Person: Commissioner for Agriculture

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Macra news: Inspiring a generation focus of conference
Macra news: Inspiring a generation focus of conference
Inspiration for this generation; taking the next step, is the theme for the forthcoming Macra Annual Conference.

Thu, 15 Oct, 2015

Dairy farmers face fines as quota era nears end
Dairy farmers face fines as quota era nears end
Dairy farmers are bracing themselves for collective superlevy fines of up to €100m, with the Department of Agriculture estimating the sector is 5.07% over-quota to end of February.

Thu, 26 Mar, 2015

Increases in dairy herd and milk output are a formula for disaster
Increases in dairy herd and milk output are a formula for disaster

THE fundamentals are sound. When we wave goodbye to milk quotas, we can increase our dairy herd by a quarter and still feed them on the same amount of grass, writes Victoria White

Thu, 12 Mar, 2015

LPIS penalties may be challenged legally
LPIS penalties may be challenged legally
Farmers came together in West Cork last night to consider a legal challenge against penalties of up to 100% of their single farm payment for alleged overclaims, arising from the land parcel (LPIS) review.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2015

MEP highlights beef market price gap
MEP Seán Kelly has written to the European Commissioner for Competition, Joaquin Almunia, and the Commissioner for Agriculture, Daçian Ciolos, expressing his concern over the price gap between the Irish and British beef markets.

Thu, 13 Dec, 2012

Championships ‘a showcase for Ireland’s best’
Championships ‘a showcase for Ireland’s best’

The three-day National Ploughing Championships which begin in Co Wexford today will again demonstrate that Irish farming is a modern, progressive and competitive part of both the national and the European economy, according to Dacian Ciolos, the EU Commissioner for Agriculture, who added that farming has long been at the heart of Irish society.

Tue, 25 Sep, 2012

Farmers told to stick to quota

EUROPE will not be offering a soft landing for superlevy-bound Irish farmers, EU Commissioner for Agriculture Dacian Ciolos confirmed at yesterday’s IFA annual general meeting in Dublin.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2012

Coveney welcomes 33% increase in farm production output

AGRICULTURE Minister Simon Coveney has welcomed the Central Statistics Office figures indicating that farm prod-uction output has jumped by a third during 2011.

Tue, 20 Dec, 2011

Kenny in Brussels for Treaty meetings

Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny will travel to Brussels today for a series of meetings about the upcoming referendum on the Lisbon Treaty.

Thu, 24 Jan, 2008

Casein decision ‘extremely damaging’
A DECISION by the European Commission to cut casein aid level by 52% was described as excessive and extremely damaging by the Irish Co-operative Organisation Society (ICOS), the co-ops umbrella body.

Sat, 12 Feb, 2005

EU aid for Coillte reclaimed by Brussels
NON-ELIGIBLE financing of €3.6m for Coillte, from EU farm aid, was included in €209.6m misspent by member states, now claimed back by Brussels.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2002

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