Dairy
Volumes of milk powder in intervention hits EU limits
The volumes of milk powder offered to intervention since the start of the year have reached the EU’s limit of 109,000t....
EU
EU
EU to provide milk to 350,000 Syrian children
The European Commission has adopted a €30m programme which will see it provide 350,000 Syrian children with drinking milk. This...
Dairy
12 months on from milk quotas - what's changed?
One year ago today, the milk quota regime finally came to an end in Ireland and in EU Member States. 30...
Dairy
Intervention ceiling almost reached by Member States
Ireland started putting Skimmed Milk Powder back into public intervention this week after it offered 608t to the measure, figures...
Pig/Poultry
EU pigmeat consumption rises in 2015
Pigmeat consumption is on the rise in the European Union, with the average person consuming 40.9kg of pigmeat in 2015,...
Dairy
EU milk production continues to soar in January
EU milk production increased 5.6% in January 2016 compared to the corresponding period in 2015, the latest figures from the...
EU
The Commission should not renew glyphosate authorisation - MEPs
Environment Committee MEPs have said that the European Commission should not renew glyphosate’s authorisation. They have said that it should...
Arable
Winter crops strongly advanced in most of Europe due to the mild winter
Winter crops are generally in good shape and well developed in the EU due to the mild winter conditions, according...
EU
Pork and vegetables drive EU agri-food exports up in January
EU agri-food exports rose slightly in January compared to January 2015 to €9.3 billion, according to the latest monthly statistical report...
EU
'All 28 Member States need a common position on glyphosate'
All 28 Member States of the European Union need a common understandable position on glyphosate, the European Commissioner for Health and...
Agri-Business
Diverging trends in EU retail dairy sales per capita
Over the last ten years, retail sales of dairy products followed diverging trends in the EU, according to latest research...
EU
New EU rule to boost the use of organic and waste-based fertilisers
The European Commission has proposed a new regulation which will ease the access of organic and waste-based fertilisers to the...
EU
Commission response to farm crisis 'neither bold nor decisive' says MEP
The aid package to alleviate impact of the agriculture crisis on EU farmers agreed this week has been slammed as...
EU
Commission announces measures to solve dairy crisis
The European Commission announced today a second package of exceptional measures to try and solve the deepening crisis in the...
Dairy
Relaxing of EU quotas not the only factor in global increase in milk supply
The increase in world milk supply is not only due to the ending of milk quotas in the EU, according...
Dairy
Higher EU milk production expected again in 2016
Despite milk prices at near record lows in parts of the EU, milk production across the continent is set to...
Dairy
Hogan not for turning on intervention price increase
An increase in intervention prices for dairy products will not be proposed by the European Commissioner for Agriculture, Phil Hogan at...
EU
'Leaving the EU is too great a risk for UK farmers'
A host of farmers from the UK have said that leaving the EU is a risk that they “cannot afford...
