MEP Sean Kelly has sought retroactive action by the European Commission to compensate farmers who have incurred fines as a result of incorrect completion of Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) forms. This call for compensation comes following news that the CAP application process is to be simplified.
Factories are attempting to erode confidence in the beef trade by threatening price and weight cuts to try and force out scarce supplies of cattle, according to Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) national livestock chairman, Henry Burns.
Eight schemes to commence implementation of Ireland’s new €240m EMFF Seafood Development Programme have been launched.
The opportunities for farmers to improve their returns from sheep farming will be the main focus of three Teagasc national sheep conferences in February.
IFA deputy president, Tim O’Leary, has called on Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine, Simon Coveney, to make payments immediately to the remaining farmers who are due instalments under the Basic Payment Scheme.