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Next CAP must be increased to ensure Irish food security - Walsh
Rachel Donovan
MEP Walsh tables over 30 proposals to strengthen CAP certainty and income stability for Irish farmers.
16 April 2025 News
Good land can’t be ‘lost to other uses’
The 2025 Finding Common Ground conference was held in the RDS on Wednesday where discussions focused on the opportunities for new land use change.
9 April 2025 Northern Ireland
Strong political support offered for farmers
Tom Morrow reports from a UFU event held at Parliament Buildings on Monday.
Dempsey at Large: CAP in the firing line as defence crisis worsens
Germany - inflation, especially if it is caused by government spending and borrowing, has led to constitutional constraints on government spending.
9 April 2025 Viewpoints
We can't lose all agricultural land to other land use - O'Brien
The 2025 Finding Common Ground conference was held in the RDS on Wednesday where discussions focused on the opportunities for new land use change.
9 April 2025 News
CAP ‘must return’ to focus on sustainable food production – Carbery
The Midlands Northwest MEP was speaking from the European Parliament at a conference on ‘Strengthening Food Security and Strategic Autonomy in the EU’ on Wednesday.
26 March 2025 News
Dempsey at Large: The United States - a complex ally
Last week the cattlemen in the United States called again for a fundamental reappraisal of the place of imports of beef from Brazil on the US market.
19 March 2025 Viewpoints
Editorial: the next CAP vision
There is talk of incentives rather than conditions, however, all that for me is ‘stay on the same road’ type language, just maybe trying to say it in a different way.
19 February 2025 Viewpoints
Treasury refuses to back down on inheritance tax
The farmer representatives reportedly suggested other tax raising measures, instead of the planned £1m limit on agricultural and business property relief.
19 February 2025 Northern Ireland
Ireland to chair global alliance for agricultural greenhouse gases
Minister for Agriculture Martin Heydon and Minister of State with special responsibility for research and development Noel Grealish announced the Global Research Alliance conference.
13 February 2025 News
EU plans to impose tariffs on Russian fertiliser
In 2023, the types of fertilisers covered by the proposed regulation represented over 70% of overall fertiliser consumption in the EU.
31 January 2025 News
Solar industry sets out demands
As the new government prepares to take office, the industry body representing the large-scale solar sector has called for reforms of how solar is roll out.
23 December 2024 Renewables