Stories Collection

  1. Feed ingredient prices at 29.08.02 (shipment dates cif Rotterdam unless stated) ...
  2. Contrary to the general trend of food industry concentration, the number of egg packi...
  3. The Dutch pig herd contracted to 11.0 million head from 13.1m in the year to April 1....
  4. Estonian agriculture will still be undergoing drastic post-soviet restructuring when ...
  5. The Austrian farmers union has welcomed the government 's early relief package to aid...
  6. The 'Nitrofen Scandal' has had serious consequences for organic production. Sales of ...
  7. Bread grain: Wheat purchases were limited in July by high harvest estimates, even tho...
  8. EU inspectors have uncovered serious flaws in Spain's system of veterinary border pro...
  9. The Danish pig herd is stable, numbering 12.95 million head in July this year compare...
  10. (August 29) Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 52 600 tonnes at...
  11. Canada's s spring wheat and barley crops have been blasted by drought more thoroughly...
  12. Agricultural prices for the week ending August 23, 2002 UK Germany Netherland...
  13. Italian grain merchants are looking forward to getting their hands on high-quality Fr...
  14. Poland's beef sector has been on the defensive since the country discovered BSE insid...
  15. UK farmers enjoyed an overall increase in average producer prices for agricultural pr...
  16. The EU apple harvest is down again-down from last year's and down against the average...
  17. Grain and soyabean futures leapt to their highest levels in four and a half years thi...
  18. Beet test results in so far indicate that this year's EU sugar production should comf...
  19. EU sugar subsidies were savaged for their damaging effects on developing countries in...
  20. As Agra Europe went to press, legal translators at the World Trade Organisation (WTO)...
  21. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 43 250 tonnes at a maximum re...
  22. The downward trend of BSE cases in the UK continues unabated, according to new figure...
  23. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  24. Cyprus and Malta, often overlooked as EU candidate countries in the general focus on ...
  25. The EU should bounce back into the rapeseed export market this year as its relatively...
  26. Ireland's agriculture department and beef industry have sent a sample consignment of ...
  27. Average net farm incomes in the UK may fall by up to 22% if 'modulation' - the siphon...
  28. What began with the discovery of hormone-contaminated pig feed on a few Dutch farms (...
  29. The global sugar market has drifted into a crisis whose likely political fall-out wil...
  30. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  31. Projections are still rising for this year's EU grain crop, with trade association CO...
  32. The European Commission published plans on Wednesday for the most radical reform of t...
  33. Irish cattle prices over the first half of this year were stronger than last year's, ...
  34. French reaction to the Commission's MTR proposals has been swift and direct, with far...
  35. Euro gains on dollar and yen The euro was trading stronger against the dollar and sl...
  36. Beef cattle prices in the UK and perhaps even in some other EU markets appear likely ...
  37. Malaysian palm oil futures have recently been firm but calmer than a few weeks ago - ...
  38. Grain prices should begin to recover at the end of this year before posting strong gr...
  39. The EU Commission's recent decision to release intervention beef for sale reflects a ...
  40. EU food safety experts this week urged countries hit by contamination of animal feed ...
  41. Agricultural prices for the week ending July 5, 2002 UK Germany Netherland...
  42. The EU dairy management committee this week agreed further increases in EU export ref...
  43. The European Commission yesterday began a new initiative to reduce pesticide use in t...
  44. More than [euro]2 billion of money mis-spent under EU agricultural support programmes...
  45. In two votes taken on Wednesday in Strasbourg on labelling Genetically Modified (GM) ...
  46. A 10% switch of subsidies from food production to environmental measures, as proposed...
  47. COCERAL 2002 oilseeds crop forecast for EU-15 (Area in '000 hectare; yield in tonne/...
  48. Food assurance schemes need to be radically reformed if they are to deliver consumer ...
  49. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  50. The French government has let a European Commission ultimatum to lift the country's c...
