Beef
Representatives of MII will attend a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture and Food this week on beef prices.
Rural Life
Pressure on land leases is "growing rapidly" especially from energy sectors, the Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food has heard today.
Pig/Poultry
Bord Bia chairperson Larry Murrin has confirmed that his business, Dawn Farm Foods, sources some of its poultry from Brazil.
Commissioner Christophe Hansen was quizzed by members of the Oireachtas on the EU-Mercosur Trade Agreement today.
Minister Heydon has said he "absolutely wants" to incorporate the issue of women in agriculture into Ireland's EU council presidency.
Agri Politics
Senator Victor Boyhan has been formally nominated to contest the agricultural panel in the Seanad Election.
A national programme should be developed to tackle the problem of "food waste at farm level", according to a new Oireachtas report.
Forestry
Minister of State Pippa Hackett has said the "vast majority" of ash dieback owners is "very happy" with the reconstitution scheme in place.
Agri-Business
The reduction in Ireland's nitrates derogation to 220kg N/ha will cost the agriculture sector up to €60 million per annum, the IFA said.
Beef News
The chief executive of the ICBF has admitted that communication with farmers around beef breeding index changes has been "sub-optimal".
Environment
There was no fodder saved this year on the Shannon Callows the Joint Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has heard.
Minister for Agriculture Charlie McConalogue will discuss the nitrates derogation with the Oireachtas committee on Agriculture today.
Statistics on global food security "make you stop and think how fortunate we are in this country", according to a member of the Seanad.
The Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture will meet with representative of the United Nations (UN) World Food Programme today.
Minister for the Environment Eamon Ryan expects 'there won't be a huge change' in agricultural emissions between 2021 and 2022.
Minister McConalogue will meet with the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture this week to discuss forestry issues.
The Joint Committee on Enterprise, Trade and Employment will meet today to discuss draft new legislation for the cooperative sector.
An Oireachtas committee has unanimously agreed that farmers should be exempted from the Residential Zoned Land Tax, according to the IFA.
The committee will resume discussions on the eradication of bovine TB with stakeholders at 5.30p.m in Leinster House today.
The MREF, has sent a submission to the government on urgently supporting the farming community in their use of solar PV.
A Labour TD has said that the delays in the granting of a forestry licence are unacceptable and has called for the process to be expedited.
Fixed milk-price contracts, in their current form, will have to be reviewed and amended in future, a meeting of the Joint Oireachtas heard
Three ministers have drawn the ire of the Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture by not accepting an invite for an upcoming meeting.
