Agri Week: Cap Proposals blasted for sucler & Beef Farmers. Agricultural Road Rage Rampant. Forestery Fiasco on licences processing
The IFA Livestock Chairman blasts the Cap Proposals aimed at Suckler and Beef farmers Should the drivers of agricultural vehicles on our roads be more considerate of other road users? And still trying to tell the wood from the trees we hear why the Joint Oireachtas Agriculture Committee…
Irish Farmers have nothing to fear from EU report
The European Commission will announce a series of measures today aimed at driving improvements in agricultural practice to help in the fight against climate change. The package will address animal welfare, pesticides and areas where bio-diversity can be improved to protect the environment. The measures will be part…
EU assistance not enough to save beef farmers
Calls have been made on the EU Commission to deliver greater aid supports to protect farmers and the agri-food sector from the impact of the coronavirus. The calls have been made by Donegal TD, and the Fianna Fáil Spokesperson on Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD. The Donegal…
McConalogue urges Government to secure urgent funding for farmers
The government are being urged to go back to the European Commission and secure additional funding for farmers that have suffered severe financial hardship during the beef talks crisis. The calls have been made by Fianna Fáil spokesperson on agriculture and Donegal TD Charlie McConalogue. Fianna Fáil tabled…
Concern over beef payments if there’s a no-deal Brexit
Sinn Féin’s Agriculture spokesman Martin Kenny TD, has called on Minister Michael Creed to clarify how the targeted payments he has pledged to seek for beef farmers in the case of a no-deal Brexit would be allocated. The Minister for Agriculture has indicated the payments would come from the Common…