Stories Collection

  1. Figures from Ireland's Central Statistics Office (CSO) show that in 2002 a record 65%...
  2. It is "increasingly likely" that China will soon return as a buyer on world markets, ...
  3. Canadian farmers' revenues sank in the first three quarters of this year, mainly beca...
  4. After the successes scored on the pigmeat and poultrymeat markets, Brazil has been de...
  5. Irish agricultural research agency Teagasc has warned the country against paying lip ...
  6. The European Commission this week moved to retaliate against the US for illegal expor...
  7. EU parliamentarians and regional ministers are keeping up the pressure on the Europea...
  8. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  9. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 38 500 tonnes at a maximum re...
  10. Producers' protests against the low level of French pig prices, which have hovered ar...
  11. French agriculture minister Herve Gaymard presented his proposals to reform the organ...
  12. Representatives from the world's Least Developed Countries (LDCs) this week protested...
  13. Export tender adjudication: Export tenders for open market wheat, barley and rye rema...
  14. The outlook for Australia's red meat and livestock industry is positive, with strong ...
  15. Reports that the US government intended to impose sanctions on cut-price imports of C...
  16. Citrus production in Mediterranean countries is expected to be down again in the curr...
  17. The euro has made further gains against the dollar which continues to suffer from sec...
  18. Austria may have the right to bar the US beer "Bud" from being marketed under that na...
  19. The US has agreed to open its borders up to Canadian cattle following the BSE scare w...
  20. Export tender adjudication: Export tenders for open market wheat, barley and rye rema...
  21. Hungary, one of central Europe's agricultural powerhouses, is a long way behind the g...
  22. European pig prices showed signs of stabilising towards the end of October in nearly ...
  23. The outlook for world trade in fuel ethanol looks very good overall, in the view of R...
  24. Further evidence of tightening grain supplies in the EU emerged this week as the fore...
  25. The European Commission and leaders of the south American Mercosur * trade bloc this ...
  26. The Russian government is to draw up resolutions on import quotas in 2004 for meat be...
  27. Large scale cuts to forecast wheat production in New South Wales (NSW) due to the lin...
  28. Sliding crop estimates among its major competitors are giving the US 'most of the ace...
  29. EU pigmeat exports in the first half of this year were down slightly on 2002, but the...
  30. Fat cattle: Liveweight except in Germany, Netherlands, France, Ireland. MLC weekly...
  31. Faltering EU market prices in some countries are bringing home to growers that they n...
  32. Legal proposals for the reform of the CAP regimes for so-called 'Mediterranean' produ...
  33. The year 2003 has turned out to be "annus horribilis" for the Canadian pig industry, ...
  34. Sugar producers in developing countries have urged the European Union to make sure th...
  35. Bulgaria and Romania are broadly on track to join the EU in 2007, according to the Eu...
  36. The euro has recovered some ground overnight against the dollar after falling below 1...
  37. Market authorisation in the EU for a variety of genetically modified (GM) maize from ...
  38. The remarkable potential for growth in global production of ethanol--as an environmen...
  39. EU farm ministers meeting in Brussels next Monday will ponder whether they should cha...
  40. Export tender adjudication: Export tenders for open market wheat, barley and rye rema...
  41. The UK's leading grain exporter, Grainfarmers, has this week announced details of a n...
  42. The serious potato disease ring rot, which is caused by the bacterium Clavibacter mic...
  43. Feed ingredient prices at 20.11.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  44. Market situation: Member states reported stable markets with no problems. Prices have...
