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...
EU
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...
Dairy
Concerns over EU's ability to stop milk prices falling 'even further'
The market support measures currently in place in the EU are starting to show signs of strain in the face...
Agri-Business
Brexit fears for farming presented to Westminster
A British secretary of State document presented to Westminster has publicly aired concerns about the impact of Brexit on Northern...
Beef
Three EU countries now cleared to export beef to the US
The Netherlands has been cleared to export beef to the US market, making it the third EU country after Ireland...
Agri-Business
Supermarket opens selling only out-of-date or damaged foods
Some 700,000t of food is thrown out in Denmark each year, and now one charity in the country has opened...
Agri-Business
European Commission set to re-licence Roundup
The European Commission looks set to re-licence Glyphosate the worlds most widely used and controversial weedkiller. According to reports in...
EU
EU intervention stocks surpass last year's 40,280t offering
To date in 2016, 44,642t of skimmed milk powder (SMP) has been offered to the EU’s public intervention level –...
EU
British farmers on Brexit: What of future supports and market impacts?
The future of support payments from the EU and the impact a possible Brexit would have on markets were on...
EU
Draft EU law on prevention of animal diseases agreed by MEPs
New measures to prevent and halt outbreaks of animal diseases such as avian flu or African swine fever were backed...
Arable
European crops still at risk from frost
In many parts of Europe and particularly key arable regions the annual hardening to winter crops has not occurred. Hardening...
Agri-Business
Record value for EU agri-food exports in 2015
EU agri-food exports to non-EU countries last year reached a record value of €129 billion, according to a new European...
Dairy
Australia blames European dairy farmers for current poor prices
Ongoing milk production in Europe is to blame for keeping global milk prices depressed, according to Dairy Australia. Dairy Australia,...
Other
One third of 2016 EU intervention scheme volumes filled in 6 weeks
The EU public intervention scheme is now over one-third full just six weeks into 2016, according to latest figures from...
EU
French Government knocks €500m off farmers tax bills
The French Government announced yesterday that it will cut the tax bills paid by its farmers by the equivalent of...
