Farmer concern over reports signaling 6pc CAP budget cut
Reported comments made by Commissioner Oettinger that the European Commission will propose a cut of 6pc in CAP funding will be extremely worrying for all farmers but...
Tuesday 24 April 2018
Reported comments made by Commissioner Oettinger that the European Commission will propose a cut of 6pc in CAP funding will be extremely worrying for all farmers but...
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Failure to secure a free trade deal with the European Union will be “disastrous” for Britain’s £28 billion processed food and drinks industry, MPs have warned.
The European Union’s chief Brexit negotiator Michel Barnier said on Friday some 25 percent of work remained to be done on a pact covering UK withdrawal from the EU, including crucial issues...
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Irish MEP Sean Kelly has said that most Irish farmers are ignoring a huge new market for their produce by turning their backs on organic farming.
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Farms and small businesses that straddle the Irish border could be given tax-free status, the Brexit Secretary has said.
The European Commission will announce a series of measures on Thursday to protect small European farmers and food producers from what it says are unfair trading practices by larger corporations.
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The EU has again warned farmers and poorer regions to prepare for a round of post-Brexit budget cuts.
Macra na Feirme has proposed ambitious changes to CAP post-2020 to address structural, competitive...
FARMERS are calling for Member States to step up by putting more into the EU Budget to make up any shortfall in CAP due to Brexit.
Gordon Crockett does not wish to suffer the same fate as his great-great grandfather, who began farming near the northernmost tip of Ireland...
EU governments are struggling to agree on the future direction of the Common Agricultural Policy, with eastern countries pitted against west, and rich against poor.
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The Minister’s for Agriculture of Latvia, Lituania, Poland and Estonia called for full convergence of payments to farmers under the Common...
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The European Court of Auditors has called on future farm spending to be based on ambitious and relevant performance targets, and not to focus on allocating funding based on 'where it is likely to...
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) for farmers, introduced in 2015 in the framework of the 2013 reform of the Common Agricultural Policy, has...
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The Irish Natura & Hill Farmers Association will be holding a series of meetings with their members...
European Budget Commissioner Günther Oettinger has said it is ‘mission impossible’ to prevent cuts to the next EU budget including payments to farmers.
The European Commission is proposing changes to the rules governing state aid in the agriculture sector, increasing the amount that national...
Negotiations for a trade agreement between the Mercosur trade bloc and the European Union could conclude in“two to three weeks,” Paraguay’s Foreign Minister said on Friday, as an official...
The EU has warned the UK it faces a "restrictive legal framework" for agri-food exports to the bloc post-Brexit, particularly for live animals and animal products.
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The majority of EU citizens think the financial support for farmers is just right or too low, and more than seven in ten want no change or to be increased over the next 10 years.
The European Court of Auditors (ECA) is conducting an audit of organic-food checks in the EU.
French President Emmanuel Macron staked out a middle ground on Thursday ahead of a major farm show, urging farmers to invest more rather than...
European Union leaders will lay down the first markers on Friday on the size and aims of the bloc’s next long-term budget, as a large hole in its finances begins to take shape with next year’s...
French farmers drove tractors through town centres and blocked highways on Wednesday to oppose extra agricultural imports from South America, raising pressure on President Emmanuel Macron...
The UK's Environment Secretary also said he believed the “landing point” for a deal on food and agriculture with the EU after the UK leaves the...
Officials in the Department of Agriculture are currently assessing the impact of an EU decision to refund sugar producers who were over-charged...
The European Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan and his Trade colleague Cecilia Malmstrom will travel South America to see what progress can be made on a Mercosur trade deal.
The EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said that "nothing will stand in the way of ha
Ireland is prepared to increase its contributions to the EU overall budget, if other countries do too and working programmes such as the Common...
European Agriculture Ministers meeting in Bulgaria today said direct payments could be more targeted at active farmers.
Ireland does not support increasing coupled support payments under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020.
The Minister for Agriculture Michael Creed told the Dail this week that that the Government remain absolutely steadfast in its opposition to a...
Ireland is building alliances with older Member States to protect the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget in the face of possible cuts due to Brexit and other priorities.
Farmers and less affluent regions face swingeing cuts in EU subsidies post-Brexit unless the bloc can raise fresh cash.
Farmers across Europe are facing a significant income drop, as a possible 30pc cut to the European Common Agriculture (CAP) budget was...
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Negotiators for the European Union and Latin American bloc Mercosur have concluded two weeks of talks in Brussels on a free trade deal with no clear breakthrough and no formal offers made.
Negotiators for the European Union and Latin American bloc Mercosur have concluded two weeks of talks in Brussels on a free trade deal with no clear breakthrough and no formal offers made.
Germany’s draft coalition deal includes a goal of ending use of the weed-killer glyphosate within the country but gives no time frame, after Berlin...
Farmers cannot be “green” if they are in the “red” all the time came the warning as the future of...
"This year will be a defining one for Irish agriculture."
Eight Eastern European EU countries agreed on Friday to support an increase in payments by member states in the bloc’s next long-term...
The European Union has offered to open its markets to more beef from Latin American bloc Mercosur to try to conclude negotiations for what could be...
The opening salvos in the EU's post-Brexit budget battle have been fired, with farmers gearing up to defend their slice of the pie.
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The IFA has called on the Minister for Agriculture to oppose proposals by the European Commission to change key rules of the EU dairy intervention...
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Ahead of the Ministerial meeting between the EU and Latin American trade bloc Mercosur, European farm union Copa and Cogeca urged the EU not...
EU’s farm policy must be properly financed after 2020 to be able to deliver food security to nearly half a billion EU citizens, Agriculture Committee said in a vote on Tuesday.
Germany and France will prepare a joint position on proposals to reform the European Union’s farm policy, German Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt said on Monday.
A farming couple who were not allowed to purchase cattle tags, took their case, which dates back to 2001, to the European Parliament and a new...
The public will be asked to give their opinions on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) as farmers fear up to defend their slice of the...
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It is understood that the first significant sale of milk powder from the EU’s giant intervention stockpile has been made this week.
Irish beef, sheep and tillage farmers will go out of business unless strong subsidies from Brussels continue, the Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) president has warned.
Documents contained in the UK government's sectoral analyses, prepared in advance of the country's departure from the EU and published...
The Ulster Farmers' Union (UFU) has warned that UK food security could be at risk if post-Brexit agricultural subsidies focus on environmental...
Genetically-modified animals could be sold in the UK after Brexit, Michael Gove has said.
The European Parliament's committee on Agriculture and Rural Development is looking for changes around policies to reduce antibiotic usage on farms.
Farming subsidies will be replaced by payments for “public goods”, from boosting access to the countryside to recreating wildflower meadows,...
British farmers have been urged to "dramatically" increase productivity levels if they hope to...
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The EU now hopes to conclude a trade deal with the South American Mercosur bloc by February next year.
Brussels will stop checking the height and width of hedgerows and the number of trees in fields in the future as Member States become more responsible for shaping the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).
The EU budget must become more ambitious in light of the €14bn hole Brexit will leave, according to the EU Commissioner for Budget and Human Resources Gunther Oettinger.
The €12bn shortfall in EU budgets could be filled by increased contributions from Member States, the EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
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The EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan has said that a culture change must happen to help farmers survive and not worry about their income if they make a mistake.
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EU Member States have endorsed the deal on the overhaul of existing rules on organic production and labelling of organic products.
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