Stories Collection

  1. The EU and the US should step playing about with different categories of support for ...
  2. A deal between the European Parliament and EU member states to resolve a row on the f...
  3. Six French federations operating in the beef sector have been hit with fines totallin...
  4. Danish cattle numbers fell 6% to 1.796 million head in 2002, while pig numbers contin...
  5. Agricultural prices for the week ending April 4, 2003 UK Germany Netherlands ...
  6. Members of the European Parliament finally gave the go-ahead on Wednesday for the EU'...
  7. The European Commission took twelve member states to task on Thursday for failing to ...
  8. Market situation: Overall, the situation is gloomy. The Commission was surprised that...
  9. The EU's Scientific Steering Committee (SSC) has held its final meeting, after having...
  10. Ukraine, which expects a serious fall in its 2003 wheat crop, does not anticipate bei...
  11. Prospects for Cuban preferential access to the EU market for farm products remain ble...
  12. Six more cases of the contagious poultry disease avian flu have been confirmed in Bel...
  13. The rapid growth in the pig and poultry industries in the Southeast of the United Sta...
  14. The EU has reached agreement with West African nations to open negotiations for a new...
  15. Chicago maize futures sprang to their highest level in seven weeks as speculators pil...
  16. The Commission's CAP reform proposals will be broadly beneficial for Poland, accordin...
  17. Biofuels rank as the most promising development for European farmers in the years ahe...
  18. The United States has laid the blame for the failure of WTO 'modalities' talks firmly...
  19. Australia would produce a bumper winter grain crop in 2003/04 given an expected break...
  20. Feed ingredient prices at 03.04.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  21. The EU will need to reduce its agricultural export subsidies in future regardless of ...
