Person: Fischler

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

IFA chief: We’re not control freaks

ON October 3 you published a letter from James Reynolds of the self-styled Family Farm Protection Group.

Fri, 07 Oct, 2005

Farms ‘need extra income’
JUST one in five farms is now sustained solely by farming, according to the Teagasc farm income survey published this week.

Fri, 09 Sep, 2005

Milk message gets through
NOW that European farmers and their co-operatives have come together to call a halt to the European Commission’s current policy for managing the EU dairy market, Brussels may relent the pressure on dairy farmers.

Thu, 16 Jun, 2005

EU budget ‘faces more difficulties’
The rejection by France and the Netherlands of the EU constitution will exacerbate the existing difficulties in reaching agreement on the EU budget for the period between 2007 and 2013.

Sat, 04 Jun, 2005

N derogation to widen REPS scope

REPS for more intensive farmers will be one of the benefits of a derogation from the Nitrates Derogation which Ireland is seeking at EU level.

Thu, 16 Sep, 2004

Moving towards a market-focused system
THIS week the nation’s 120,000 farmers have been informed of their entitlements under the direct payments scheme.

Wed, 15 Sep, 2004

ICMSA calls for calf producers to unite
ICMSA has called on all calf and weanling producers, regardless of what farm organisation they are affiliated to, to campaign for additional direct payments from the National Reserve to compensate for low Single Farm Payment entitlements.

Thu, 02 Sep, 2004

Single farm payment Fischler’s enduring legacy
As EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler prepares to leave office after a decade presiding over agriculture in the EU, he will be best remembered for the introduction of the Single Farm Payment.

Thu, 19 Aug, 2004

Flak flying at Fischler
SPANISH farmers won't be sorry to see the back of Franz Fischler, when the Agriculture Commissioner retires later this year.

Thu, 29 Jul, 2004

Sugar reforms are a matter of simple justice
THE Unites States did the World Trade Organisation’s quest for subsidy-free and open markets no favours when it put import tariffs on imported steel to protect jobs in its own backyard.

Wed, 28 Jul, 2004

Billion on table for six years of rural development
A BILLION euro for rural development in Ireland from 2007 to 2013 is on the cards if we retain our share of the available Brussels funding.

Thu, 22 Jul, 2004

WTO deal ‘could be agreed soon’
Brussels: A World Trade Organisation agreement on cutting tariffs and farm subsidies is possible by the end of this month, European Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler said.

Wed, 21 Jul, 2004

€644m pension plan needed
HAVING ground to a halt last year, the Farmers Early Retirement Scheme needs more adjustment if it is to play a significant role in Ireland.

Thu, 08 Jul, 2004

EU reform bad news for beet farmers
BEET growers will be offered compensation for only 50 to 60% of their losses, in a proposed reform of the EU's sugar subsidy regime.

Thu, 01 Jul, 2004

Co-ops warn of directive danger
Two co-op leaders have warned of the impact of the nitrate directive on dairy farmers.

Wed, 30 Jun, 2004

40% sugar price cut proposal fear
IRELAND’S sugar industry is in the front line as the EU enters battle over reforming its near 40-year-old sugar regime.

Thu, 27 May, 2004

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

Doorstepping in the dark
FARMERS busy with silage harvesting needn’t worry too much about not being at the door to welcome election canvassers.

Thu, 20 May, 2004

EU to lower food restrictions from China
The European Union said it would lower restrictions on some food product imports from China to make up for potential losses by the country when 10 countries join the group on May 1 and adopt EU import rules.

Sat, 27 Mar, 2004

Major industry feels marooned
I WISH TO add to the sentiments expressed in the letter (Irish Examiner, March 19) from three of our most prominent ICMSA members in Cork.

Wed, 24 Mar, 2004

EU to create rural development fund

The European Commission is proposing to create a single rural development fund with one programming and one control instrument from 2007 onwards.

Fri, 19 Mar, 2004

IFA says don't blame us
THIRTY FIVE farmers likely to lose out when the EU switches to Single Farm Payments in 2005 took their cases to the highest levels in IFA.

Thu, 12 Feb, 2004

Time right to advance organic sector

THE time is right for an EU initiative on the organic sector, Agriculture and Food Minister Joe Walsh said in Brussels yesterday.

