
The European Parliament elections, to be held this Friday in Ireland, and taking place across the EU from the 23-26 May, will be hugely significant in...
Having banned unfair trading practices and improved producer cooperation, the Commission is today presenting the third element to improve...
The Irish agri sector needs to restore public trust as climate change is the “single biggest issue” across Irish doorways in the run up to the EU elections, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
The European Union intends to keep agriculture off the agenda in its trade talks with the United States and continues to support rules-based, open and predictable international commerce, the EU’s...
EU election season has kicked off, with climate change and the EU's post-Brexit future looming large in the campaign.
The EU Parliament wound up its current term in office last week by backing voter-friendly moves to improve food quality and pesticide approvals. But the future of the Common Agricultural Policy...
Agricultural trade between the European Union and the rest of the world has doubled since 2002, according to a new EuroStat report
Commissioner Phil Hogan has told EU Agriculture Ministers that there is an urgent need for farmers to do more for the environment and that if Ministers sent a clear signal that climate and the...
European Union countries gave initial clearance on Thursday to start formal trade talks with the United States, EU sources said, a move designed but...
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has defended his proposal for 75pc income convergence as part of his post-2020 farm reform plans.
The Agriculture Committee approved the last batch of proposals to improve EU farm policy so that it better meets farmers’ and consumers’ expectations.
Farmers will be granted EU support measures in the event of a no-deal Brexit, subject to "budgetary constraints", the Commission has said.
European Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said that he remains hopeful that common sense might prevail in relation Brexit but remained...
The European Union will immediately introduce customs checks and import duties in the event of a “no deal” Brexit, erecting barriers to British exports ranging from cars to farm produce and...
ICOS has raised concerns over the planned “Production Curbing System” proposed by Agriculture MEP's in the reform of the Common...
The EU parliament’s Agriculture Committee has voted in favour of 100pc convergence of payments under CAP Post 2020 reforms.
All attention last week was focused on the Brexit agenda, and rightly so, for there is much at stake, both for Ireland and the EU.
European young farmers organisation CEJA has said it is deeply concerned about the direction being taken by the Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament in reforming the Common Agricultural...
The UK's environment secretary Michael Gove has suggested a possible way around creating a hard border between the Republic and Northern...
The continued movement of animals across the Irish Border is the biggest area of concern for the EU ahead of a no-deal scenario.
The control system for organic products in the EU has improved in recent years, but challenges remain, according to a new report by the...
Farmers have raised concerns that the seemingly likely delay in the rollout of a new CAP will undermine low-income farmers.
The Unfair Trading Practices Directive has been formally adopted by the European Parliament today.
The European Union will not support a comprehensive trade deal with the United States that includes agriculture, the EU's top trade...
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has found that EU law do not authorise the placing of the EU's organic production logo on products derived...
We'll start again with a scarce piece of Brexit news. Ireland will not miss the UK when it comes to framing EU farm policy.
US officials on Thursday ratcheted up pressure on the European Union to address longstanding agricultural issues between the two regions, the...
Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan has said that a swift agreement on the EU's budget post-2020 is essential to ensure...
Macra na Feirme National President James Healy has said that a smooth transition from the current CAP to its successor is essential to avoid creating...
The European Union will not vote on CAP reform files until April which will may delay the implementation of CAP reforms said MEP and...
A new report highlighted how EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan carried out a “disproportionate” amount of meetings with Irish...
The EU and its member states must develop a strategy to shift from live animal transport to transport of meat-and-carcass and germinal...
Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan recently welcomed the sale of the majority of EU public stocks milk powder, however, its likely come at a significant cost to...
The European Commission said on Tuesday it had concluded that U.S. soybeans can be used in biofuels in the European Union, part of the bloc’s push to improve strained trade relations with...
The Minister for Agriculture, Michael Creed has stressed to his fellow EU Agriculture Minister's that securing an adequate budget is critical to the...
The EU and its member states must enforce existing rules on protecting transported animals better and penalise all offenders, the Agriculture...
The European Union is willing to discuss car tariffs but will not remove duties on farm products in trade talks with the United States, its trade chief said on Friday, setting it on a possible collision...
The Irish government can’t wait for "a rabbit out of a hat solution to Brexit" and must make plans on the basis that the UK will leave the European...
The European Union and United States have not yet agreed on the scope of their trade negotiations, but the EU will not include agriculture in the talks, its trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström told...
European Union leaders have given themselves nearly a year to agree a new long-term budget for the bloc last week, confirming that hopes of an accord before elections to the EU parliament in...
