European Union Archives - Page 24 of 25

Cereals, Crops, Reuters, Spring Wheat, Weather

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

By GFM Network News July 3, 2015

Paris | Reuters — A heatwave in Western Europe is adding to stress on wheat crops after a dry end to spring and reducing what had been very high yield potential only a month ago. Record temperatures for early July at around 40 C in parts of France unnerved traders in the European Union’s top […] Read more

Greek olives on display in a market in Athens. (CIA.gov)

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

By Reuters, GFM Network News May 19, 2015

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia may allow around 20 firms from Hungary, Cyprus and Greece to return to its market after it orders the lifting of an embargo on food imports from the European Union, Interfax news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Tuesday. Russia banned foods from the 28-nation EU last year […] Read more

Dairy Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Greece wants Canada-EU pact changed to protect ‘feta’ name

By GFM Network News May 5, 2015

Brussels | Reuters — Athens will not back a multi-billion dollar trade pact between Canada and the European Union unless the deal is changed to specify that only Greece can use the term “feta” for its salty white cheese, according to a document seen by Reuters. After five years of difficult negotiations, Canada and the […] Read more

(University of California-Davis Olive Center photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Crops, Reuters

EU moves to stop spread of ‘olive tree leprosy’

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 28, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– EU governments backed on Tuesday new measures to stop the spread of a bacterial disease that has attacked Italy’s olive oil production, the European Commission said. The new measures mean EU countries must reveal all outbreaks in the European Union, carry out official surveys and destroy all infested plants, as well […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters, Weather

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 27, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The European Union’s crop monitoring service on Monday lifted its yield forecasts for this year’s soft wheat, barley and rapeseed harvests with growing conditions remaining mostly favourable despite a recent dry spell. Yields will stay below levels seen in 2014, when the EU posted record production in several crops, but exceed […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU approves first new genetically modified crops since 2013

By GFM Network News April 24, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– The European Union cleared the import of 10 new types of genetically modified crops and two more kinds of cut flowers on Friday, its first authorizations in more than a year after a review of its blocked approval process. The European Commission said it had authorized 10 new types of maize, […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

EU proposes GM opt-out for members, angers pro- and anti-GM camps

By GFM Network News April 22, 2015

Brussels | Reuters — The European Commission proposed on Wednesday a new law allowing individual EU countries to restrict or prohibit imported genetically modified crops even if they have been approved by the bloc as a whole. The proposal covering GM crops in human food and animal feed upset trading partners, notably the U.S., which […] Read more

Crops

Pesticides could lead to ‘pollination deficit,’ EU report says

By GFM Network News April 8, 2015

Brussels | Reuters –– Evidence is mounting that widely-used pesticides harm moths, butterflies and birds as well as bees, adding to concerns crop production could be hit by a shortage of pollinators, according to a report drawn up for EU policymakers. The European Commission, the EU executive, placed restrictions on three neonicotinoid pesticides from Dec. […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Russia may consider lifting food ban from Greece, Hungary, Cyprus

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 7, 2015

Moscow | Reuters — The Russian government could consider removing Greece, Hungary and Cyprus from its ban on most Western food imports, Russian Agriculture Minister Nikolai Fyodorov was quoted as saying Tuesday. Russia’s ban, which should run until early August, was imposed in retaliation to Western sanctions on Russia over Moscow’s role in the Ukraine […] Read more

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

Brazilian beef exporters weigh WTO case against EU

By GFM Network News March 12, 2015

Brasilia | Reuters — Brazilian meat exporters are considering taking the European Union to the World Trade Organization to challenge restrictions on their beef shipments to one of the world’s top markets, the head of the country’s beef exporters association told Reuters. A new dispute could further harm trade ties frayed by an EU case […] Read more

GFM Network News

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Nutrien tops profit estimates, launches review of phosphate business

U.S. grains: Soybean prices rise as China-U.S. truce assessed

Tag Archives European Union

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

Greece wants Canada-EU pact changed to protect ‘feta’ name

EU moves to stop spread of ‘olive tree leprosy’

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

EU approves first new genetically modified crops since 2013

EU proposes GM opt-out for members, angers pro- and anti-GM camps

Pesticides could lead to ‘pollination deficit,’ EU report says

Russia may consider lifting food ban from Greece, Hungary, Cyprus

Brazilian beef exporters weigh WTO case against EU

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