Food security

Cost inflation threatens future of fruit and vegetable production - Macra

According to the latest Teagasc Horticulture Crop Input Prices report, input costs across the horticulture sector rose by 3.9% between January 2025 and January 2026.

NEWS 28 May 2026

Cost inflation threatens future of fruit and vegetable production - Macra

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Editorial: should food be the first line of defence?

Editorial: should food be the first line of defence?

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

Dempsey at Large: challenges ahead for European agriculture

VIEWPOINTS 27 May 2026

You like your politics here,eh?

You like your politics here,eh?

You like your politics here,eh?

DEALER 27 May 2026

Global food prices could be in for a supply shock

Global food prices could be in for a supply shock

Global food prices could be in for a supply shock

NEWS 27 May 2026

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Food security must be higher up on the UN's agenda - Hogan

Food security must be higher up on the UN's agenda - Hogan

The UN needs to place agriculture and food much higher on its political agenda, according to former European Commissioner, Phil Hogan.

WORLD 29 April 2026

Farmers unimpressed by EU fertiliser plan

Farmers unimpressed by EU fertiliser plan

Calls for an immediate suspension of CBAM went unheeded in a broad package of measures that has underwhelmed farmers and co-ops.

NEWS 29 April 2026

Call for EU investment in food security

Call for EU investment in food security

The Portuguese Minister of Agriculture has said that the EU’s research budget must invest in seed and food security.

NEWS 29 April 2026

Taoiseach accepts Government needs to do more for tillage

Taoiseach accepts Government needs to do more for tillage

Government needs to look at "incentives to give us greater security and capacity" on the tillage front, Taoiseach Micheál Martin has said.

NEWS 29 April 2026

Editorial: a choice of forming or farming in the next CAP

Editorial: a choice of forming or farming in the next CAP

It’s not just about the survival of farms in the next CAP, it’s the survival of rural Ireland as we know it.

VIEWPOINTS 29 April 2026

Food and Drink vital to NI economy

Food and Drink vital to NI economy

A new report highlights the importance of the agri-food industry to the NI economy.

NORTHERN IRELAND 29 April 2026

Maximising our upland farms and marginal land

Maximising our upland farms and marginal land

"With hotter and hotter summers baking up grassland on the continent, we are in a unique position, weather-proofed for the future to continue to provide." –Ger Roarty, Co Donegal

LETTERS 29 April 2026

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