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France to ban some glyphosates over surfactant

By Reuters, GFM Network News April 8, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– France’s health and safety agency is poised to ban herbicides that combine chemicals glyphosate and tallowamine, citing concerns over possible health risks, it said Friday. The ANSES agency sent a letter this week to manufacturers informing them that it intends to withdraw the authorization for such products, Francoise Weber, the ANSES […] Read more

A Western blot analysis, used to confirm BSE in bovine brain tissue. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Reuters

France confirms new BSE case

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 24, 2016

Paris | Reuters –– France’s agriculture ministry confirmed Thursday a case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) had been discovered in the northeastern region of Ardennes. The suspected case, found in a five-year-old cow, was identified last week during a test carried out on cattle older than 48 months after slaughter. The farm ministry said there […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

France moves toward all-out ban on neonics

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 18, 2016

Paris | Reuters — French lawmakers approved plans for a total ban on some widely used pesticides blamed for harming bees, going beyond European Union restrictions in a fierce debate that has pitched farmers and chemical firms against beekeepers and green groups. The EU limited the use of neonicotinoid chemicals, produced by companies including Bayer […] Read more

Livestock, Poultry/Eggs, Reuters

Pamela Anderson causes stir in French parliament over foie gras

By Reuters, GFM Network News January 19, 2016

Paris | Reuters — Canadian actress Pamela Anderson triggered scenes of chaos in France’s parliament on Tuesday as journalists fought and shoved to hear her campaign for a ban on the force-feeding of ducks and geese for foie gras. A photographer and a cameraman came to blows as those in the media scrum struggled to […] Read more

Columns, Crops

Getting to know durum country

Reporter's Notebook: A French Durum SAS researcher may turn up at your doorstep, asking about durum

By Lisa Guenther October 9, 2015

If you farm in Saskatchewan’s southern grain belt, you may have met Quentin Renault this summer. Quentin hails from France, but he’s in Canada for two years studying the durum supply chain, from farm to harbour. He spent his spring and summer driving dusty gravel roads in Saskatchewan’s durum belt, looking for farmers. On June […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 17, 2015

Paris | Reuters — France is to use a new European opt-out scheme to ensure a ban on the cultivation of genetically modified crops in the country remains in place, it said on Thursday. The European Union’s largest grain grower and exporter has asked the European Commission for France to be excluded from some GM […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Reuters, Soybeans

French court upholds Monsanto poisoning ruling

By Reuters, GFM Network News September 10, 2015

Lyon/Paris|Reuters — A French court upheld on Thursday a 2012 ruling in which Monsanto was found liable in the chemical poisoning of a French farmer, who says he suffered neurological problems after inhaling the U.S. company’s Lasso herbicide. The decision by an appeal court in Lyon confirmed the initial judgment, the first such case heard in court […] Read more

France’s Agriculture Minister Stephane Le Foll says “nearly 10 per cent” of the country’s livestock operations “are on the verge of going bankrupt.” (Agriculture.gouv.fr)

Beef Cattle, Dairy Cattle, Hogs, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

France says livestock crisis putting thousands of farms at risk

By Reuters, GFM Network News July 17, 2015

Paris | Reuters –– A downturn in France’s livestock sector has put thousands of farms close to bankruptcy, the government said Friday, as it seeks to contain a crisis that has undermined a flagship pledge to improve the livelihood of livestock producers. Farmers say a deteriorating international market, marked by a Russian food embargo, slowing […] Read more

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

Beef Cattle, Livestock, Markets, Reuters

OIE cuts six European countries’ BSE risk level

By Reuters, GFM Network News June 3, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has lowered to the safest level the official risk of six countries for BSE, a move expected to open international market access for their beef exports. These countries are France, Ireland, Switzerland, the Czech Republic, Cyprus and Liechtenstein. OIE members in Paris last week eased […] Read more

Daily Network News

USDA attachés forecast some changes in China’s oilseeds, cereals

China urges hog producers to manage output, vows timely reserve adjustments

Farm Credit Canada offers aid to farmers, companies affected by Iran war price spikes

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