Beef
Since the start of the year, the issue of food labelling and traceability have come into the spotlight for various reasons.
Agri-Business
There were eight consignments of beef rejected at border control posts (BCPs) in 2024 and 2025, according to the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine.
The Food Safety Authority of Ireland (FSAI) has outlined the "substantial body of legislation" in place as it responded to concerns around food labelling compliance.
Schemes
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will meet this week to continue discussions on the post-2027 CAP.
Concerns have been raised this week around the lack of certainty for the future of funding for the...
A proposed 20% cut to the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is "not a done deal" with "possibilities...
Agri Politics
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food meets this week to discuss the Common...
Dairy
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) have given an update on...
Rural Life
The "influence" children can have in changing "cultures and behaviours" around farm safety and risks "cannot be underrated"
The emotional distress of farmers "often goes unspoken and untreated", the Irish Farmers'...
The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) has given an update on the European...
A farmer representative organisation has called for a statutory compensation mechanism for farmers impacted by dog attacks.
The Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food will meet tomorrow (Wednesday, July 2) to...
Representatives from the Department of Agriculture will go before the Oireachtas Joint Committee on Agriculture and Food today
Officials from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) cannot yet provide a clear timeline for a new TB control plan.
The Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture is calling on the government to provide funding for a national slurry storage project.
Fianna Fáil TD Jackie Cahill believes that his party should not go back into government with the Green Party.
Environment
Dairy Industry Ireland (DII) has unveiled a 10-point action plan to "secure" the continuation of Ireland's nitrates derogation.
The Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine has agreed to request additional information on new genomic techniques (NGTs).
The Office of the Revenue Commissioners has said that VAT refunds have been allowed where farming equipment is "considered a fixture".
DAFM conducted a total of 500 nitrates inspections on behalf of Local Authorities last year according to the the department's chief inspector.
The current farm inspection regime needs to move to one that "helps farmers to be compliant" according to a senator.
Senator Victor Boyhan has called upon the DAFM to examine the low rate of registered farm partnerships in joint male and female ownership.