  22. French sheepmeat imports reached 138 700 tonnes in 2002, 15% higher than in 2001 but ...
  23. After a strong increase in January, the French foreign trade surplus for agricultural...
  24. Dry weather and sharp frosts earlier this month have held back pasture growth in the ...
  25. The value of Dutch flower and plant exports grew by 3% in the first quarter of this y...
  26. Russia may move to restrict butter and cheese imports under pressure from domestic pr...
  27. New Zealand Prime Minister Helen Clark has warned against an overspill of diplomatic ...
  28. The EU slaughter pig market is currently under pressure due to a squeezing of prices ...
  29. World grain markets were under renewed pressure in March as good moisture levels impr...
  30. Strong views are likely to be aired next week on some of the European Commission's ke...
  31. The European Commission is to hold a conference on 'co-existence' of genetically modi...
  32. EU membership wilt make Polish and Hungarian farmers richer that was the basic messag...
  33. Malaysia is set to remain the world's largest palm oil producer with an output of 12....
  34. There is ample evidence for the benefits which a reformed CAP would bring: it just ne...
  35. There was a sharp fall in prices at Germany's first milk quota auction of the year (A...
  36. In 2002, overall pig numbers throughout the EU declined only slightly, by 0.6% or 729...
  37. Detailed rules to implement new EU legislation on animal by-products were approved th...
  38. Swedish farmers felt let down by the government's budget proposal for fiscal year 200...
  39. A large number of WTO members are reaching agreement on the issue of cuts to import t...
  40. The European Commission is optimistic that prompt measures taken against an outbreak ...
  41. The euro has resumed its strong stance against all the major currencies this morning ...
  42. Members of the European Parliament have agreed that more biofuels should be used in r...
  43. The Dutch government ordered all poultry in the Netherlands to be kept indoors from t...
  44. An international alliance to force the EU to restart its stalled approvals process fo...
  45. The Dutch government is to create a buffer zone around the central Gelderse Vallei ar...
  46. The recovery in soft commodity prices has come to an end following a sharp rebound in...
  47. The environmental lobby group Friends of the Earth published a report* this week sugg...
  48. Russia has asked the European Union to draw up a single veterinary certificate govern...
  49. New studies from the European Commission show a substantial increase in farm incomes ...
  50. With Thursday's start of the long anticipated US led war against Iraq, markets world ...
  51. The US government is preparing the ground for a challenge against China's tariff rate...
  52. The dollar has held firm against the euro and yen this morning as US and British troo...
  53. UK animal welfare minister Elliot Morley announced this week that the government woul...
  54. An outbreak of classical avian influenza was confirmed in the Dutch province of Gelde...
  55. Poland's minister of agriculture Jaroslaw Kalinowski, was ejected from office last we...
  56. Bread grain: EU trade picked up In January as a result of winter weather and the intr...
  57. The draft agreement on farm subsidy reductions submitted last month by Stuart Harbins...
  58. A new report * on Integrated Farm Management (I FM), based on ten years of research i...
  59. (March 13) Main list export refunds: Changed with effect from March 14. Cheese ref...
  60. The value of agriculture and food exports from the Netherlands rose by 3.3% in 2002, ...
  61. Further debate on the European Commission's plans for reform of the CAP will be promi...
  62. Irish sheepmeat exports fell 26% to an estimated 39 000 tonnes in 2002, according to ...
  63. Ukraine's grain crop in 2003 is not likely to be higher than 35 million tonnes, agric...
  64. Chicago traders this week declared last year's bull market at an official end as whea...
  65. The European Parliament has challenged the Council of Ministers to withdraw or amend ...
  66. Mexican grain and feed imports are expected to increase during 2003/04 due to rising ...
  67. The food handling and processing industries of the countries due to join the EU in 20...
  68. Attempts by the EU at boosting food security in vulnerable developing countries have ...
  69. Feed ingredient prices at 20.03.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  70. Global meat trade in 2003 is expected to rise by around 1%, to 16.83 million tonnes, ...
  71. Increased production and slow growth in demand are expected to result in weaker world...
  72. Large amounts of wheat could be sold into intervention unless prices improve, German ...
  73. Australian trade minister Mark Vaile fired a warning shot over the EU's bows on Tuesd...
  74. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  75. Following "detailed discussions" with farmers' organisations last week, Irish agricul...
  76. (March 13) Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 57 000 tonnes a...
  77. Irish live cattle and beef exports, have increased in 2002 according to Bord Bia trad...
  78. Export tender adjudication: Bids to export open market barley, German intervention ba...
  79. The EU area sown to grain for the 2003 harvest will total 36.63 million hectares, 0.6...
  80. For the eleventh year running Canada has exported record beef volumes to key markets ...
  81. European leaders meeting in Brussels last Friday finally adopted an EU energy tax pac...
  82. (N.B. This summary is very similar to the outline of the first draft, published in AE...
  83. The current outbreak of avian flu in the Netherlands will force the poultry sector to...
  84. US meat and livestock producers can expect improved market conditions in 2003 after t...
  85. The beginning of the year saw butter prices weakening and intervention being used in ...
  86. If the EU is serious about reforming its over-supplied dairy sector but leaving it in...
  87. Agricultural terms of trade for the EU worsened by 3.4% in the third quarter of 2002 ...
  88. Supply pressure and lack of outlets are continuing to depress the Belgian, Dutch and ...
  89. The European Commission's current plans for reform of the EU dairy industry could sla...
  90. Developing countries have nothing to fear from farm trade liberalisation, EU trade Co...
  91. There is a 'high risk' that the US wheat industry will lose 30-50% of its export busi...
  92. US beef exports to Japan will rise by 30%, from 222 000 tonnes to 294 000t, in 2003, ...
  93. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  94. EU poultrymeat exports increased by 13% from 1.13 million tonnes in 2001 to 1.28mt in...
  95. The thirty-five year old sugar regime is ripe for change. The policy of production qu...
  96. Key technical questions relating to the European Commission's proposals for remodelli...
  97. German dairy exports declined considerably in 2002 compared with the year before, acc...
  98. A good dousing of rain over many of the drier areas of the Plains and Midwest this we...
  99. Feed ingredient prices at 06.03.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  100. The value of Australia's beef and veal exports will fall 5% to A$3.5 billion (US$2.lb...
