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My proposals are a better solution than intervention price increase - Hogan
The measures included in the recently announced EU aid package for the dairy and pigmeat sectors constitute a better solution than...
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Agri-Business
World food prices down 5.2% to lowest level in 7 years
World food prices hit a seven-year low in August 2015, down 5.2% from July 2015, the Food and Agricultural Organisation (FAO)...
EU
5 key outcomes for farmers in new EU support package
The European Commission yesterday presented a €500m package of measures to support EU farmers. Here are some of the key...
Dairy
EU proposals to help farmers include 70% advance on direct payments
The measures announced by the European Commission to help farmers include the facility for Member States to advance up to...
EU
Pics of Brussels protest as 6,000 farmers and tractors hit the streets
Over 6,000 angry farmers have gathered from across Europe to a mass Brussels protest in advance of key meeting of...
EU
Pics: Thousands of French farmers protest in Paris
French farmers are continuing to protest against the low prices they are receiving for their produce. Today (September 3) over...
EU
What other EU governments are doing to help their farmers
Fed-up Irish dairy, grain and pig farmers took to the streets of Dublin recently to protest about the low prices...
EU
EU Agriculture Ministers to meet next week - here's what's on the agenda
European Agriculture Ministers will meet next week to debate the state of play in EU markets as weak prices in...
Dairy
Number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland reaches all time high
The number of dairy cows in Northern Ireland increased by 6% in June 2015 on June last year to 311,500...
Dairy
'Dairy farmers are in for a rough ride'
Dairy farmers are in for a rough ride for the next couple of years, according to Cork farmer John Landers....
Rural Life
Video: See the Tullow Show from a height with amazing drone footage
Paul Brennan of Skyfly Photography was at the Tullow Show and has recorded drone footage of the event with amazing...
Agri-Business
EU agri-food sector 'remarkably' resilient one year on from Russian ban - Commission
Just over one year ago, the Russian Govenment announced an embargo on imports of a range of agricultural products from the...
World News
Drop in dairy product prices drives world food prices to new low
A drop in dairy product prices and vegetable oils has driven world food commodity prices to their lowest July value in...
EU
Video: Belgian farmers dump manure and milk in latest protest
Belgian farmers have blocked roads, dumped manure and emptied tankers of milk in protest against the low prices they are...
World News
Russians cut back on food products as EU ban continues
Import restrictions coupled with the devaluation of the ruble have made Russian imports more expensive, therefore eroding the purchasing power...
EU
Pics of French farmers protesting with gusto
Over the past week French farmers have blockaded roads, set pyres of tyres on fire and set pigs lose in...
Arable
€140/t on offer for winter barley
New season barley is making up to €140/t, according to Wexford-based grain merchant John Cullen. “That’s up €10/t on this...
EU
French farmers block trucks with foreign food from entering France
Over 1,000 farmers in France today (July 27) set up roadblocks blocking food imports from Germany and Spain. This is the latest...