  45. As in most other EU countries, German sales of agricultural machinery and tractors ha...
  46. The euro has slipped further below the 1 [euro]-$1.20 barrier which came into sight o...
  47. The EU is giving extra grain market access to US and Canadian exporters of medium- an...
  48. The EU should continue to pay aid on processing relatively low-quality short flax fib...
  49. Russia has confirmed that its meat import quotas next year will be unchanged from tho...
  50. Discussions over reform of the olive oil, cotton and tobacco regimes are surprisingly...
  51. Sales of organic food in the UK have topped 1 billion [pounds sterling] for the first...
  52. EU potato market prices in the five central countries which account for 75% of total ...
  53. Russia will import between 4-7 million tonnes of grain in the current marketing year,...
  54. Canadian beef is pushing its way into US and Mexican markets as a faster pace than it...
  55. "Our ideal is a form of production which ensures the well-being of our birds and at t...
  56. Attempts to overhaul the EU's control systems for food and feed are still bogged down...
  57. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) ...
  58. The Russian government could impose restrictions and raise duties on exports of grain...
  59. US farmers and biofuel producers have welcomed the approval on Tuesday by the House o...
  60. Farming has a large role to play in the rural communities of the future but must effe...
  61. The EU's stance in agricultural negotiations in the World Trade Organisation (WTO) re...
  62. Slovenia may change its existing system of paying agricultural subsidies to alternati...
  63. Feed ingredient prices at 06.11.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  64. UK beef supplies in 2004 could be increased by 125 000 tonnes if the UK government re...
  65. The European Commission this week formally adopted its proposal to cut the rate of ar...
  66. Feed ingredient prices at 13.11.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  67. In the last week Brazilian maize exports have risen sharply due to strong European de...
  68. Market situation: The Commission said the situation was normal for the time of year, ...
  69. Progress has been made this week in the first round of post-Cancun consultations aime...
  70. Thai manioc production in 2003/04 is expected to reach 20.43 million tonnes, 12% more...
  71. Total numbers of pigs in Denmark at the October 2003 count showed a slight reduction ...
  72. The majority of the German federal states (Lander) voted on November 27 for the regio...
  73. The Russian government has this week announced details of the promised import quotas ...
  74. The EU's new proposed feed hygiene legislation will place "the onus of responsibility...
  75. Global demand for poultrymeat should continue to rise in the coming years, but politi...
  76. Kazakhstan could export up to 5.5 million tonnes of food grain in the 2003/2004 marke...
  77. The recently agreed changes in the European Union's dairy policy give the lie to offi...
  78. Poland's Agriculture Market Agency is to launch domestic intervention pork purchases ...
  79. Efforts to reach new-style trade and development deals with two groups of African cou...
  80. Following the publication last week of the Welsh figures, the UK department for envir...
  81. In the long-term, and under the current price and cost structure of the UK cereal sec...
  82. Feed ingredient prices at 02.10.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  83. Ukraine is targeting a grain harvest of 40 million tonnes in 2004, almost twice the f...
  84. The UK's 'Farm Scale Evaluations' of genetically modified, herbicide tolerant (GMHT) ...
  85. Currency trading has been dominated overnight by news that US Gross Domestic Product ...
  86. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 74 500 tonnes at a maximum re...
  87. French consumption of meat products fell during the heatwave this summer, and at the ...
  88. During the New Zealand (NZ) 2002/03 production year (October-September), lamb exports...
  89. Russia is keeping its 2003 grain harvest forecast unchanged at 70 million tonnes, Agr...
  90. Prospects for improving supplies from top exporting countries have recently brought p...
  91. Less than two weeks after Brazil legalised genetically modified (GM) soyabeans, its N...
  92. Sales of Canadian hard red spring (HRS) wheat in the US by the Canadian Wheat Board (...
  93. The increase in grain prices in Russia this year could make life much more difficult ...
  94. Agribusiness giant Monsanto announced this week that it was closing its cereals seeds...
  95. US presidential elections due next autumn will probably be a significant brake to any...
  96. Argentine soyabean exports reached 8.72 million tonnes during the first eight months ...
  97. Argentine beef exports are forecast to rise slightly in 2004 to 340 000 tonnes due to...
  98. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) ...
  99. Following a visit by a delegation from the UK pigmeat industry to Japan in February t...
  100. The reluctance of the European Commission to commit itself, at least at this stage, o...
  101. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 67000 tonnes at a maximum ref...
