Wildlife areas on farms must be carefully managed as well as protected to support bees and other insect pollinators, a major study has found.

A study by The New York Times of CAP farm subsidies in central and eastern Europe has uncovered eye-watering abuse.

EU Ministers for Agriculture this week backed grasslands, crop rotation, reduced tillage, direct sowing, afforestation and agroforestry, as the ways to maximise carbon sequestration on agricultural land.

A consultative process on the Common Agricultural Policy Strategic Plan opens on Wednesday, September 11 and will continue until October 11.

As the fate of farmers is discussed more and more in the contexts of Brexit, Mercosur, and global warming, let’s not forget that farmers are the custodians of the countryside.

The new chairman of the European Parliament agri committee Norbert Lins has been challenged to conclude the Common Agricultural Policy talks and oppose the negative effects of the Mercosur trade deal.

Farmers and their co-ops have called on the next leaders of the EU to keep agriculture and forestry at the top of all agendas.

ICOS has welcomed the European Parliament’s agriculture committee vote 29-7 in favour of proposals to reform the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) post-2020.

Sustainable small farmers should be put at the core of EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), states a paper released by a pan-European coalition of farmers.

The greatest threat to our planet is our belief that somebody else will save it. If we do not act now, then it will be too late and our fate will be sealed, writes Bob Geldof

EU agriculture commissioner Phil Hogan has moved to reassure Irish farmers amid concerns over the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

The ageing profile right across the European workforce is a general phenomenon rather than a particular problem in agriculture, according to the latest analysis by CAP expert Alan Matthews.

They also want the CAP budget to be pursued with "determination" in Brexit talks.

Farmers can look back over the year, and hopefully can see how their business has improved, how they have added to their lot, and provided for themselves and their families, writes Kieran Coughlan.

More focus must be put on measures to help farmers better manage risks under the Common Agricultural Policy.

Ireland’s wildest visitor attraction has landed a blooming fantastic new addition to its suite of educational resources.

An analysis of 325,000 responses to a three-month public consultation on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy will be presented by the European Commission to a major stakeholder conference in Brussels this coming Friday.

80% of Irish food and drink exporters believe the UK still offers significant potential.

The Government is drawing up action plans and policies to encourage more physical activity in schools but Brendan O’Malley tells Caroline O’Doherty it is only rhetoric without action and a lot more needs to be done to counteract the negative perceptions of PE

The results of a three-month public consultation by the European Commission on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) will be published online and presented by EU Agriculture and Rural Development Commissioner Phil Hogan at a conference in Brusssels in July.

EU structural and investment projects in Northern Ireland signed before the British Chancellor's Autumn Statement will be guaranteed after Brexit, the UK Treasury said.

On July 18, European commissioner for agriculture and rural development Phil Hogan will present a new EU dairy support package to the council of agriculture ministers.

Irish dairy co-ops reckon the voluntary milk supply reductions given the green light by the European Commission won’t succeed — even if farmers are paid 10c per litre of milk volume reduced, as suggested last week by ICMSA.

France has elected to pay its dairy farmers a coupled premium of between €34 and €86 per cow — despite leading calls to curtail the EU milk supply.

The European Commission’s rural development section is supportive of an IFA proposal to offer targeted payments to sheep farmers.

Priests have welcomed a letter from Pope Francis which allows them discretion to formally forgive women who have had abortions.

I respectfully wish to remind Mr John Comer of some facts he failed to mention in his article in the Examiner of the 15/6/15.

Three television ads for e-cigarettes have been banned in the UK just weeks after new rules came into effect allowing people to be shown using the devices.