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Ireland to fund 46% of Rural Development Programme
Ireland edges closer to finalising its funding plans for its RDP […]
Ireland edges closer to finalising its funding plans for its RDP […]
Ireland argued hard against flat payments when it held the presidency of the EU. But what else might happen there? […]
Has the Irish state effectively abandoned organic farming? […]
Sustainable Rural Development […]
“Lacks targets” […]
Low level of ambition on meaningful delivery of environmental measures. […]
The smaller farmer, who, by an accident of birth, ends up in more remote places with poorer land, suffers […]
The source of the horsemeat contamination of Irish hamburgers was finally pinpointed, with raw ingredients from Poland identified as the culprit. Irish Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney has ordered close scrutiny of the Silvercrest plant, where equine DNA was found in burgers, for six months. There were three more positive tests found in readings of 7 per cent, 3.6 per cent and 1.2 per cent in three individual burger samples taken this month. All thee burgers contained products sourced from a company in Poland which has been supplying raw materials to Silvercrest in the past year. Irish Department of Agriculture then carried out further tests on the actual raw material, which showed significant levels of equine DNA – 4.1 per cent. Late last night, the results of further tests came through. All were positive for equine DNA – with even higher results than the 4.1 per cent, the greatest being over 20 per cent. The same Polish food component was responsible for the 29.5 per cent reading of equine DNA contained in one Tesco burger tested […]
A new organic farming Scheme for Ireland. […]
Irish Farm Minister newsletter […]
CAP reform consultation launched today in Northern Ireland […]
Ministers have given their final blessing to the EU’s Nature Restoration Law, marking the last milestone for the law to enter into force. But proponents shouldn’t put the champagne on ice just yet, as the law could face more legal twists in its tumultuous trajectory. Natasha Foote reports on the latest from Brussels. […]
In the aftermath of the European Parliamentary Elections 2024, Oliver Moore assesses what happened and what might happen next, with a farming, food and rural lens. […]
There have been massive protests by farmers in many European countries in recent months. Depending on the country, different agricultural policy issues have played a role. Hannes Lorenzen, President of ARC2020, on the state and prospects of EU agricultural policy. This interview originally appeared in the German magazine “Unabhängige Bauernstimme”. […]
Fifteen years on from the ‘land rush’, a multi-pronged global land squeeze is forcing farmers and communities off the land – and Europe has a key role to play in fixing it. […]
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