  101. There is increasing confusion over the likely application of the European Commission'...
  102. Export tender adjudication: Bids to export open market barley, German and Swedish int...
  103. Agricultural prices for the week ending February 28, 2003. UK Germany Netherl...
  104. The European Commission has launched an investigation into support payments made to U...
  105. French analysts Strategie Grains sharply reduced their forecast for the EU soft wheat...
  106. Germany produced 5.82 million tonnes of meat during 2002, the same level as 2001, sai...
  107. Bread grain: The wheat supply in the usual surplus areas rose during February and Jan...
  108. The euro is stronger against all the major currencies this morning in a market that i...
  109. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 84 250 tonnes at a maximum re...
  110. The EU must pull out the stops to agree a package on 'decoupled' farm payments before...
  111. Agricultural prices for the week ending March 14, 2003 UK Germany Netherlands ...
  112. Although the Avian flu outbreak in the Netherlands has not yet directly influenced th...
  113. Cattle, plgmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle * ...
  114. EU subsidies paid to olive oil farmers on the basis of production levels should be sc...
  115. After peaking on Tuesday the euro has gradually lost ground against the dollar and ye...
  116. German tractor and farm machinery manufacturers achieved a 15.4% increase in turnover...
  117. (March 7) Pre-accession arrangements with the CEECs: The Commission said that doub...
  118. Feed ingredient prices at 27.03.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  119. Threatened aid cuts for farmers failing EU environmental standards were attacked this...
  120. Results of the December 2002 Irish livestock survey show an overall decrease of just ...
  121. The United States and Japan both criticised the Harbinson proposals for farm subsidy ...
  122. World market prices of skimmed milk powder have recently fallen back because of the I...
  123. Germany's latest animal feed scare grew this week, when it was revealed that dioxin-c...
  124. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle * ...
  125. Feed Ingredient prices at 27.02.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  126. Geneva: Members of the World Trade Organisation wrapped up a week of talks on agricul...
  127. European Commission officials denounced Italian efforts to link market approvals of g...
  128. Export tender adjudication: Bids to export German intervention barley and Finnish and...
  129. Export tender adjudication: Bids to export open market grain were accepted as follows...
  130. EU farm Commissioner Franz Fischler stood his ground this week in the face of harsh c...
  131. Scientific experiments have raised the possibility that the number of BSE-related cas...
  132. A short EU farm Council next week may see ministers ban use of a controversial pestic...
  133. Commissioner Fischler this week cited 'Blue Box' categorisation and LDCs in telling E...
  134. Market situation: The current market situation is relatively stable. APS appears to h...
  135. A significant discovery of dioxin in animal feed in Germany has taken two months to b...
  136. Because of EU import limitations, Russia has been forced to make changes in its patte...
  137. Feed ingredient prices at 20.02.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  138. More ambitious tariff reduction under the auspices of the present World Trade Organis...
  139. A personal perspective by Johan F.M. Swinnen * The Common Agricultural Policy will...
  140. The euro has fallen back against the dollar and sterling but has firmed slightly agai...
  141. In its annual report on food and agriculture policy issued this week, the German agri...
  142. A bullish forecast of growth in key agricultural markets over the next ten years has ...
  143. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle * ...
