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France says EU orders repayment of $1.5B in ag subsidies

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 27, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The European Commission has asked France to repay 1.1 billion euros (C$1.54 billion) of farm subsidies dating back to 2008-2012, the French agriculture ministry said Tuesday. The Commission’s claim, which mainly relates to inaccurate declarations of farm area, initially amounted to around 3.5 billion euros before being negotiated down by France, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Refiners urge EU to rethink renewables policy after oil collapse

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 19, 2015

Antwerp | Reuters –– European oil refiners urged the European Union on Monday to review laws calling for increased biodiesel content in road fuel because the cost of such renewables will counter the recent plunge in crude prices and weigh on the refining sector. “Governments should not inflict extra burden on the public by increasing […] Read more

General, Markets, Reuters

Food issues won’t block EU-U.S. trade deal, German minister says

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 12, 2015

Berlin | Reuters — Disagreements about food safety and farming are not likely to stand in the way of a free-trade agreement between the European Union and the U.S., Germany’s farm minister told Reuters on Monday. The two sides are grappling with how to integrate Europe’s food production and farm animal welfare standards into the […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

U.S. allows imports of Irish beef, first EU shipments in 17 years

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 5, 2015

Dublin/Brussels | Reuters — Ireland has become the first European Union country allowed to export beef to the U.S., 17 years after Washington banned EU imports over BSE. This follows a successful inspection by U.S. authorities of Ireland’s beef production system completed in July, the Irish agriculture department said on Monday, after the ban on […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest

By Reuters, GFM Network News November 14, 2014

Berlin | Reuters — Germany is pressing the European Commission to allow individual EU countries to ban cultivation of crops with genetically modified organisms (GMOs) before the 2015 harvest. German farm minister minister Christian Schmidt said “social-economic reasons” should be taken into account to allow a European Union country to ban GMO crops even when […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

By GFM Network News November 12, 2014

Brussels | Reuters — EU politicians on Tuesday backed a plan to allow nations to ban genetically modified crops on their soil even if they are given approval to be grown in the European Union, raising the chance their use will remain limited on the continent. Widely grown in the Americas and Asia, GM crops […] Read more

GFM Network News

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U.S. grains: Wheat extends gains on short covering, war risk

Tag Archives EU

France says EU orders repayment of $1.5B in ag subsidies

Refiners urge EU to rethink renewables policy after oil collapse

Food issues won’t block EU-U.S. trade deal, German minister says

U.S. allows imports of Irish beef, first EU shipments in 17 years

Germany to press EU for national right to ban GMOs before 2015 harvest

EU moves step closer to law on national GMO crop bans

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