EU
France to ban glyphosate - regardless of EU vote this week
Glyphosate will be banned in France – whether or not the EU decides this week to renew the authorisation of...
EU
Beef
No increase in spread of Bluetongue to France's north coast
There has been no increase in the spread of Bluetongue to France’s northern coast ,according to the latest information from...
Environment
New report finds Glyphosate 'unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk to humans'
Glyphosate, the chemical used in Monsanto’s Roundup, is unlikely to pose carcinogenic risk to humans from exposure through the diet, a...
EU
EU Agriculture Ministers meet amid Europe wide dairy crisis
EU Agriculture Ministers will meet in Brussels today as dairy markets continue to contract across Europe. The Commission will update...
Dairy
Former Ag Minister calls for 'proper intervention price' for dairy sector
The former Minister for Agriculture has called for Brussels to raise its dairy intervention price owing to what he said...
Beef
Uraguauan Minister says beef will be part of EU trade deal negotiation
The Uraguauan Foreign Minister, Rodolfo Nin Novoa has said that beef quotas will form part of a new free-trade deal...
EU
Renewed calls for mandatory labelling of milk and meat products
Country of origin labelling should be made mandatory for meat and milk, MEPs have once again reiterated in a non-binding...
Beef
EU Trade Commissioner refuses to rule beef out of Mercosur trade deal
EU Commissioner Cecilia Malmström refused to rule beef out of a new trade deal between the EU and a host...
EU
Commissioner Hogan to talk Brexit as he visits the North tomorrow
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, will be in Northern Ireland tomorrow, Monday May 9 on an...
N.Ireland
Voluntary milk reduction programme losing support in Europe
A plan to allow dairy cooperatives and farmers to agree to cut milk production on a temporary basis is losing...
EU
Commission takes Germany to court over nitrates causing water pollution
Germany has been referred to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to take stronger measures to combat water...
Agri-Business
Canadian government to compensate dairy farmers for EU trade deal
The Canadian Government has committed to compensating its dairy farmers due to loss of earnings as a result of the...
EU
The future of EU farming lies in innovation - MEPs
Innovation can increase farmers’ income, create rural jobs and make EU farming more sustainable, MEPs from the Agriculture committee said...
Dairy
FrieslandCampina slashes milk price for May
FrieslandCampina has slashed its guaranteed price for raw milk for May by €2.50, bringing the milk price to €25.00/100kg of...
EU
Hogan hopes to 'make progress on hindrances' to EU trade in China this week
The Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development, Phil Hogan, is visiting China and Japan this week with a business delegation of...
N.Ireland
UFU calls on the Commission to re-register glyphosate
The Ulster Farmers’s Union (UFU) has called on the European Commission to re-register glyphosate, the active ingredient in the herbicide...
Sheep
European sheep supplies set to remain tight in 2016 - AHDB
European sheep supplies are likely to remain tight in 2016, as the French ewe flock has declined by 2% in...
Arable
Science 'sidelined' in Roundup renewal debate
As debate rages in Europe of the future of the commonly used herbicide ‘glyphosate’, Agricultural Science Association President, Neil Keane has...
