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Drenching continues for British and French wheat and rapeseed

By Nigel Hunt February 23, 2013

Heavy rain and saturated soil are threatening to reduce wheat and rapeseed production in western Europe this year with the most serious problems in Britain, crop analysts said. The outlook in top producer France is also deteriorating. “There are an awful lot of crops out there that are still under water, lots of patches of

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Europe fears cutting farm aid will see remote areas wither

February 23, 2013

Reducing farm supports and moving toward a more market-oriented farm policy is raising fears that remote communities will wither, according to a member of the European Parliament’s agriculture committee. “There are genuine fears about land abandonment, village decline and a lack of young people in remote parts of the EU,” said Mairead McGuinness. Policies such

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Ukraine winter wheat in good condition

By Pavel Polityuk February 23, 2013

Reuters / No more than 400,000 hectares of winter grain crops, or up to five per cent of the sown area, are likely to be reseeded this spring against 1.5 million hectares in 2012, a senior Agriculture Ministry official said Feb. 19. “We expect the reseeding of three to five per cent (of winter grain

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China’s giant challenge — defining who owns the farmland

By Lucy Hornand Hui Li February 22, 2013

Reuters / The bare lightbulbs, unheated rooms and elderly residents of the whitewashed village of Yangwang in eastern China make it seem an unlikely place for an experiment in cutting-edge satellite technology. This tiny village in Anhui province was home to a pilot project that for the first time mapped farmers’ land holdings, putting it

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Britain expands horsemeat tests to more products

February 22, 2013

London/Reuters / Britain is expanding meat testing to a wider range of products, including ready-made meals, as the scandal spreads over the sale of mislabelled horsemeat, the country’s food regulatory agency said on Tuesday. The Food Standards Agency said that as well as its original plans to check 224 samples of raw beef products for

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Rains boost Australian beef prospects

By Colin Packham February 22, 2013

Australia’s struggling beef industry has received a boost from recent rains in the east of the country, which will increase grass growth to fatten up herds in the world’s third-biggest beef exporter, producers said. The wetter conditions in the aftermath of Cyclone Oswald mean farmers will keep cattle in herds for longer to add weight,

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Canada-EU talks hit a stalemate

By David Ljunggren February 15, 2013

Canada and the European Union failed to settle their differences on a proposed free trade deal this week at top-level talks to hammer out an agreement that is already well behind schedule. Canadian Trade Minister Ed Fast and EU Trade Commissioner Karel De Gucht spent Feb. 6 and 7 in Ottawa discussing contentious issues including

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Canada wins high praise for its contribution to food security

By Dave Bedard, Laura Rance-Unger February 15, 2013

Canada has won high praise from a senior official with the UN’s World Food Program for becoming one of the first countries to make its minimum nine-figure annual pledge up front as it formally adopts a new international treaty. “Canada is one of the strongest supporters of the World Food Program,” said Pedro Medrano Rojas,

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Zimbabwe promises not to seize any more foreign-owned farms

February 15, 2013

Reuters / Zimbabwe’s government says it will not seize any more foreign-owned farms after losing multimillion-dollar compensation claims under a treaty aimed at protecting overseas investments. President Robert Mugabe started giving white-owned farms to landless blacks over a decade ago, a policy that had the unintended result of devastating food output in a country that

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Farm subsidies still get top share of EU austerity budget

By Charlie Dunmore February 15, 2013

France and other major farming nations thwarted  attempts to shift farm spending to growth and jobs

Farm subsidies will continue to gobble up the biggest share of the European Union’s budget to 2020, despite a 13 per cent drop in future agricultural spending, under a deal struck by EU leaders Feb. 8. Agriculture’s budget supremacy was secured after France and other major farming nations thwarted attempts by Britain and its northern

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Drenching continues for British and French wheat and rapeseed

Europe fears cutting farm aid will see remote areas wither

Ukraine winter wheat in good condition

China’s giant challenge — defining who owns the farmland

Britain expands horsemeat tests to more products

Rains boost Australian beef prospects

Canada-EU talks hit a stalemate

Canada wins high praise for its contribution to food security

Zimbabwe promises not to seize any more foreign-owned farms

Farm subsidies still get top share of EU austerity budget

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