LESS The Queen is among the wealthiest landowners who will see deep cuts to their farm subsidies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Reuters / Europe’s wealthiest landowners, including Britain’s Queen Elizabeth and Spain’s Duchess of Alba, will see deep cuts to their future farm subsidies under proposals from members of the European Parliament Jan. 23. Annual payments to the top recipients of agricultural subsidies should be capped at 300,000 euros from 2014, the European Parliament’s influential agriculture […] Read moreEU lawmakers vote to limit funds for biggest farms
EU approves Morocco agriculture trade deal
Reading Time: < 1 minute European Union lawmakers approved a new trade deal with Morocco Feb. 16 that will significantly extend duty-free sales of agricultural, food and fisheries products between the North African kingdom and the 27-nation bloc. The EU’s agriculture chief, Dacian Ciolos, described the deal as both economically and politically significant. “It is a balanced agreement, which opens […] Read more
EU extends zero duty on wheat, barley imports
The European Union’s cereals management committee voted Thursday to extend the suspension of the bloc’s import duties on feed wheat and barley until June 30, 2012, the EU’s executive said in a statement. The EU in June suspended its import duties of 12 euros per tonne for low- and medium-quality wheat and 16 euros a […] Read more
EU may extend zero import duty on feed wheat, barley
The European Union’s cereals management committee may vote Thursday to extend a suspension of the bloc’s import duties on feed wheat and barley until June 30 2012, a draft agenda of the meeting seen by Reuters showed. In June, the EU suspended its import duties of 12 euros per tonne for low- and medium-quality wheat […] Read more
Young European Farmers Leaving The Land
Reading Time: 3 minutes Tracts of countryside in Spain are likely to turn into desert or waste dumps unless the European Union provides enough support to young farmers to stop them from leaving the land for the city. Measures to support young farmers will be part of draft proposals due on Oct. 12 for overhauling the bloc s controversial […] Read more
EU Reform Plans Target Greener, Fairer Farm Subsidies
Reading Time: 3 minutes European Union officials want to make farm subsidies fairer and more environmentally friendly, in a bid to win support for keeping annual agricultural spending at about 55 billion euros (US$75 billion) up to 2020. Critics of the bloc s common agricultural policy (CAP) had urged the European Commission to take advantage of high global food […] Read more
EU Heads Clash Over Responsibility For Food Aid
Reading Time: < 1 minute France warned Germany and other countries on Sept. 20 that they risked provoking a food crisis in Europe because of their opposition to an EU-funded food aid scheme for the bloc s poorest citizens. In the current economic crisis, this program is proof of the European principle of solidarity. It would be unacceptable for Europe […] Read more
Biodiesel’s “Green” Attributes Trashed By Four EU Studies
Reading Time: 3 minutes Europe’s biodiesel industry could be wiped out by EU plans to tackle the unwanted side-effects of biofuel production, after studies showed few climate benefits, four papers obtained by Reuters show. Europe’s world-leading $13-billion biodiesel industry, which has boomed in the wake of a decision by Brussels policy-makers in 2003 to promote it, is now on […] Read more
EU Experts Approve Trace GM In Feed
Reading Time: < 1 minute An EU committee voted Feb. 22 to allow traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in animal feed imports, the European Commission said, in a bid to secure grain supplies to the import-dependent bloc. EU governments and lawmakers now have three months to either approve or reject the committee’s decision, before the rules can be […] Read more
EU experts approve trace GM in feed imports
A European Union committee voted Tuesday to allow traces of unapproved genetically modified (GM) material in animal feed imports, the European Commission said, in a bid to secure grain supplies to the import-dependent bloc. EU governments and lawmakers now have three months to either approve or reject the committee’s decision, before the rules can be […] Read more
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