N.Ireland
The UFU has warned that inflation is placing pressure on farming viability, exposing the vulnerability of food production to geopolitics.
Agri Politics
The Green Party called on the government to act as the country faces looming costs of food crisis following drought and wildfires in Europe.
Agri-Business
The next CAP’s proposed funding cut could threaten Europe’s food security, according to the EESC president.
The CAP and food security were the key issues raised by Fine Gael representatives with EU Commissioner for Agriculture Christophe Hansen.
Fianna Fáil TD Brendan Smith has said that food security must be prioritised in the next EU budget.
An Irish MEP said a proposed reduction to the next CAP budget will not help address generational renewal or gender balance in farming.
Environment
People in towns and villages across Cork may soon be able to grow their own food in allotments as cross-party support for the policy builds.
Luke 'Ming' Flanagan has warned that cuts to the CAP budget would undermine food security, and hit rural economies and generational renewal.
Tillage
A deal has been reached at EU level to bring in new rules on plant reproductive material in an attempt to modernise regulations.
Only a “revolution in British politics” will reverse the fast decreasing levels of UK food self-sufficiency, according to Farmers for Action.
Opinion
The world is hurtling towards a cliff edge in terms of its future food security needs. This reality is now accepted fact.
Ireland's reliance on food imports was raised in the Dáil this week amid calls for a 'food security strategy'.
Recent geopolitical crises have "challenged established assumptions on food security", Minister Martin Heydon has said.
According to Farmers for Action (FFA), agriculture in Northern Ireland is 15% finically worse off than a year ago.
The war in Iran has led to a surge in energy costs, reportedly raising fertiliser prices by 60% with a knock-on-effect on food systems.
It is now evident that issues of food and energy security will be long term political and economic priorities
DAFM Minister, Martin Heydon, will soon have an opportunity to put the needs of Irish agriculture centre stage.
Rural Life
Grassroots sustainable farming organisation Talamh Beo has called for special supports for Irish farmers supplying domestic markets.
The unity of approach shown by the farming unions has been the decisive difference in delivering for agriculture across the UK.
Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) president, William Irvine, has referred to 2025 as being a turbulent year for agriculture.
Four European research and innovation initiatives will come together next week for a...
The UFU has called on the government to prioritise Northern Ireland's food security following the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
Ireland has no option but to use its upcoming presidency of the European Union to put the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) back on track.
