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Livestock, Oilseeds

Industry Accused Of Overstating EU Feed Import Crisis

The disruption to animal feed imports caused by Europe’s “zero-tolerance” policy on unapproved genetically modified organisms (GMOs) has been exaggerated by industry, Friends of the Earth said May 4. Last summer, several shipments of soy from the United States were blocked from entering Europe after authorities detected traces of unauthorized GM maize in the consignments,
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Israel To Help African Farmers Fight Desert

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Having “conquered the desert” at home, Israel is ready to share technology and skills with African countries struggling to sustain agricultural output due to increasingly unreliable rains, an Israeli minister said. Shalom Simhon, Israel’s minister of agriculture and rural development, said sharing know-how, especially in irrigation and water management, was his focus on a tour
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
Crops, Oilseeds

EU Report Reveals Damage From Biodiesel

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Biofuels such as biodiesel from soybeans can create up to four times more climate-warming emissions than standard diesel or petrol, according to an EU document released under freedom of information laws. The European Union has set itself a goal of obtaining 10 per cent of its road fuels from renewable sources, mostly biofuels, by the
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Farming Reform Needed To End Hunger Without Obesity

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Agriculture needs revolutionary change to confront threats such as global warming and end hunger in developing nations without adding to the ranks of the obese, an international study shows. The report says South Asia and Africa were “battlegrounds for poverty reduction” as the world population rose to a peak in 2050. Prospects for quick advances
Cereals, Crops

EU Grain Sale For Aid Will Distort Market

AEuropean Union plan to sell 1.5 million tonnes of surplus grain in the coming months to help the bloc’s poor will weaken feed prices and lead to more offers for EU intervention subsidies, member states warned. The EU in November agreed to sell cereals from its grain mountain to support the needy. Unusually, the sale
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Industry Warns Of New EU Feed Import Disruption

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The European Union faces renewed disruption to animal feed supplies this year unless policy-makers find a rapid solution to traces of genetically modified organisms in soy imports, industry groups have warned. Last autumn, imports of soybeans from the United States came to a near standstill because of the EU’s zero-tolerance rule on shipments containing tiny
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Less Cash Seen For EU Farms, Caps On Support Prices

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Reforms to the European Union’s farm policy from 2014 are likely to result in a smaller net budget, and must avoid protectionism or any increase in support prices, a senior European Commission farm official said. By the end of this year the EU’s executive commission will propose an overhaul of Europe’s complex common agricultural policy
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New EU Farm Chief Seeks Middle Ground

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The European Union’s top farm official said he would seek to combine market forces and support mechanisms for farmers in a debate on the bloc’s farm policy that is set to oppose countries like France and Britain. But European Agriculture Commiss ioner Dacian Ciolos said it was too early to discuss specific measures that may
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EU Ministers Discuss Policy Reform

EU farm ministers see market management instruments as a key component in tackling price volatility and supply crises in the European Union’s common agricultural policy (CAP) after 2013. The ministers debated the role of market-related agricultural subsidies as part of a wider review of the bloc’s farm policy Feb. 22, which eats up 40 per

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