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EU Rejects French Request To Help Cereal Farmers

The Europe an Union executive does not have sufficient reasons to intervene in the cereal market, the bloc’s farm chief said Feb. 22, turning down a French request to help farmers hit by low prices. At a meeting of European Union farm ministers in Brussels, France asked the European Commission, which is in charge of
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EU Weighs Proposals To Break GMO Deadlock

Plans to let national governments decide whether to allow genetically modified (GMO) crop cultivation on their land could unblock a paralysis in EU GMO approvals, but risk igniting internal-market disputes. Proposals from the Dutch and Austrian governments, under consideration by the executive European Commission, have won the backing of several countries and interested parties, and
Livestock

EU Charges Animal Feed Firms In Antitrust Case

Several European companies have been sent charge sheets as part of an investigation into a suspected animal-feed cartel, a spokesman for Europe’s competition watchdog said Jan. 8. “I can confirm that the commission has sent a statement of objections to a number of companies concerning a suspected cartel in the animal feed phosphates sector,” said
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World Bank To Start Agriculture Fund With $1.5 Billion

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The World Bank will start a trust fund to boost agriculture in poor countries with an initial $1.5 billion, its president Robert Zoellick said Nov. 24, warning of the risk of another food price crisis. Crop shortages in India and the Philippines combined with increased speculation in commodity markets by investment funds have increased the
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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Tricky EU Farm Reforms In New Hands

The European Commission’s president defended his naming of Dacian Ciolos to the tough job of EU farm chief Nov. 27, dismissing criticism the Romanian ex-minister does not come from a big agricultural producer. Ciolos, 40, nominated to be commissioner for agriculture and regional development, inherits the task of guiding reforms of the European Union’s Common
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In Brief… – for Nov. 5, 2009

Trade SWAT team needed: The federal government should form a “SWAT team” to aggressively nip protectionist trade actions against Canadian farmers in the bud, the president of Keystone Agricultural Producers says in a recent release. Ian Wishart said the government needs to be more aggressive fighting market disruptions caused by technical trade barriers affecting canola,
News, Oilseeds

EU Rejects More U. S. Soy With GM Corn Traces

Spanish authorities detected traces of unauthorized forms of genetically modified (GM) corn in U. S. soy shipments on August 25 and blocked the imports, a European Commission spokeswoman said on Sept. 19. Traces of corn variety MON88017, which is yet to be approved in the EU, was found in different shiploads of soy from the
Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Farmers Burn Hay, Dump Milk In Price Protest

European dairy farmers set hay on fire and spilled milk in front of the European Commission headquarters in Brussels Sept. 21 and warned their protest over low milk prices would intensify. About 80,000 dairy farmers across Europe have joined a milk supply boycott which is now in its 10th day. They are demanding the EU
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Farmland Buying May Harm Poor States

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The European Union is concerned by the trend of foreign investors and countries acquiring large tracts of farmland in developing countries to guarantee their own food security, a senior EU official said June 3. Although the EU had not reached a common position on the issue there were fears the trend might pose a risk

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