Time is running out for the directive on unfair trading practices to be approved by the EU Parliament in time for Christmas, the EU council...
Brazil’s outgoing Agriculture Minister Blairo Maggi said on Wednesday that South American trade bloc Mercosur is ready to close a trade agreement with the European Union but it is being held up...
The CAP budget is coming under more pressure, as eastern European farmers call for increased farm payments.
This time three years ago most of us had never heard the term 'Brexit'.
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has hit out at the EU Court of Auditors for “ignoring” evidence provided to them on the importance of direct...
In a vote on Wednesday, MEPs confirmed their position on the next EU long-term budget, including maintaining the financing of the EU’s long-standing agricultural policies.
The EU and UK are heading for a Brexit showdown with their main agricultural trading partners.
Concerns have been expressed about the European Court of Auditors report published today which sharply criticizes the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the period...
The proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2020 falls short of the EU’s ambitions for a greener and more robust performance-based approach, according to an opinion published...
Talks are intensifying on a law to ban the “unfair” treatment of farmers by supermarket giants.
There is not enough support yet for an EU ban on the key tillage fungicide chlorothalonil, but the Commission is determined to continue lobbying member states on the issue.
The EU will withhold CAP payments from Ireland and other member states unless new measures to support both young and older farmers are put in...
Europe needs a strong bioeconomy as part of the 21st century rejuvenation of our rural areas, according to the EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan.
The Agriculture Committee of the European Parliament has voted in favour of an agreed EU/UK approach on trade policy post-Brexit as applied...
The job of Bord Bia CEO Tara McCarthy is to champion Ireland's food industry.
Difficulties faced by British farmers on foot of Brexit present an opportunity for Irish producers that can mitigate the impact of the UK's departure from the EU, according to Bord Bia chief...
A curious case of Polish heifer fraud caught the eye of EU auditors poring over the bloc's 2017 accounts.
Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Michael Creed has warned that farmers cannot be asked to do more on the environment while...
The EU is entering 'crunch time' in relation to the EU budget and the future CAP proposal, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said.
Upgrades to ports, an electricity line to the continent, and loans for farmers and businesses are among hundreds of millions of euro in planned financing by the European Investment Bank...
Austria will fight for farm spending post-2020, despite pushing for an overall EU budget cut.
The EU cannot afford to cut the funding of its farm policy if it is to continue ensuring delivery of public goods to EU citizens, the Agriculture Committee...
New draft rules to better protect farmers against buyers’ unfair trading practices were approved by the Agriculture Committee on Monday.
'It's Fianna Fáil or not at all," is John Comer's pithy summary of his political ambitions.
Everything will be hit, including CAP, if there is a hard Brexit, RTE Europe Editor Tony Connelly told a recent Brexit conference.
“Everybody looks for more money, including farmers. Whats new. But it has to be provided...
Another round of Mercosur and EU trade talks begins this week in Uruguay, with trade commissioner Cecilia Malmström on stand-by to attend (she will be in the region at a G20...
Farming and food production needs to get smarter, cleaner, and greener – and fast, according to the EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan.
Blistering heat and a lack of rainfall in northern and central Europe has caused the region's worst drought in two decades, putting pressure on yields, prices and fodder supplies.
Pressure is growing on EU trade officials to end long-running anti-dumping duties on Russian ammonium nitrate fertilisers.
A new Bord Bia report confirms that Brexit is the single biggest challenge facing the food and drink industry, and within that, the supply chain is one of the highest risks.
Sterling has slumped half a percent against the euro to below 90 pence, its weakest since the middle of November in a selloff fueled by investor concern that Britain will crash out of the European Union...
UK farmers have called on the Government to make food security a top priority on the day the country's cupboards would run bare if households relied...
Australian meat industry leaders are heavily lobbying their government to put pressure on Britain to accept products currently banned under EU...
Farmers in Germany need special aid of around 1 billion euros ($1.17 billion) because of damage to harvests caused by drought and heatwave, the head of German farming association DBV said on...
Gene editing in agriculture takes centre stage next Wednesday when Europe’s highest court rules in a case that could determine the fate of the technology that is already making waves in the...
A free trade agreement between the European Union and Latin American bloc Mercosur is close to being concluded, with a final push over the line seen by early September, Argentina’s foreign...
More than 1000 extra full-time customs and veterinary inspectors are to be employed as part of the government's contingency plans for Brexit,...
The European Union has created fear and uncertainty among farmers in Northern Ireland by treating the region as a political football in...
France and Germany want the European Union’s agriculture budget to be maintained at its current level once Britain leaves the bloc, the French and German farm ministers said on Monday.
