Agri Politics
European Parliament votes to approve McGuinness as commissioner
The European Parliament has voted to approve Mairead McGuinness as the EU Commissioner for Financial Stability, Financial Services and the...
MEP
Agri Politics
Environmental changes have to be incentive-based - Colm Markey
Newly appointed MEP, Colm Markey, has said that any environmental changes that will affect farmers in Ireland have to be...
Sponsored
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
Louth county councillor and dairy farmer to replace McGuinness as MEP
Louth county councillor, Colm Markey is set to replace Mairéad McGuinness as Fine Gael MEP for the Midlands North-West constituency....
Agri Politics
New MEP to replace Matt Carthy announced
The replacement for the newly-elected TD Matt Carthy in his role as an MEP has been announced. Sligo county councillor...
Agri Politics
ICSA to host MEP hustings in Cork
An open farmer meeting featuring candidates in the upcoming European elections from the Ireland South constituency is currently being organised...
Agri Politics
McGuinness: 'Climate shaming farmers is wrong'
Climate shaming is wrong and farmers are being unjustly targeted in this regard, according to the First Vice-President of the...
Agri Politics
Carthy set to contest European Elections this May
Despite speculation in recent months that Midlands-North-West MEP, Matt Carthy, could be returning to the chambers of Leinster House, the...
Environment
MEPs back plans to reuse water for agri irrigation
Plans to reuse treated wastewater for agricultural irrigation to counter water scarcity were backed by the European Parliament’s Environment Committee...
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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...
Tillage
Debating the GM ruling when horse has bolted
It may be a case of closing the gate when the horse has bolted, but some MEPs are now questioning...
Agri Politics
Agriculture MEPs reject cuts in the EU’s farm policy budget
“The EU cannot afford to cut the funding of its farm policy if it is to continue ensuring delivery of...
CAP / Schemes
'Weathering climate change may require an increase to the CAP budget'
MEPs in Europe have backed an amendment tabled by MEP Mairead McGuinness stating that an increase in the CAP budget...
Agri-Business
Below cost of production sales set to be banned by the EU
EU MEPs have insisted that unless pre-agreed, the buyer should not be allowed to sell products below the purchase price...
Agri-Business
Mixed reaction from Midlands North-West MEPs to CAP 2020 proposals
The EU’s highly-anticipated White Paper on ‘The Future of Food and Farming’, presented by EU Commissioner for Agriculture Phil Hogan...
Agri Politics
'Europe cannot be sacrificed by the actions of a go-it-alone nation'
Europe cannot be shaped or sacrificed by the actions of a ‘go-it-alone’ nation, regardless of how big that nation is, according...
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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....
Agri Politics
Proposals afoot to push next CAP review out to 2023
There are proposals afoot to push the next review of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) out to 2023, according to Irish MEP...
Environment
MEP's 'glyphosate' urine debacle: '80,000 gallons to kill a single thistle'
A UK farm leader has reportedly criticised an MEP’s anti-glyphosate stance, following an incident last year when she brought a...
Agri Politics
MEPs discuss new land laws, to help small, new and women farmers
MEPs have voted to adopt a non-legislative resolution which encourages EU States to re-shape their land policies to provide better access to land for...
Pig/Poultry
'Egg producers deserve State support as they lose free range status'
Egg producers who are set to lose their ‘free range’ status deserve State support, according to Irish MEP Marian Harkin....