  102. Claims from a meat industry group this week that the BSE crisis has cost the EU an en...
  103. Germany exported agricultural and food products worth 14.6 billion [euro] in the firs...
  104. Support for hop growers in the EU is to be decoupled from production under a European...
  105. Increasing numbers of eggs from EU accession countries are finding there way onto the...
  106. Feed ingredients prices at 23.10.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  107. China's quarantine bureau has issued import permits for soyabean cargoes arriving aft...
  108. More than 75% of the EU's 13.5-million-strong agricultural labour force works part-ti...
  109. Next year's EU farm budget should be slashed by 1 billion [euro]--mainly to reflect t...
  110. After the longest period of rockbottom pigmeat prices for decades, which is expected ...
  111. Tight feed grain supply in the EU may force the bloc to import more than 5 million to...
  112. The Austrian pig herd declined by just 1.1% over the year ending June 1, totalling 3....
  113. The revival this week of the European Union's long running dispute with the United St...
  114. Fat cattle: Liveweight except in Germany, Netherlands, France, Ireland. MLC weekly...
  115. The euro is trading strongly against the dollar this morning but has fallen back agai...
  116. The Ukraine expects to be producing some 55 million tonnes of grain by 2013/14, over ...
  117. Prompt Chicago soyabean futures hit $7 per bushel this week--a level last breached in...
  118. The first scheduled round of agriculture negotiations in the WTO since the ill-fated ...
  119. Brazil, the world's No. 1 sugar and fuel ethanol exporter, is set to increase shipmen...
  120. A very bullish constellation continues to form in the soyabean market, where high pri...
  121. Ireland and Austria this week officially declared contrasting plans with regard to th...
  122. The EU and Morocco have struck a deal to free up trade in tomatoes, common wheat and ...
  123. Export tender adjudication: Export tenders for open market wheat, barley and rye rema...
  124. The UK government is being taken to court by an animal welfare group which claims tha...
  125. The 10 new member states acceding to the EU next year should receive the new direct p...
  126. Imports of livestock and meat into Germany have risen strongly in the first six month...
  127. New Zealand processed 24.764 million lambs for export in the 2002/03 season which end...
  128. Drought and forest fires in the EU-15 and the ten candidate countries this summer cos...
  129. Frustration at European Commission plans to overhaul the EU's controversial sugar reg...
  130. Divisions between EU member states and the European Commission over the distribution ...
  131. Market situation: Those countries which had experienced high prices in the summer wer...
  132. Agricultural prices for the week ending October 10, 2003 UK Germany Netherl...
  133. Ukraine, facing a 3.5 million tonnes milling wheat deficit this season, has started i...
  134. Brazil's move to allow the planting of genetically modified (GM) soya legally until t...
  135. UK farm incomes have improved little in the past year, as expected, but the outlook f...
  136. Despite new restrictions on meat imports, Russia remained the leading destination for...
  137. Average prices for EU agricultural products were steady in the second quarter of this...
  138. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 51 000 tonnes at a maximum re...
  139. Agricultural incomes in the central German Land of Hesse have fallen "dramatically" i...
  140. Euro firmer The euro remained firm against the dollar and yen in early trading tod...
  141. Australia will continue with its AUS$1 billion (US$ 699 million) live sheep and cattl...
  142. A new extensive study on the recycling of sewage sludge on arable land indicates that...
  143. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  144. The French ministry of agriculture budget will be cut by 4% in 2004, to 4 975 million...
