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...
EU
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...
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...
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 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...
