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EU proposes GM opt-out for members, angers pro- and anti-GM camps

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop April 22, 2015

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a new law allowing individual EU countries to restrict or prohibit imported genetically modified crops even if they have been approved by the bloc as a whole. The proposal covering GM crops in human food and animal feed upset trading partners, notably the U.S., which

Dairy cattle, Livestock, Markets

EU farmers fear ‘roller coaster’ as milk market deregulated

By Conor Humphries, GFM Network News March 6, 2015

Belview Port, Ireland | Reuters –– Billions of euros and thousands of jobs will flow from the historic deregulation of Europe’s dairy sector, a string of Irish ministers promised at the opening this week of a vast new plant to make dried milk for developing markets. But elsewhere in the European Union, many farmers are

France says EU orders repayment of $1.5B in ag subsidies

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 27, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The European Commission has asked France to repay 1.1 billion euros (C$1.54 billion) of farm subsidies dating back to 2008-2012, the French agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The Commission’s claim, which mainly relates to inaccurate declarations of farm area, initially amounted to around 3.5 billion euros before being negotiated down by France,

Crops, Markets

Refiners urge EU to rethink renewables policy after oil collapse

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 19, 2015

Antwerp | Reuters –– European oil refiners urged the European Union on Monday to review laws calling for increased biodiesel content in road fuel because the cost of such renewables will counter the recent plunge in crude prices and weigh on the refining sector. “Governments should not inflict extra burden on the public by increasing

Markets

Food issues won’t block EU-U.S. trade deal, German minister says

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 12, 2015

Berlin | Reuters — Disagreements about food safety and farming are not likely to stand in the way of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the U.S., Germany’s farm minister told Reuters on Monday. The two sides are grappling with how to integrate Europe’s food production and farm animal welfare standards into the

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

U.S. allows imports of Irish beef, first EU shipments in 17 years

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 5, 2015

Dublin/Brussels | Reuters — Ireland has become the first European Union country allowed to export beef to the U.S., 17 years after Washington banned EU imports over BSE. This follows a successful inspection by U.S. authorities of Ireland’s beef production system completed in July, the Irish agriculture department said on Monday, after the ban on

Crops, Markets

Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest

By GFM Network News, Reuters November 14, 2014

Berlin | Reuters — Germany is pressing the European Commission to allow individual EU countries to ban cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before the 2015 harvest. German farm minister minister Christian Schmidt said “social-economic reasons” should be taken into account to allow a European Union country to ban GMO crops even when

Crops, Markets

EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

By GFM Network News November 12, 2014

Brussels | Reuters — EU politicians on Tuesday backed a plan to allow nations to ban genetically modified crops on their soil even if they are given approval to be grown in the European Union, raising the chance their use will remain limited on the continent. Widely grown in the Americas and Asia, GM crops

Crops, Oilseeds

Flax Growers Vote To Scrap Checkoff Cap

By Allan Dawson March 17, 2011

The Manitoba Flax Growers Association (MFGA) wants the $275 cap removed from its farmer checkoff of half a per cent of the value of flax when it’s sold. MFGA members voted in favour of removing the cap at their annual meeting here March 3. The MFGA will ask the Agricultural Producers’ Organization Cer tification Agency

Crops, Oilseeds

U OfA’s GM Flax Raises Eyebrows

By Allan Dawson April 29, 2010

“Now EU buyers of confectionery, or food flax, require their contracts to state: Canadian flax 100 per cent excluded. As a promoter and marketer of Canadian grain that really hurts.” – TERRY JAMES Canada’s flax industry is nervously eyeing ongoing research at the University of Alberta aimed at developing a genetically modified flax with a

Daily Network News

Ukrainian grain exports curtailed by Russian attacks, union says

WTO chair rules out reform deal at next major meeting, document shows

Prairie forecast: First blizzard of the year, then quiet?

Tag Archives EU

EU proposes GM opt-out for members, angers pro- and anti-GM camps

EU farmers fear ‘roller coaster’ as milk market deregulated

France says EU orders repayment of $1.5B in ag subsidies

Refiners urge EU to rethink renewables policy after oil collapse

Food issues won’t block EU-U.S. trade deal, German minister says

U.S. allows imports of Irish beef, first EU shipments in 17 years

Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest

EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

Flax Growers Vote To Scrap Checkoff Cap

U OfA’s GM Flax Raises Eyebrows

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