  145. The UK's National Farmers Union (NFU) called on Wednesday for MEPs to be given a grea...
  146. Money earmarked for rural development aid to farmers in countries joining the EU next...
  147. According to the NFU Scotland (NFUS), the Scottish Executive has done a u-turn on its...
  148. EU achievements in the field of rural development (RD) have been significant since th...
  149. According to the Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO) of the United Nations, world...
  150. During the first six months of this year, French beef and veal exports rose 34.6% to ...
  151. Polish poultry meat production is forecast to reach almost 870 000 tonnes this year, ...
  152. Italian liquid milk production in 2003 is expected to reach 3.78 million tonnes, a ri...
  153. Ireland will sever the link between subsidy and production for cattle, sheep and arab...
  154. Agricultural prices for the week ending October 17, 2003 UK Germany Netherl...
  155. The European Commission has published a provisional list of border inspection posts (...
  156. Agricultural prices for the week ending October 24, 2003 UK Germany Nether...
  157. A new trade body for the UK meat processing industry has been launched in a bid to st...
  158. This summer's persistent heat has not passed without trace into the German autumn and...
  159. The most important details in the "modalities" for agricultural support and protectio...
  160. Bread grain: The market was under the influence of harvest/supply estimates during Ju...
  161. Plunging US grain and oilseed crop condition ratings had mixed impact on futures mark...
  162. Management Committee News Average monthly prices for selected commodities in [euro] ...
  163. Plans to reform the EU tobacco, cotton and olive oil sectors were outlined by the Eur...
  164. Spain is to join the list of EU member states authorised to bring forward livestock s...
  165. Euro weakens The euro is trading weaker against all major currencies this morning. A...
  166. Most sectors of Belgian agriculture showed a decline at this year's census, compared ...
  167. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 83 000 tonnes at a maximum re...
  168. Australia's farm export earnings are forecast to fall by 3% to A$26.2 billion in 2003...
  169. The likelihood of a comprehensive deal in the troubled Doha Round of global trade tal...
  170. A golden opportunity to set the scene for significant and far-reaching reforms in glo...
  171. The EU's sugar management committee opened discussions this week on a probable cut in...
  172. Fat cattle: Liveweight except in Germany, Netherlands, France, Ireland. MLC weekly...
  173. European beet sugar output in 2003/04 is expected to be slightly lower or equal to la...
  174. The eyes of the world in recent days have been trained on the World Trade Organisatio...
  175. Feed ingredient prices at 18.09.03 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  176. Many studies were put forward last year on the likely impact of the European Commissi...
  177. Market situation: EU poultry and egg markets remain stable, apart from the Greek egg ...
  178. Regulation 2571/97 (Sale of intervention butter at reduced prices and aid for butter ...
  179. Seven of the 15 EU member states will benefit from a measure agreed in the June CAP r...
  180. The UK government has confirmed that it intends to go for full decoupling of direct a...
  181. After a good monsoon, Indian edible oil imports are seen falling sharply in the year ...
  182. The group argue that the subsidies--currently rated as trade-neutral under WTO rules-...
  183. Austria turned up the heat yet further this week in the continuing row over genetical...
  184. Regulation 2571/97 (Sale of intervention butter at reduced prices and aid for butter ...
  185. A new draft compromise text, tabled in the hope of achieving a breakthrough on the is...
  186. In its eagerly awaited September world agricultural supply and demand estimates, the ...
  187. The UK National Beef Association (NBA) says it is "astonished" at a decision by the U...
  188. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  189. Between January-August this year, UK livestock slaughterings have declined compared t...
  190. The European Commission has once again downsized its estimate for this year's EU grai...
  191. The abolition of preferential access to the EU sugar market could be beneficial in th...
  192. Voters in Estonia and Sweden take to the polls this weekend in important elections wh...
  193. Some 28 UK sheep have tested positive for a TSE (transmissible spongiform encephalopa...
  194. The Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) on Tuesday boost...
  195. Despite the German government's declared intention of cutting back public expenditure...
  196. Judges at the European Court of Justice (ECJ) this week rejected in principle a three...
  197. Reports of China resuming purchases of US soyabeans combined with heavy fund buying o...
  198. EU agriculture ministries still have to lay to rest two key points of political disag...
  199. This week the Australian Bureau of Agricultural and Resource Economics (ABARE) increa...