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...
France
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...
Rural Life
French farmers bring Tour de France to standstill with protest
Protesting French farmers brought the Tour de France to a temporary standstill earlier today, with bales of hay reportedly being...
Machinery
Video: Have your weeding done by robot Dino
French firm Naio Technologies has developed its most recent agricultural robot specifically for larger vegetable growing set-ups – namely a weeding robot...
Rural Life
Farmer receives 150kph speeding fine...in his tractor
A French farmer received a speeding fine for allegedly clocking 150kph on a speed camera by police in Namur, Belgium...
Machinery
Pics: Numbers down at international farm machinery extravaganza
Numbers indicate that attendance was slightly down at this year’s SIMA show in Paris. The 77th instalment of the event...
Beef
France receives clearance to export beef to the US market
France has become the fourth EU Member State to gain clearance to export beef to the US market. In January...
Dairy
Origin labelling rules on meat and milk comes into effect in France
In France from January 1, the labelling of the origin of meat in ready meals, milk in bottles and cartons of...
Sheep
Irish sheepmeat exports to France and UK climb
The volume of Irish sheepmeat exported to both the UK and France climbed during the first three quarters of 2016,...
Beef
Over 100 new outbreaks of Bluetongue reported in France
There was a further 109 new outbreaks of the Bluetongue disease reported in France during the month of November, figures from...
Beef
Over 140 new outbreaks of Bluetongue reported in France
In the second half of October there has been 143 new outbreaks of Bluetongue disease in France reported to the World...
EU
Close to 100 new outbreaks of Bluetongue reported in France
There has been a total of 98 new outbreaks of the Bluetongue disease reported in France in recent weeks, according...
EU
68 new outbreaks of Bluetongue in France
There have been 68 new outbreaks of Bluetongue in France in the last two weeks of September, a recent report...
EU
Recent increase in Bluetongue outbreaks in France
Some 20 new outbreaks of Bluetongue in cattle have been reported in France since August 16, bringing the total number of cases...
Dairy
French processor to pay 29c/L till December to stop farmer protests
Following days of intense protest, French Processor Lactalis has agreed a milk price rise with its dairy farmer suppliers. The processor is...
Machinery
A full-scale Claas tractor has been built out of 800,000 Lego bricks
A full-scale model of a Claas tractor with 140hp has been built using entirely lego bricks in France and is...
Dairy
Ten-hour talks between French dairy farmers and processors end in deadlock
Mediation talks between Europe’s largest dairy group Lactalis and French milk producers over milk price ended in deadlock last night. French...
Dairy
French farmers protest over low milk prices outside major milk processor
Some 400 French dairy farmers have blockaded the roads around Lactalis, the milk processor based in Laval, France, this week in...