Fri, 23 Jan, 2004

Ballybride farm complete with 50,0000 gallon quota

THE sale of a dairy farm at Ballybride, Conna, Co Cork was hit by uncertainty in the market in late spring of last year, and it is being re-launched on the market by Michael Barry of Dick Barry Property Partners.

Thu, 22 Jan, 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

New deal on fishing after all-night talks

A new European fishing deal was secured today after 30 hours of gruelling talks in Brussels.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2003

Haggling continues over EU fishing quotas

Talks to agree the depth of more fishing cuts were still going on in Brussels today.

Fri, 19 Dec, 2003

Fishing cuts likely as cod stocks dwindle

Fishermen are braced for another round of devastating cuts in the name of conservation today, as the annual haggling over catches gets under way in Brussels.

Wed, 17 Dec, 2003

Fischler cautions on world trade talks
WORLD trade talks resume in Switzerland next Monday, with EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler saying the EU remains prepared to shoulder a bigger burden in making agriculture markets more open.

Thu, 11 Dec, 2003

Europe-wide protests over fishing cuts

Protests were being staged in ports around Europe today over plans for more drastic cuts in fishing next year.

Wed, 10 Dec, 2003

EC cuts fishing quotas as stocks dwindle

The European Commission backed away from a total ban on cod fishing today, despite expert advice warning that stocks face wipe-out.

Thu, 04 Dec, 2003

Beef breed boost from last National Envelope before full decoupling
FUNDING for the beef heifer slaughter premium and top-up payments for replacement and dry suckler heifers will continue from the National Envelope.

Thu, 04 Dec, 2003

Fischler calls for focus on rural development
Austria: Rural development is not a weekend allotment in which academics can play at farming, EU Agriculture Commissioner Dr Franz Fischler has warned.

Wed, 19 Nov, 2003

Ireland to play pivotal role in reversing Europe’s rural exodus

Rapid urbanisation has caused not only a whole host of problems in Europe’s cities, it has also caused a crisis in the countryside — and Ireland’s countryside may be especially at risk of becoming an empty wasteland.

Mon, 17 Nov, 2003

IFA wants to free up quota transfer
THE IFA is actively pursuing a new mechanism to free up quota transfer, said the association's general secretary, Michael Berkery, at last Friday's Agricultural Science Association conference in Kilkenny.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2003

Better export refunds to boost trade
IMPROVED export refunds to boost Irish beef sales to Egypt could emerge from the EU Beef Management Committee in Brussels tomorrow.

Thu, 25 Sep, 2003

Farmers captivated by new style of Fischler cap
IT capped all the chat at the National Ploughing Championships inBallinabrackey yesterday.

Wed, 24 Sep, 2003

Back to drawing board for EU farm ministers

EU farm ministers said today they were heading back to the drawing board to make possible changes in their negotiating strategy in an effort to get world trade talks back on track.

Mon, 22 Sep, 2003

Souring of sugar industry

EUROPEAN sugar processors fear a 50% cut in profits, which could leave the Irish factories at Mallow and Carlow devastated.

Thu, 04 Sep, 2003

EU assures WTO ahead of talks
The European Union has assured WTO member countries it is ready to make the necessary concessions and sacrifices to help bring about success in next month's world trade negotiations in Mexico.

Sat, 30 Aug, 2003

Ireland has one in seven chance of Franz Fischler job
WITH their memories of the Galway racing festival fading, Irish politicians are now studying the form for the European Commission festival.

Thu, 21 Aug, 2003

Fischler to shelve farm safety inspections from CAP reform

FARM safety is to be shelved from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy despite the sector’s disturbing reputation for accidents.

Sat, 02 Aug, 2003

Fischler rejects farm policy claims
Claims that EU farm policy hurts developing countries have been rejected as pure fiction by Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler.

Wed, 30 Jul, 2003

Fischler: 'CAP reform is final EU position'

EU Agriculture Commissioner Franz Fischler has told Irish farmers that the CAP reforms ratified by European ministers earlier this year will represent the EU's bottom line at upcoming World Trade Organisation negotiations.

Fri, 25 Jul, 2003

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