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Brazil pledges compliance to avoid beef ban

The vow follows last week’s decision of EU member states to provisionally remove the Brazil from the list of countries that will be eligible to export meat and animal foods to the EU from 3 September.

NEWS 20 May 2026

Brazil pledges compliance to avoid beef ban

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Long lands a new role in Brussels

Long lands a new role in Brussels

DEALER 20 May 2026

Potential EU ban on meat imports from Brazil

Potential EU ban on meat imports from Brazil

NEWS 13 May 2026

Brazilian meat could be banned from EU from September

Brazilian meat could be banned from EU from September

Brazilian meat could be banned from EU from September

NEWS 12 May 2026

Young Stock Podcast: the Rossie fighting farmers’ corner in Brussels

Young Stock Podcast: the Rossie fighting farmers’ corner in Brussels

Young Stock Podcast: the Rossie fighting farmers’ corner in Brussels

NEWS 11 May 2026

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60,000 in CAP payment battle

60,000 in CAP payment battle

European Commission plans to restrict CAP funds to those earning a majority of their income from farming leaves 60,000 Irish farmers in limbo.

NEWS 8 April 2026

Farmers with off-farm jobs face battle to avoid exclusion from CAP

Farmers with off-farm jobs face battle to avoid exclusion from CAP

The CAP should focus on farmers who derive most of their income from farming, the Commission says. The move leaves the security of income supports for part-time farmers in question.

NEWS 8 April 2026

Shake-up in CAP funds needed - Hansen

Shake-up in CAP funds needed - Hansen

Commissioner Christophe Hansen has claimed that CAP payment reform is needed around farm income support payments to bring fairness to CAP.

NEWS 8 April 2026

Brussels hopes 'boots on the ground' can stop Brazilian hormone beef imports

Brussels hopes 'boots on the ground' can stop Brazilian hormone beef imports

The Commission hopes that ramping up inspections of Brazilian beef farming could help prevent a repeat of 2025's recall of imported hormone beef.

NEWS 8 April 2026

'Facts don’t bear out the emotion' on Mercosur fears, Kelly claims

'Facts don’t bear out the emotion' on Mercosur fears, Kelly claims

Seán Kelly MEP maintains that farmer concerns with Mercosur had been cited before the 2017 implementation of the EU's trade deal with Canada and that these fears have not come to pass.

NEWS 8 April 2026

MEPs pushing to secure extra €135bn for CAP

MEPs pushing to secure extra €135bn for CAP

MEPs' chief negotiator for the CAP insists that the 24% shortfall in ringfenced EU funds for agriculture proposed last summer has mostly been filled.

NEWS 8 April 2026

Farmer Writes: why astronauts have really flown to the moon

Farmer Writes: why astronauts have really flown to the moon

While we await this plug-in-and-play satellite near the moon to start working, we have to endure another week or two of bad weather.

FARMER WRITES 8 April 2026

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New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

Irish dairy farmers will have the opportunity to see the latest technologies from New Zealand at an on-farm open day at Camcloon Dairy, Ballyfin, Co Laois, on Tuesday 19 May 2026 from 10am.

New Zealand dairy tech open day to take place on Laois farm

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