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Reformers Left Isolated In EU Farm Policy Debate

European Union governments calling for far-reaching reform of the bloc’s farm policy from 2014 were left isolated earlier this month after 20 EU countries signed a joint declaration opposing radical change. The declaration by EU farm ministers was the last chance for governments to spell out their priorities for the reform of the common agricultural
Livestock

Obama Would End Subsidies To Wealthiest U.S. Farmers

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President Barack Obama called in his 2012 budget plan for the elimination of farm subsidies to the wealthiest U.S. growers Feb. 14, arguing that the payments distort the farm sector and some farmers can be paid even if no crops are grown. Lawmakers rejected an identical proposal a year ago, ahead of the 2010 mid-term
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Mixed Reviews For EU’s Green Farm Policy

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The EU executive adopted plans Nov. 18 that will force farmers to do more to protect the environment in order to justify public subsidies, despite farm unions warning that could threaten their economic viability. In a policy paper on reforming the EU’s common agricultural policy (CAP) from 2013, the European Commission said linking direct subsidies
Cereals, Opinion

“Everything” Is Not On The Table

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Hunger that emerged as a side-effect of war left a lasting mark on European culture – one that we would do well to remember in the context of the much-heralded negotiations towards a Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) between Canada and the European Union. Canadian and European negotiators have been working towards a bilateral
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U. S. Farm Subsidy Debate Rekindled

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The U. S. farm program should be refined but does not need to be radically rewritten to replace crop supports with revenue guarantees or to make rural economic development the centrepiece, a key senator says. Saxby Chambl iss of Georgia, the Republican leader on the Senate Agriculture Committee, said he hoped “that we don’t talk
Cereals, News, Oilseeds

U. S. Crop Program May Reshape Farmland Values

U. S. farmer choices between two crop subsidy programs in 2010 will affect farm profits and even farmland values, according to a report published by the Kansas City Federal Reserve. The multi-year U. S. Farm Bill passed in 2008 allows farmers to receive price support payments for grain, cotton and other row crops through a
Crops

Tying Farm Subsidies To Job Creation

The number of rural jobs created by individual farms should be one of the criteria used to decide the level of European Union subsidies they receive, a European Commission spokesman said April 22. The European Union executive is developing its ideas for reforming the 27-nation bloc’s common agricultural policy (CAP) from 2013, and a key
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India Reforms Fertilizer Pricing, Farms To Gain

India has eased controls on several fertilizers and raised prices of the popular urea nutrient by 10 per cent, raising hopes of more reforms, lower subsidies and higher margins for producers. The government, facing protests against soaring food prices, has cautioned fertilizer firms that if prices rise sharply, it will reimpose controls to protect farmers
Crops

Modest U. S. Farm Subsidy Reforms Criticized

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The U. S. Agriculture Department unveiled tighter eligibility rules for farm subsidies on Jan. 6 but a small-farm group says they don’t live up to President Barack Obama’s call for reform. The rules, effective Jan. 7, bar subsidies to the wealthiest Americans, as required by the 2008 farm law. There is no limit on how
Opinion

Fault Lines Run Deep As EU Farm Policy Talks Heat Up

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An “offensive strategy” by France to take the lead in shaping a reform of European Union farm policy may not be enough to shield French farmers from the far-reaching changes sought by other member states. The 27-nation bloc plans to overhaul its complex Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), which often provokes fierce arguments, and wants to

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