Beef
The Beef Plan Movement regards the proposed Mercosur free trade deal with the EU as a strategic, long-term threat to the Irish beef industry.
Agri Politics
A number of agri-businesses as well as livestock marts and cattle breed societies have voiced their support for the planned Mercosur protest.
Agri-Business
The Association of Farm and Forestry Contractors (FCI) confirmed it will be supporting and addressing the anti-Mercosur protest this weekend.
IFA president Francie Gorman is urging farmers to attend a protest against the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement this weekend.
The Irish Charolais Cattle Society has called on all farmers to support the anti-Mercosur trade deal protest on Saturday, January 10.
Independent Ireland MEP Ciaran Mullooly and agriculture spokesperson Michael Fitzmaurice plan a national demonstration against Mercosur.
MEPs have approved a 'safeguard clause' for the EU-Mercosur agreement.
Beef Plan is asking farmers to sign a petition calling on the European Parliament to reject the EU-Mercosur Trade Deal in its current form.
Environment
Peter "Chap" Cleere TD has said that farmers have "played their part more than any other sector" regarding Ireland's 2030 climate targets.
The IFA said that new analysis of the proposed EU Mercosur Trade Agreement shows the "real danger for the Irish beef sector".
The European Milk Board (EMB) expressed "strong reservations" on the free trade agreement signed by the European Union and Mercosur countries
Ursula von der Leyen and Maroš Šefčovič have arrived in Uruguay today, with the finish line of the Mercosur trade deal now "in sight".
Representatives from the IFA have delivered a letter of protest over the proposed Mercosur trade deal to the EU Commission office in Dublin
With the countdown to the General Election underway what are the key issues that matter most to beef farmers?
Thomas Duffy has said that the decision from small countries will be important for the ultimate decision for the Mercosur trade deal
