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EU review of Bayer’s Monsanto bid postponed further

By GFM Network News January 29, 2018

Frankfurt/Brussels | Reuters — Bayer’s quest to win regulatory approval for its planned takeover of Monsanto ran into further delays on Monday as European Union antitrust investigators extended their investigation by five working days until March 12. The ongoing proceedings would have given the German drugs and pesticides maker until midnight on Monday to offer […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

By GFM Network News December 8, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — EU antitrust regulators are set to warn Bayer its planned purchase of U.S. seed maker Monsanto may hurt competition, a person familiar with the matter said on Friday, a move that would force Bayer to offer concessions to address the concerns. The US$66 billion deal would make Bayer the world’s largest […] Read more

Germany’s Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt. (Thomas Imo photo, Bmel.de)

Crops, Reuters

Germany’s Merkel scolds ally in glyphosate row

By GFM Network News November 28, 2017

Berlin | Reuters — German Chancellor Angela Merkel scolded a minister on Tuesday in a bid to shield talks on forming a coalition government from a dispute between cabinet colleagues over an EU herbicide licence. Conservative Agriculture Minister Christian Schmidt angered the centre-left SPD on Monday by breaking protocol to back a European Union proposal […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Germany swings EU vote in favour of glyphosate

By GFM Network News November 27, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Germany defeated its key EU ally France in a very tight vote on Monday to clear the use of glyphosate herbicide for the next five years after a heated debate over whether it causes cancer. After months of indecisive votes among the 28 member states in Brussels, Germany, whose Chancellor Angela […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate

By GFM Network News November 9, 2017

London | Reuters – A large long-term study on the use of the big-selling weedkiller glyphosate by agricultural workers in the United States has found no firm link between exposure to the pesticide and cancer, scientists said on Thursday. Published in the Journal of the National Cancer Institute (JNCI), the study found there was no […] Read more

The peasants driving the horse and wagon are in the majority of farmers in Romania.

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Romania: One extreme to another

Marianne Stamm took an opportunity to learn about EU agriculture in Romania

By Marianne Stamm October 30, 2017

I had the opportunity to join a group of 45 European agriculture journalists on a one-week press tour of the eastern part of Romania. It was one surprise after another. What I knew of Romania consisted of stories of those who took clothing to children’s orphanages, or of the report of corruption and hardship from […] Read more

Hogs, Livestock

Canada untangles pork label rule for EU export

By Grainews Staff, GFM Network News October 27, 2017

A domestic technical obstacle has been cleared out of Canadian pork’s export path to the European Union, the Canadian Pork Council said Friday. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency last week made changes to its Manual of Procedures, which will allow pork packers to apply health mark labels after pork has been frozen, the council said. […] Read more

Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 10, 2017

London | Reuters — Britain could join a formal trade alliance with the United States, Canada and Mexico if the European Union refuses to clinch a post-Brexit trade deal, the Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday. The newspaper said British ministers were looking at joining the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as part of […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

EU set to delay vote on glyphosate

By Reuters, GFM Network News October 5, 2017

Brussels | Reuters — Health experts from European Union countries are expected to discuss whether or not to extend the licence for herbicide glyphosate at a meeting starting on Thursday, but will only vote on the issue later this year. The EU has been debating for two years whether to allow the herbicide, used in […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Reuters

EU, Canada settle cattle battle at the WTO

By GFM Network News October 3, 2017

Geneva | Reuters — The European Union and Canada have ended a 21-year dispute over hormone-treated meat after agreeing a wider trade agreement, they said in a filing published by the World Trade Organization on Tuesday. The settlement of the dispute at the WTO, which began in 1996, was facilitated by a liberalization of trade […] Read more

GFM Network News

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China lifts Brazilian poultry imports ban over bird flu

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Tag Archives European Union

EU review of Bayer’s Monsanto bid postponed further

EU regulators reported as set to warn Bayer on Monsanto bid

Germany’s Merkel scolds ally in glyphosate row

Germany swings EU vote in favour of glyphosate

U.S. farm study finds no firm cancer link to glyphosate

Romania: One extreme to another

Canada untangles pork label rule for EU export

Britain reported looking to NAFTA if Brexit deal fails

EU set to delay vote on glyphosate

EU, Canada settle cattle battle at the WTO

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