Person: Agriculture Commissioner

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

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EU announces private storage aid is on the way as Carbery bucks the milk price trend

The Carbery group’s annual report reveals milk volume growth by 42% since EU milk quotas were scrapped in 2015

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Commissioner says no 'sackful of money' to help EU farmers in pandemic

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Irish farmers should have no beef with the EU’s Mercosur trade deal

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Mercosur agreement threatens Phil Hogan's ambitions for second term as Agriculture Commissioner

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Varadkar 'flattered' by links to top EU job but has 'no plans for a career change'

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Irish voices raised in unison against Mercosur deal

ICOS welcomes EU vote in favour of CAP reform, but concerned at threat to Ireland’s dairy sector

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.

Tue, 02 Apr, 2019

Rhododendrons and seagulls - Half-hearted protection is a betrayal

The local chamber of tourism and commerce yesterday organised a “mountain meithal” to try to repel the relentless invasion of rhododendrons choking Killarney’s neglected national park.

Mon, 25 Mar, 2019

Little room for hot air in energy debate

Ireland is set to travel a bumpy — and very expensive — road in the journey to meet its clean energy and carbon emission reduction targets, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

Mon, 11 Dec, 2017

Phil Hogan promotes EU food agenda in Canada

Europe is the best address in the world for food and beverages, Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan told Canadian consumers during a three-day visit to the country which concluded yesterday.

Thu, 04 May, 2017

Macra announces CAP consultation findings

Macra has unveiled its CAP 2020 consultation findings. A policy document was compiled following five consultations around the country earlier this year.

Thu, 30 Mar, 2017

Late harvest ordeal for tillage farmers

IFA has been trying to get extra combine harvesters to Donegal as part of the effort to salvage grain crops uncut because of bad weather.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2016

Stephen Cadogan: Narrow weather window least of tillage sector problems

Some of the harvest difficulties for tillage farmers might have been avoided if livestock farmers and grain growers worked better together.

Thu, 29 Sep, 2016

Broadband and trust key rural concerns

A new Cork Declaration — ‘A Better Life in Rural Areas’— emerged after Cork 2.0, a two-day conference on rural development and agriculture attended by more than 330 stakeholders from across Europe.

Thu, 08 Sep, 2016

Many good reasons to make noise over TTIP

TTIP, the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership, has been described by European Trade Commission as the “most heavily contested acronym in Europe”. 

Mon, 01 Aug, 2016

12-14c per litre incentive to reduce milk

Each litre of reduced milk production from October to December, in 2016 compared to 2015, will qualify for a 12-14c payment, in this week’s EU plan to reduce milk deliveries.

Thu, 21 Jul, 2016

Stephen Cadogan: Glanbia farmers grab timely bond market opportunity

More and more companies are benefiting from lower borrowing costs by issuing bonds.

Thu, 09 Jun, 2016

12.1% SMP price jump boosts dairy farmers

Dairy farmers have been boosted by a Global Dairy Trade auction average price rise yesterday of 3.4% for dairy commodities.

Thu, 02 Jun, 2016

Joe Healy seeks advance farm payment to ease income crisis

The leader of the Irish Farmers Association has claimed the farm income crisis is deepening because of falling prices and poor weather.

Mon, 30 May, 2016

Irish Farmers Association: Trade agreement ‘negative’ for Ireland

The Irish Farmers Association (IFA) has called on Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan to intervene and prevent an exchange of offers on a trade deal between the European Union and the Mercosur group of South American countries.

Fri, 01 Apr, 2016

Strong opposition to milk production cut in Ireland

The option of a proposed voluntary cut in milk production by farmers in EU member states, to help reverse the plunge in prices, is being strongly opposed in Ireland.

Thu, 24 Mar, 2016

Fair farming incomes rated higher than food quality

Animal welfare and ensuring a good income for farmers are more important than food quality to Irish consumers, an EU survey has found.

Thu, 07 Jan, 2016

EU farmers seek balanced deal in TTIP trade talks with US

A good, balanced agreement is a priority for the European Union in the trade talks with the United States.

Mon, 07 Dec, 2015

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan moves to reduce form filling fear with new preliminary checks

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has introduced preliminary checks which he says should take away a lot of farmers’ fear and uncertainty about filling out forms, and the ever present fear of fines and disallowances.

