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'Monumental folly': ICSA labels Mercosur 'wrong deal at wrong time'
The EU-Mercosur Agreement has been labelled a “monumental folly”, with its timing a particular issue for the Irish Cattle and...
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Agri Politics
'One burned every minute' - IFA intensifies Mercosur opposition
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has voiced its intention to intensify its campaign against the Mercosur trade deal this week....
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Watch: How Cavan farm partnership combats scour
Scour occurs when the gut becomes compromised and calves lose proper functioning of the intestine, resulting in diarrhoea and loss...
Agri Politics
IFA to hold 'intensive lobby' on Mercosur tomorrow
The Irish Farmers’ Association (IFA) has announced its intention to hold an intensive lobby of all TDs and senators on...
Agri Politics
Sinn Féin outlines Dáil motion to reject 'sell-out' Mercosur deal
A motion rejecting the EU-Mercosur Agreement has been published by Sinn Féin and will be debated in the Dáil this...
Agri Politics
'Mercosur impact assessment needed - for all Brexit scenarios' - FF
The Government has been urged by Fianna Fáil agriculture spokesperson Charlie McConalogue to immediately request a full impact assessment of...
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'We don't accept that Brazil's authorities are strict or accurate enough' - Healy
Irish farmers “don’t accept” EU assurances that the Mercosur countries will adhere to strict sanitary and phytosanitary standards (measures to protect...
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Video: Ballyjamesduff Mart goers react to Mercosur deal
During a visit to Ballyjamesduff Co Operative Livestock Mart, AgriLand asked attendees for their opinions on the recently announced Mercosur...
Agri Politics
'Different opinions' in Fine Gael on Hogan's future in Europe
Fine Gael frontbenchers have “differing views” on the potential reappointment of EU Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development Phil Hogan...
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Watch: Offaly farmer makes big savings by 'going solar'
Imagine standing on your farm, knowing you have taken steps to secure its future. The sun is shining, not just...
Agri Politics
Dairy group seeks 'EU-wide campaign to oppose Mercosur'
A dairy farmers’ lobby group has said it will be asking the European Milk Board (EMB) to mount “a major...
Pig/Poultry
EU agrees 'whopping quota' of 180,000t of additional poultry in Mercosur deal
An EU poultry farmers’ lobby group has expressed concern at the revelation that the EU has agreed “a whopping quota...
Agri Politics
EU negotiating team 'betrayed Irish farmers' in Mercosur deal
An Independent TD for the Galway/Roscommon constituency has said that the European negotiating team involved in the Mercosur trade deal...
Agri Politics
French president remarks Mercosur deal is 'a good agreement'
The President of France, Emmanuel Macron, has responded to the draft political agreement of a trade deal between the EU...
Agri Politics
Ireland may not have a veto on the EU-Mercosur trade deal
The Irish Government may not have a veto on the widely-disputed EU-Mercosur trade deal that has sent shock waves throughout...
Agri Politics
'EU-Mercosur deal should be sidelined until full post-Brexit scenario is known' - FF
Pressure is mounting on the Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, to “oppose any ratification” of the...
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Cow monitoring app 'means we can stay farming for longer'
Sylvia and John Powell installed Nedap cow monitoring on their 250-strong herd in February 2023. Farming just outside Birr, Co....
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Creed 'deeply concerned' by timing and tonnage of Mercosur deal
The Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Michael Creed, is “deeply concerned” about the potential impact of the much-disputed...
Agri Politics
IFA calls on Creed to 'veto' Mercosur deal
A farm-lobby group’s environmental chairman has today called for the Irish Government to veto the looming EU/Mercosur deal if it...
Agri Politics
MEPs 'ready to reject' Mercosur if EU agriculture threatened
EU trade negotiators have been warned that assurances given to farmers on Mercosur in recent years “must be respected or...
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Mercosur deal shows 'massive contradictions in EU policy'
Just days after Ireland launched its Climate Change Plan, the president of a farm lobby group has expressed his fury...