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EU may defer decision on glyphosate safety

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News March 7, 2016

Brussels | Reuters — The European Union will defer a decision on whether to extend approval for glyphosate, used in herbicides including Monsanto’s Roundup, following a dispute between EU and U.N. agencies over whether it causes cancer, EU sources said Monday. Experts from all 28 member states attended a closed-door meeting on Monday in Brussels,

Dairy cattle, Livestock

EU to review use of last-resort antibiotic on farms

By GFM Network News, Reuters January 14, 2016

London | Reuters — European drug regulators launched a review on Jan. 11 of the use in farming of a key last-line antibiotic called colistin, after international research found alarming evidence of a gene that makes bacteria resistant to the drug. The London-based European Medicines Agency (EMA) said it was responding to a European Commission

Beef cattle, Livestock, Markets

EU to resume beef exports to Canada

By GFM Network News, Reuters October 20, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union is to resume exports of beef to Canada from 19 of its member countries for the first time since 1996, when they were halted in the wake of the BSE scandal. The European Commission said Tuesday that Canada’s action was part of a growing trend to recognize the

Crops

WHO findings on glyphosate won’t speed up EU safety review

By Barbara Lewis, GFM Network News May 13, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– EU regulators will not accelerate a decision on whether to restrict use of the world’s most widely used herbicide, even though it has been linked to cancer by the World Health Organization (WHO), officials said on Tuesday. The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), part of the WHO, said in

Crops, Markets

EU approves first new genetically modified crops since 2013

By GFM Network News, Philip Blenkinsop April 24, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union cleared the import of 10 new types of genetically modified crops and two more kinds of cut flowers on Friday, its first authorizations in more than a year after a review of its blocked approval process. The European Commission said it had authorized 10 new types of maize,

Crops, Markets

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

Beef cattle, Livestock, News, Other livestock

France tops EU for levels of horsemeat found in beef products

By Charlie Dunmore April 26, 2013

France found more cases of illegal horsemeat in beef products than any other European Union country, results of official DNA tests ordered in the wake of the scandal showed, with more than one in every eight samples testing positive. Announcing the results April 16, the European Commission said that for the EU as a whole,

Dairy cattle, News

German farmers balk at free trade with U.S.

By Hans-edzard Busemann April 9, 2013

A planned free trade agreement between the European Union and United States should not completely liberalize agricultural trade, the president of the association of German farmers’ association DBV said March 26. Trade talks must involve upper limits to exports to prevent market disruption, Joachim Rukwied told Reuters. Brussels and Washington hope to start negotiations in

Crops, International news, News

Larger farms face five per cent EU subsidy cut for 2013

April 9, 2013

Reuters / Farmers who receive more than 5,000 euros a year in European Union subsidies will see payments above that level cut by five per cent this year, to bring farm spending in line with proposed EU budget cuts. The European Commission will propose the move after its forecasts showed that farm subsidies for 2013,

Crops

Beekeepers ask courts to ban controversial pesticides

By Carey Gillam March 28, 2013

U.S. environmental regulators are failing to protect honeybees and should immediately suspend use of some toxic insecticides tied to the widespread deaths of bees, charges a new lawsuit. “It is a catastrophe in progress,” said migratory beekeeper Steve Ellis, who maintains 2,000 hives for pollinating crops from Minnesota to California. “We have an ongoing problem

Daily Network News

USDA defends $12 billion subsidy amid farm economy challenges

Canada December retail sales down 0.4 per cent; seen up 1.5 per cent in January

Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

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