While most of the major items in the European Commission’s CAP reform package which the European Parliament has amended and now agreed will do nothing to improve the focus of Europe’s farm policy, the… more →
GardnerResearchwrote 2 months ago: Now before I start I want to say, I know very little about payments and how they work it is all new … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Where’s the pride gone in Irish farming? Most American farming blogs communicate a sense of pr … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Late on 19th March the EU Council reached agreement on a general approach to the CAP reform proposal … more →
wrote 2 months ago: While most of the major items in the European Commission’s CAP reform package which the European Par … more →
wrote 2 months ago: It seems inevitable that the current drive to reform European agriculture policy as part of the 2014 … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Latest news release from the European LEADER Association for Rural Development can be found here. ht … more →
wrote 3 months ago: In the last week, the Banner Beekeepers have held their Annual Conference in Ennistymon, Co. Clare, … more →
wrote 3 months ago: One of the last and worst bastions of the bad old common agricultural policy, the internationally in … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Cutting down the range of non-agricultural entities which are currently able to claim EU farm income … more →
wrote 3 months ago: So, just over a week to go before the government publishes its response to the Independent Panel’s r … more →
wrote 4 months ago: According to defenders of an unreformed European agriculture policy, current plans to harmonise and … more →
wrote 5 months ago: A report commissioned by two of Britain’s biggest farmers suggests that the Common Agricultural Poli … more →
wrote 6 months ago: SINGLE PAYMENT SCHEME (SPS UPDATE) 2012 claims This is the first year that all payments are flat ra … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Dual Use The Rural Payments Agency (RPA) discovered over 500 cases of dual use last year and they w … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Information on the CAP reform is only correct at the time of writing- nothing is set in stone and co … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Feeding cattle on grass throughout their lifecycle is the most environmentally sustainable way to re … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Weald Meadows Nectar Networks (WMNN) has just completed two consecutive Saturday events talking to w … more →
wrote 11 months ago: The Environment Food and Rural Affairs (EFRA) Select Committee has published its report into the fut … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Another bit of news today after an exciting week at Westminster, as the Environment Food and Rural A … more →