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President Donald Trump speaks during a ‘Liberation Day’ event in the Rose Garden at the White House on April 2, 2025 in Washington, D.C. Photo: Samuel Corum/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect.

Trump’s higher tariffs hit major US trading partners, sparking defiance and concern

Higher tariffs likely to impact global supply chains and inflation

By Andrea Shalal, David Lawder, Reuters August 7, 2025

U.S. President Donald Trump's higher tariffs on imports from dozens of countries kicked in on Thursday, raising the average U.S. import duty to its highest in a century and leaving major trade partners such as Switzerland, Brazil and India hurriedly searching for a better deal.

Giorgos Zeikos, apple farmer and president of the Agia apple producers’ cooperative checks the fruits at an apple orchard in the village of Agia, in Thessaly, Greece, June 12, 2025. Photo: Reuters/Alexandros Avramidis

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal

By Reuters July 10, 2025

As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.

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EU farmers raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals

Comments come ahead of visit by Brazil’s Lula

By Inti Landauro, Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide June 4, 2025

French and Spanish farmers warned on Wednesday that a flood of imports under planned European Union trade agreements with South American bloc Mercosur and Ukraine risked severely undermining European agriculture.

“But we lost a lot of acres… which suggests to me that some organic guys have let some of their organics land go. And they are growing canola on the side,” says Laura Telford. Photo: Greg Berg

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Global rapeseed/canola production dips in April report

USDA lowers output for EU, India

By Glen Hallick - MarketsFarm April 10, 2025

World production of rapeseed/canola for 2024/25 was trimmed by almost 0.53 per cent on April 10, when the United States Department of Agriculture released its World Agricultural Production report.

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European wheat to benefit from U.S.-China trade war: Strategie Grains

U.S. trade war could make EU wheat more attractive to China

By Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide April 10, 2025

European Union soft wheat is set to benefit from the escalating trade war between the United States and China, consultancy Strategie Grains said, as it raised its output estimates for all major EU cereals this year due to improved growing conditions.

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France pushes for farming ’emergency brake’ in Mercosur deal

By Reuters April 3, 2025

Despite previous reservations, France held a meeting with 10 EU countries to discuss a possible trade deal with Latin America's Mercosur bloc, a day after the United States unleashed a global trade war, signalling it may be a way for the bloc to offset the impact of U.S. tariffs on European exports.

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EU plans to restrict imported crops treated with banned pesticides, draft shows

By Kate Abnett, Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters February 18, 2025

The European Union is planning tougher restrictions on imported crops treated with pesticides banned in Europe, a draft European Commission document showed, a move that would impact suppliers including the U.S.

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Canada seeks stronger EU trade ties as both regions threatened by Trump tariffs

Critical minerals, smaller businesses among priorities, trade minister says

By Philip Blenkinsop, Reuters February 10, 2025

Canada wants to deepen its economic ties with the EU and uphold global trading rules in the face of threatened U.S. tariffs, its trade minister Mary Ng told Reuters on Saturday.

FILE PHOTO. Farmers across Europe wielded their political clout last year when they staged months of sometimes-violent protests against EU red tape. In response, the EU diluted green conditions attached to some farming subsidies.
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EU plans simpler rules for billions worth of farm subsidies, draft shows

By Kate Abnett, Reuters February 10, 2025

The European Union is drawing up plans to simplify rules governing its huge farming subsidy programme, draft documents seen by Reuters showed, as Brussels races to lighten the regulatory burden on local businesses.

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EU agencies track bird flu virus variants on increasing threat to humans

By Reuters January 29, 2025

Two European regulators said on Wednesday they were tracking variants of the bird flu virus due to the threat of the pathogen adapting to spread between humans and triggering future pandemics.

U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures

Government to invest in biofuel production

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U.S. grains: Corn backs away from gains at close

U.S. livestock: Profit-taking pressures cattle futures

Government to invest in biofuel production

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Trump’s higher tariffs hit major US trading partners, sparking defiance and concern

Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs

EU farmers raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals

Global rapeseed/canola production dips in April report

European wheat to benefit from U.S.-China trade war: Strategie Grains

France pushes for farming ’emergency brake’ in Mercosur deal

EU plans to restrict imported crops treated with banned pesticides, draft shows

Canada seeks stronger EU trade ties as both regions threatened by Trump tariffs

EU plans simpler rules for billions worth of farm subsidies, draft shows

EU agencies track bird flu virus variants on increasing threat to humans

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