Thu, 19 Nov, 2015

Initiative pledges high-speed broadband for rural areas

Rural Ireland is about to be catapulted into the internet age with high-speed broadband as fast as any of the cities, thanks to a joint EU and government investment.

Tue, 29 Sep, 2015

€13.7m crisis funds for Irish farmers

Ireland has been allocated €13.7m of the EU’s €420m farm crisis national aid.

Thu, 17 Sep, 2015

Stephen Cadogan: Protectionism next threat for EU food and farm sector

In no area of life or business does the EU intervene more than in food and agriculture.

Thu, 17 Sep, 2015

€500m to aid dairy farmers over fall in prices

Dairy farmers who have lost a quarter of their income from the drop in milk prices are in line for a boost from the EU with Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan announcing a €500m package of aid.

Wed, 16 Sep, 2015

Call for legislation to ensure fair milk price for farmers

New laws forcing shops and supermarkets to give farmers a fair price for their milk will be a hot topic at a conference organised by Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan in Brussels.

Wed, 09 Sep, 2015

Farmers take fight over pricing to centre of Brussels

Burning tyres sent plumes of black smoke into the air just metres from where EU Agriculture Ministers were meeting and police in riot gear held back thousands of farmers angry at falling prices for their produce.

Tue, 08 Sep, 2015

Stephen Cadogan: Broadband connectivity key to sustainable rural society

The patchy nature of economic recovery, heavily concentrated in Dublin and our other biggest cities, is a problem for the Government.

Thu, 27 Aug, 2015

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

Policing of farmers in European Union states to ensure they obey complex rules under the €58bn Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) budget costs €4bn a year.

Mon, 03 Aug, 2015

Further progress on beef trade negotiations between EU and US

Progress is being reported in the two year old trade negotiations between the European Union and the US.

Wed, 29 Jul, 2015

Coveney wants EU to offer more

The European Commission has been urged by Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney to take further action on dairy market support measures. 

Wed, 15 Jul, 2015

Trade deal will defend farmers, says Phil Hogan

The interests of European agriculture will be defended and promoted in crucial trade talks with the US.

Sat, 27 Jun, 2015

Too much red-tape around CAP: Phil Hogan

The EU goes over the top in the disproportionate way it deals with farmers who have small holdings, Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said. 

Fri, 26 Jun, 2015

Phil Hogan reveals EU Commission’s frustrations in dealing with Greece

EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has revealed frustrations in dealing with Greece — even as the debt-ridden member state teetered on the edge of debt default, and leaving the eurozone or the EU, this week.

Thu, 25 Jun, 2015

Oliver Moore: Regulation being ‘de-Europeanised’

The EU Organic regulation saga is a mirror of other developments at EU level.

Thu, 18 Jun, 2015

Worrying trend on workplace deaths

THE tragic deaths of two brothers following a work-related accident in Portmarnock, Co Dublin, on Wednesday is yet another reminder of how very dangerous workplaces can be.

Sat, 13 Jun, 2015

French CAP delay due to greening criteria cloud

Confusion over land eligibility issues and ‘greening’ criteria have caused a delay in French farmers’ CAP subsidy applications.

Tue, 09 Jun, 2015

€3.92bn Rural Development Programme gets EU go-ahead

Formal adoption this week by the European Commission of Ireland’s Rural Development Programme 2014-2020 cleared the way for €3.92 billion of public money, mostly targeted to support agriculture and forestry on more than one million hectares.

Thu, 28 May, 2015

Stephen Cadogan: CAP transformed but food poverty continues

It’s worth listening when an expert who has not been slow to criticise the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy speaks up for it.

Thu, 14 May, 2015

Phil Hogan tries to reassure British farmers

With just days to go to the end of the EU’s dairy quota regime, Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has hit back at claims by British farmers that it would put them out of business.

Fri, 27 Mar, 2015

May 15 CAP application deadline extended

Farmers trying to cope with the extensive changes in the Common Agricultural Policy can look forward to a few weeks of extra time, due to an extension of the usual May 15 closing date for the application for EU direct payments and other EU schemes.

Thu, 19 Mar, 2015

Coveney aiming to milk lifting of quota

Ireland aims to be the world’s fastest-growing dairy producer when the cap on milk production is lifted by the EU in two weeks, said Agriculture Minister Simon Coveney.

Tue, 17 Mar, 2015