Organisation: Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture

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Bankers say no significant farmer debt changes after difficult weather

Bankers indicated last week that pig farmers may be the most stretched sector financially, and that cattle finishers are considering selling feed rather than buying cattle.

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Up to €10,500 towards 2016 harvest loss

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Sean Finan: Brexit will be biggest ever challenge for Irish farming

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300 jobs could be lost in mushroom sector

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Loans for 500 acres a week approved in Bank of Ireland

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Ensuring EU farmers comply with CAP costs €4bn a year

Phil Hogan confident over upcoming BSE result

The test results on the suspected case of BSE in Co Louth are awaited by the Department of Agriculture, Food and Marine.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015

HSA fears spike in farm deaths over quota changes

The Health and Safety Authority fears another spike in farm deaths because of the scrapping of milk quotas.

Fri, 30 Jan, 2015

Irish Dairy Board says brighter times will follow tough year

Dairy farming is facing a very difficult year, but the medium to long-term prospects are positive, according to the Irish Dairy Board chairman Aaron Forde.

Mon, 26 Jan, 2015

Coveney insists department will help farmers to secure feed

Debt-ridden farmers affected by the animal fodder crisis will be assisted by the Department of Agriculture in securing feed.

Fri, 26 Apr, 2013

Countries will support Ireland in CAP reform

An Irish proposal for redistribution of the single farm payment will be backed by Spain, Portugal, and Italy in CAP negotiations, according to Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Thu, 02 Aug, 2012

IFA accuses Coveney of caving in on budget cuts and failing farmers

AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney and the IFA are at loggerheads over the level of budget cuts facing farmers.

Tue, 18 Oct, 2011

Mechanism of CAP payments to be replaced, Commissioner tells Dáil

THE current mechanism for Common Agricultural Policy payments to farmers is to be replaced with a more market-aware model, but Irish farmers should have no major concerns about cuts, European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos revealed during his visit to Dáil Éireann yesterday.

Sat, 02 Oct, 2010

Ecology and food security on the agenda as Ciolos visits Ireland

FARM groups and Oireachtas committee members will discuss ecology and future food security issues during today’s Irish visit by European Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Dacian Ciolos.

Fri, 01 Oct, 2010

Mainstream media shun agriculture – not politicians

I WAS disappointed at the conclusions drawn by Ivan Yates in his column headlined ‘My mission statement for the future of agriculture in the national interest’ (July 8).

Thu, 15 Jul, 2010

IFA president wants combined national effort to safeguard CAP

A COMBINED national effort will be needed to secure a properly funded Common Agricultural Policy budget for Ireland after 2013.

Thu, 08 Jul, 2010

Negotiations on future shape of CAP ‘crucial for Irish agriculture’

THE outcome of upcoming negotiations on the future of the Common Agricultural Policy after 2013 will be pivotal in determining the future prospects for the development of Irish agriculture up to 2020.

Tue, 05 Jan, 2010

Dairy sector seeks help from Europe as producers struggle

THE dairy sector is set to experience an extremely difficult year in 2009, with the majority of milk producers making no income, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture was told yesterday.

Thu, 19 Feb, 2009

Trade talks suffer setback as French claim proposed deal is unacceptable

PROSPECTS for a deal at the world trade talks suffered a setback yesterday when France warned that the current proposals were not acceptable.

Tue, 29 Jul, 2008

Alternative land uses team to be set up

A PROJECT team to promote alternative land uses is to be set up by the IFA, its president Padraig Walshe told the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture yesterday.

Thu, 23 Mar, 2006

Calls for Teagasc to outline plans

Brian O’Mahony, Chief Business Correspondent

Sat, 09 Jul, 2005

Beef farmers’ penalty ‘to hit economy’

Ireland: Many beef farmers will owe money to the banks as a result of a €95 million penalty on their 2004 premium payments, the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture has been told.

Fri, 17 Jun, 2005

Beef payments’ solution vital

Portlaoise: A solution to a €95 million cut in the 2004 beef premium payments to livestock farmers must be found, Irish Farmers Association president John Dillon told a producers’ rally in Portlaoise last night.

Wed, 08 Jun, 2005

IFA wants transport proposals abolished

The IFA has demanded that EU Commissioner David Byrne drop transport proposals which it claims would hit this country’s market in live cattle exports.

Mon, 08 Sep, 2003