Charles O'Donnell

The likely next EU agriculture commissioner has floated the idea of making it mandatory to redistribute more funds to smaller farmers.

The European Commissioner-designate for Agriculture and Food, Christophe Hansen, delivered what has been generally viewed as a confident performance during crucial confirmation hearings in Brussels.

An independent TD has called on the government to “rigorously examine” the details of the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement, and to oppose it if it threatens the Irish beef sector.

An Irish MEP has said that the proposed delay to the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) will be “good news” for the Irish beef sector if it is ratified by the European Parliament.

The Irish Farmers' Association (IFA) has said that sheep farmers are “under no pressure” to offload lambs that require further feeding, due to strong prices for lambs at the moment.

The weather this weekend will be mostly cloudy with some rain and drizzle at first. However, clearer, cooler and sunnier conditions are set to develop next week, Met Éireann has said.

After weeks and months of talk and speculation, Taoiseach Simon Harris is now set to put the wheels in motion to dissolve the current Dáil and kick off a general election campaign.

As we've covered on Agriland this week, the EU will soon have a new agriculture chief to oversee...

An Irish MEP has said that the Russian invasion of Ukraine, and the ensuing supply chain instability, affected the attitude in the EU to food production.

The movement of calves for the veal sector within the Netherlands has been banned, except where the calves are moved to slau....