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Ukraine seeks action against Polish farmers for grain spillage

Polish agriculture minister apologizes for "act of desperation"

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 12, 2024
Kyiv urged Warsaw on Monday to "hold to account" Polish farmers for stopping three trucks at a border crossing between Poland and Ukraine and spilling the Ukrainian grain they were carrying.

Scenes from a year-long protest in India (here, near, Delhi in December 2020) during which farmers decried new laws liberalizing agriculture markets. (Photo: Reuters/Anushree Fadnavis)
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Indian police block roads to halt farmers marching to New Delhi

Farmers accuse Modi gov. of slow rollout of promised higher prices

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 12, 2024
Indian police on Monday blocked roads to halt farmers who were marching to New Delhi to press for the better crop prices promised to them in 2021 when thousands of growers camped out on major highways leading to the country's capital.


Farmers gather outside the Basque regional parliament in front of riot police during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Vitoria, Spain, February 8, 2024. REUTERS/Vincent West
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Tractors choke Spanish city streets as farmers protest EU policy

Spain's government, EU distribute additional subsidies, scrap plan to halve pesticide use

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 8, 2024
Spanish farmers drove tractors through city streets, disrupting traffic on Thursday as they stepped up their protests against soaring costs, bureaucracy and cheap competition from outside the European Union.

Protesters lead a cow on a street in downtown Milan as people protest against European agricultural policies, next to the Regional Council of Lombardy in Milan, Italy February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco
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Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Protests in France, Germany eased; farmers blocked Dutch-Belgian border

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 5, 2024
Italian farmers protesting about red tape and cheap imports from outside the EU headed towards Rome in convoys of tractors on Monday, while their colleagues in the north led a cow through the streets of Milan.


Trucks wait for crossing into Poland at the Rava-Ruska border checkpoint in Ukraine’s Lviv region on April 17, 2023. (Photo: Reuters/Roman Baluk)
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Ukraine’s farm unions ask government to protect free EU market access

The European Commission has proposed limited Ukrainian imports to pacify protesting farmers

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 5, 2024
Ukrainian agrarian unions have asked the government to do everything possible to maintain free access to the European market for their food products, the UCAB association said on Monday.

A farmer gestures during a protest against European agricultural policies, in Floriana, Malta February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi
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Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as anger spreads across Europe

Polish farmers threaten closure of Ukraine border; France promises more farm measures

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 2, 2024
Farmers blocked the Dutch-Belgian border on Friday and occupied roads in Greece while their Polish peers announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as protests for fairer prices and less red tape spread across Europe.


French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Europe needs to ‘profoundly’ change its farming rules, says Macron

French farmers' union call for end of blockades

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 1, 2024
Europe's farming sector is facing a major crisis and needs to 'profoundly' change its rules, French President Emmanuel Macron said in Brussels, reaffirming Paris is against striking the Mercosur free-trade agreement with Latin American countries.

An effigy and a placard reading “Our end will be your hunger” are attached to a tractor as farm vehicles are lined up during a blockade by farmers on the A4 highway to protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances that are shared by farmers across Europe, in Jossigny, near Paris, France, January 31, 2024. REUTERS/Stephanie Lecocq
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EU plans curbs on Ukraine farm imports to calm angry farmers

Measures possible for other farm produce if markets disrupted

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 31, 2024
The European Commission on Wednesday proposed measures to limit agricultural imports from Ukraine and offer greater flexibility on rules for fallow land in a bid to quell protests by angry farmers in France and other EU members.


French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Belgian farmers block roads to Zeebrugge port as French protests spill over

Spanish farmers plan February protests as anger spreads across Europe

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 30, 2024
Belgian farmers angry about rising costs, EU environmental policies and cheap food imports blocked access roads to the Zeebrugge container port on Tuesday.

French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier
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Angry French farmers block highways in bid to step up pressure on government

Belgian farmers also protesting in Brussels

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 29, 2024
Long lines of tractors blocked highways near Paris and across France on Monday, as angry farmers sought to put pressure on the government to do more to help them weather inflation, compete with cheap imports and make a living.


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