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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 29 April 2026

60,000 in CAP payment battle

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

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

NEWS 29 April 2026

Shake-up in CAP funds needed - Hansen

Shake-up in CAP funds needed - Hansen

NEWS 29 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

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

NEWS 29 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

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

NEWS 29 April 2026

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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 25 March 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 25 March 2026

New entitle-meant system being proposed

New entitle-meant system being proposed

The Irish Farmers Journal has learned that future farmer payments will be known as entitle-meants.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Farm commissioner still frosty on idea of dropping CBAM levy

Farm commissioner still frosty on idea of dropping CBAM levy

Commissioner Hansen wants to see the EU become more self-sufficient in fertilisers.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Ireland to back tool that would suspend CBAM levies on fertiliser

Ireland to back tool that would suspend CBAM levies on fertiliser

Minister Heydon has said he will push for a tool that could take CBAM levies off the cost of fertilisers imported from outside the EU.

NEWS 25 March 2026

Armchair farmers in firing line

Armchair farmers in firing line

'Passive' landowners in the firing line in the next CAP.

NEWS 25 March 2026

EU looks for farmer pension system to be set-up

EU looks for farmer pension system to be set-up

'We want that member states set up a proper farmer pension system,' a senior official in Brussels has said.

NEWS 25 March 2026

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A different kind of farm visit

Organic beef and sheep farmer, Kay O’Sullivan, describes her experience of hosting a group of chefs on her farm.

A different kind of farm visit

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