Beef
French beef output on the decline – LMC
According to the Livestock and Meat Commission (LMC) for Northern Ireland, French beef output has declined by around 11% over...
France
N.Ireland
Bird flu: housing measures introduced as France moves to ‘high’ risk level
The French government announced today (Thursday, November 10) that the level of avian influenza (bird flu) risk in France has...
Arable
French organic farmers continue to break new boundaries
A commitment to the highest standards of precision management is a hallmark of France’s organic farmers to their production practices....
Arable
Harvest 2022: Northern hemisphere roundup
The Agricultural and Horticultural Development Board (AHDB) is confirming that the northern hemisphere wheat harvest is now well underway. The...
Agri-Business
France moves to shelter and confine all poultry as bird flu spreads
The French government has moved to shelter and confine all poultry as the country is placed at ‘high risk’ considering...
Agri-Business
Axema report mixed fortunes
Axema is the major machinery trade organisation for France. It claims to represent 90% of the Agricultural Equipment sector, including...
Environment
French farmers take to the streets of Clermont Ferrand to protest ‘fertiliser tax’
As many as 2,000 French farmers have taken to the streets of Clermont Ferrand in protest over new legislation to...
Agri-Business
Closure of UK-French border has left 'lorry loads worth millions of pounds being spoiled'
The UK government is continuing to hold talks with its French counterparts on reopening the border between the UK and...
Rural Life
France introducing tax credits for farmers no longer using glyphosate
Farmers in France that declare they no longer use glyphosate will be granted temporary tax credits. The French Ministry for...
Rural Life
European livestock show gets green light from organisers
A well-known European livestock show – the Sommet de l’Elevage – is set to take place as per usual this autumn...
Dairy
French dairy sector sets up €10 million fund for farmers reducing milk supply
The French dairy sector has urged its farmer suppliers to reduce milk production over the coming weeks to ease the...
Rural Life
French farmers march in support of man jailed following farm shooting incident
Hundreds of farmers took to the streets in protest in the city of Reims in France yesterday, Thursday, February 13,...
Machinery
AGCO confirms €40m Massey Ferguson site expansion in Beauvais
AGCO – the company behind the Massey Ferguson, Fendt, Valtra and Challenger agricultural machinery brands – has confirmed a further...
Environment
France to seek €1 billion CAP advance as severe drought continues
The French government is set to ask the European Commission for a payment of €1 billion to help its farmers...
Rural Life
French school enrolls sheep in final effort to ‘boost numbers’
With numbers of students in a remote French school dropping, locals took ‘an alternative approach’ to sustaining numbers of pupils...
Rural Life
Fox breaks into chicken coop…and gets pecked to death
Chickens on a farm in Brittany, France, appear to have ganged up on and killed an intruder fox that broke...
Environment
France withdraws pesticide authorisations due to health risks
France has decided to withdraw marketing authorisations for the pesticide metam-sodium due to concerns relating to risk to human health...
Beef
Anthrax outbreak in France ‘worst in 20 years’
France is facing its worst outbreak of anthrax in almost 20 years, following the deaths of more than 50 animals...