  144. International charity Oxfam has criticised delegates to last weekend's informal World...
  145. Market situation: Most member states reported stability on the egg market. The pictur...
  146. A list of target products for some four billion dollars' worth of trade sanctions aga...
  147. An initiative by French president Jacques Chirac to improve subSaharan Africa's posit...
  148. Market situation: The Commission judged the EU dairy market situation to be more posi...
  149. After the disruptions of 2000 and 2001 the French beef market returned to a certain d...
  150. New Zealand mega coop Fonterra, which has about a third of world dairy trade, expects...
  151. The European Commission this week put forward its finalised proposal for a 2004-2006 ...
  152. Relations between the Irish farming lobby and government have continued to worsen, wi...
  153. European Commission sources on Monday hinted at an alliance with the poorest nations ...
  154. The most important element of the modalities proposals for the next stage of the Doha...
  155. The French trade surplus in agricultural and food products amounted to [euro]8.4 bill...
  156. EU dairy holdings will by 2012 be providing 36% of the total money siphoned off from ...
  157. Sweden is aiming to stop poultrymeat exporters using a loophole in EU regulations to ...
  158. Agricultural prices for the week ending January 31, 2003 UK Germany Nether...
  159. Thai chicken exporters, anxious to recapture markets in the EU and worldwide, have ur...
  160. Animal feed produced by a firm in eastern Germany tested positive in January for carc...
  161. Milk quota prices have soared in Sweden following the proposal from EU Farm Commissio...
  162. French grain market balance depends on exports, according to the French cereals board...
  163. Canada's dairy supply management scheme, which uses high-priced production quotas and...
  164. The euro is gradually recovering ground against the dollar and yen and is rising shar...
  165. Farmers and agricultural companies will receive public money from national coffers mo...
  166. The Polish farmers' organisation National Union, has spoken out in favour of joining ...
  167. The UK Renderers' Association (UKRA) has expressed fears about proposed changes to na...
  168. US farm exports in fiscal year 2003 (October-September 2002/3) are set to rise by 6.9...
  169. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle * ...
  170. In a remarkable and cleverly constructed speech, the European Union's Agriculture Com...
  171. The final countdown to an agreement on further restrictions on agricultural support a...
  172. Early optimism among EU grain exporters has evaporated, and In Germany this is due to...
  173. US lawmakers are planning to introduce legislation to authorise the US department of ...
  174. Attempts to regenerate a bull 'weather market' in US grain and oliseed futures appear...
  175. Decoupled payments and other measures put forward in CAP reform proposals currently o...
  176. New data from EU statistical arm Eurostat on the ageing of EU farmers place question ...
  177. Most EU countries reported little change in duck production last year. Sharp perce...
  178. India's unusually poor oilseed crop continues to feed exporter's hopes of rising vege...
  179. Lower EU beet plantings and an upsurge in demand for bioethanol will lead to reduced ...
  180. The United States will not, for now, pursue legal action against the EU for its de fa...
  181. The world's leading exporters of cheese - the EU, Australia and New Zealand - will co...
  182. After holding up well during the foot-and-mouth disease crisis and its aftermath, the...
  183. Bread grain: Business was generally slow. What demand there was focused on the short ...
  184. Ukrainian grain prices have risen sharply so far this month amid concerns that suppli...
  185. (February 13) Main list export refunds: Refund rates for fresh products and SMP we...
  186. Total sheepmeat exports to the EU in the year ending September 30 2002 provisionally ...
  187. Russia's shock decision to slash meat imports by up to 30% will have relatively littl...
  188. At least eight member countries are still backing the existing de facto ban on new au...
  189. US agricultural exports will increase again this year after a disappointing performan...
  190. The United States will seek to employ new technologies of all kinds to give its agric...
  191. EU sugar experts have voted to suspend refunds on exports to countries in the western...
  192. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 68 250 tonnes at a maximum re...
  193. Numbers of cattle and pigs in the Netherlands fell by 2% and 3% respectively last yea...
  194. Renewed concern over the state of US winter wheat crops pulled futures markets off th...
  195. With a wave of new arrests over alleged marketing of infected meat, Italians are wond...
  196. Last year's recovery in Argentine beef exports was a talking point around the world -...
  197. Draft proposals setting the direction of World Trade Organisation (WTO) farm talks pu...
  198. A US-led war on Iraq would not destroy hopes for a successful conclusion to World Tra...
  199. French farm minister Herve Gaymard lodged a resolute defence of the principles of the...