The Latest Breaking News from CAP

The empty food and vegetable shelves in the UK got plenty of coverage last week. Little got to the root of the problem though.

Minette Batters accuses ministers of ‘dereliction of duty’ in failing to ensure safety of agricultural imports

This spring sees farmers coming face to face with the implications of rapid policy changes. CAP reform, the new nitrates regulations, and emissions reduction targets, along with increased input costs and volatile commodity prices are all conspiring to make 2023 a year of significant challenges on farms.

An appeal is being made for banks to share premises and pool resources so that residents of a rural Perthshire town have access to banking facilities in a branch-free future.

Ireland’s over 700-page plan to implement the new Common Agricultural Policy mentions the word ‘digital’ 144 times. It mentions ‘young farmers’ 199 times.

The use of no-notice inspections of farmers by the Department of Agriculture is to cease under the new Common Agricultural Policy, the Farming Independent understands.

Building firm Kajima is one of two defendants facing a compensation claim from Sheffield Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust

Coillte’s link-up with a UK-based investment group has caused considerable anger among farmers and politicians.

There is a growing recognition that all sectors in agriculture need to make changes in order to establish gender equality. Just 13pc of farms are owned by women — one of many statistics that need to be addressed.

What did the EU ever do for us? was one of the Brexiteers’ punchlines when they still had legitimacy among the British electorate.

For a sports-lover like myself, the festive period provides a feast of matches, to either watch on TV or even better, to see live.