Person: EU Farm Commissioner

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

Farmers can apply for REPS next week
FARMERS can apply for the new Rural Environment Protection Scheme (REPS) next week, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh announced yesterday.

Tue, 25 May, 2004

Timing of EC offer criticised
Ray Ryan, Agribusiness Correspondent

Thu, 20 May, 2004

Farmers warn EU not to unravel reforms
Dublin: The umbrella bodies for European farmers and agricultural co-ops have called on EU leaders to ensure that the agricultural reforms they have recently agreed are not unravelled in the world trade talks.

Fri, 14 May, 2004

Good outcome for Co-op
A good performance in difficult trading conditions was how North Cork Co-op Creameries chairman Seamus Walsh described the society’s results for 2003.

Tue, 27 Apr, 2004

FG rap Government on falling farm incomes

The Government has been accused of failing to take urgent action to tackle the issue of declining farm family incomes.

Sat, 03 Jan, 2004

Agri-food sector has ‘bright future’
THE agri-food sector can look forward with confidence, secure in the knowledge that it can supply quality products on a competitive basis, the former EU Farm Commissioner Ray MacSharry declared in Dublin last night.

Fri, 28 Nov, 2003

Beet growers face ‘wipe-out’ if import tariffs cut at talks
THE EU is braced for an all-out attack on its sugar beet industry at next month’s WTO talks in Mexico.

Fri, 29 Aug, 2003

50,000 reasons to enjoy show
MORE than 50,000 people tasted a rural stew in sun-soaked Tullamore yesterday at the country’s premier livestock show.

Mon, 11 Aug, 2003

Survey backs EU claims on imports
An independent study for the European Commission shows the EU is one of the most open markets in the world to imports of farm products from developing countries.

Fri, 25 Jul, 2003

Dairy sector needs to focus
THE Irish dairy industry will have to get its act together, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh has warned.

Mon, 30 Jun, 2003

Farmers urge rejection of CAP compromise

FARM leaders last night urged Agriculture Minister Joe Walsh to reject compromise proposals tabled yesterday by the Greek EU presidency on CAP.

Thu, 12 Jun, 2003

Dairy farmers await boost in prices
Ireland: Dairy farmers were hoping yesterday that a European Commission decision to increase aid for skim milk powder (SMP) used for casein production will boost the prices they are being paid for milk supplies.

Sat, 26 Apr, 2003

Decoupling would ‘ruin’ EC proposal
THE concept of partial decoupling, where the link between production and direct payments is severed, would make a dog’s dinner of a key EC proposal to reform the Common Agricultural Policy, it was claimed yesterday.

Thu, 10 Apr, 2003

Fischler claims support for EU’s WTO position
EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler has claimed majority support for the position adopted by the EU in the ongoing World Trade Organisation farm talks.

Thu, 20 Mar, 2003

State urged to fight for agri-sector
AN all-out national campaign, led by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, to defend the interests of Irish agriculture in the CAP mid-term review and the world trade talks was sought yesterday.

Wed, 29 Jan, 2003

Farm support is inefficient, says study
A LARGE proportion of the support that governments give to agriculture does not go to the farmers who need it most, according to a new OECD report.

Fri, 17 Jan, 2003

CAP claims are wrong, says Fischler
DOOMSAYERS who claimed the proposed reform of the Common Agricultural Policy would make the Irish beef industry shut down or British roast beef disappear, have got it wrong, EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler said yesterday.

Thu, 16 Jan, 2003

Direct funds may be saved from axe
DETAILED proposals for the mid-term review of the Common Agricultural Policy are most likely to include a move to decouple direct payments from production, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh predicted yesterday.

Fri, 13 Dec, 2002

Meat association warning
THE Irish Meat Association warned EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler in Dublin yesterday of the impact of the CAP mid-term review on beef and sheep output.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2002

CAP reform is not on ice, says Fischler
THE reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) has not been put on ice, EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler said in Dublin yesterday.

Tue, 12 Nov, 2002

Irish funding secure despite enlargement
THE Government will continue to defend Ireland’s broad interests in the CAP mid-term reviews and particularly in the discussions on the future of the milk quota regime.

Thu, 07 Nov, 2002

Dairy farmers’ livelihood dependent on show promotion

THE glamour of the horse show might seem far removed from farmers milking their cows at home, but the horses and riders from 10 countries competing in the main arena in Ballsbridge have an important link with the economic well-being of 27,000 dairy farms.

Thu, 08 Aug, 2002

CAP area premia 'another way of saving rural Ireland'
JOE DOLAN sings the praises of the CAP review proposals which have shocked many farmers across Europe.

Thu, 11 Jul, 2002

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