  51. The European Commission's shortly-to-be-published proposals for the reform of Europea...
  52. Some 42 pig farms in the Netherlands are under investigation for suspected use of fee...
  53. A report by the Danish Research Institute of Food Economics released this week sought...
  54. China is clawing back its stake in the vital Malaysian maize market, making relativel...
  55. World grain/soya supply and demand estimates, July 2002 (million tonnes) Wheat ...
  56. Far from being a mere assessment of the progress of Agenda 2000 50 far, with accompan...
  57. Russian agriculture minister Alexei Gordeyev has aired a threat that Russia could res...
  58. German foreign trade figures for agricultural products increased slightly in the firs...
  59. France's ban on imports of UK beef came under renewed fire this week as a senior Euro...
  60. COCERAL EU-15 2002 grain crop forecast (Area in '000 hectares, yield in tonnes per h...
  61. Maize prices in much of the EU probably have little room for upward movement as abund...
  62. Market situation: The market is reasonably stable, and in fact has seen an overall ri...
  63. EU farm Commissioner Franz Fischler mounted a staunch defence of the MTR plans on Wed...
  64. New Zealand's export lamb production in the current season ending September 30 is run...
  65. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 40 000 tonnes at a maximum re...
  66. Expansion of organic food production in Ireland will be a slow and difficult process ...
  67. UK animal health minister Elliot Morley announced a review of pig identification rule...
  68. By the end of a tricky planting season, Canadian farmers had seeded more barley, duru...
  69. Although the dollar is continuing to rise against the euro, the gains are only partly...
  70. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 78 500 tonnes at a maximum re...
  71. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe have given a generally warm welcome to th...
  72. Chicago grain and oilseed futures markets hit new highs this week as heatwaves and co...
  73. New French prime minister Jean-Pierre Raffarin has underlined his country's oppositio...
  74. The latest estimates of slaughterings and stocks calculated by the UK agriculture min...
  75. This year's European blackcurrant harvest has probably fallen 22% to about 94 000 ton...
  76. Decoupling The Commission proposes to introduce a single decoupled income payment ...
  77. Soyabean futures took charge of Chicago's bull 'weather market' for much of this week...
  78. FRESH Conformity checks: The derogation to regulation 2540/2001 on the application...
  79. A momentary lull in transatlantic farm trade disputes was interrupted last weekend, a...
  80. Agricultural prices for the week ending June 28, 2002 UK Germany Netherlan...
  81. The United States and other leading trade partners have welcomed the EU proposals for...
  82. EU grain and oliseed trade association COCERAL has kept its forecast of this year's E...
  83. A majority of Irish food businesses believe the responsibility for resolving food saf...
  84. The European Commission on Tuesday imposed fines totalling [euro]127 million on two l...
  85. Regulation 2571/97 (Sale of intervention butter at reduced prices and aid for butter ...
  86. Market situation: The EU egg market remains stable, with little change. However, the ...
  87. Next Monday's EU agriculture Council in Brussels will represent the first opportunity...
  88. The anticipated backlash against the Commission's radical plans for CAP reform were n...
  89. Irish cattle prices have been stable so far this year on the basis of low availabilit...
  90. The UK's Food Standards Agency (FSA) has taken a controversial decision to ask the EU...
  91. Export tender adjudication: Bids to export open market barley were rejected. Bids to ...
  92. A change in Chinese policy on wheat quality could be as significant as production vol...
  93. Poland is expected to produce more pigmeat but less beef in 2002 after an overall dec...
  94. EU foreign ministers on Monday night reached hard-fought agreement on how to negotiat...
  95. A report * by the English National Farmers' Union (NFU), released on June 18, claims ...
  96. This year's trade disruptions could bring US broiler exports skidding down 12% in 200...
  97. This season's high hopes for the German grain sector, engendered by the temporary red...
  98. EU heads of government have promised to start talks with candidates for EU membership...
  99. (June 6) Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 63 925 tonnes at a ...
  100. A 'retaliatory' increase in Russian tariffs on EU meat and dairy product imports was ...
  101. China will go on producing genetically modified (GM) cotton for now, despite the find...
  102. The euro hit fresh highs against the dollar and the yen this morning as traders showe...
  103. An influential European Parliament Committee this week voted to toughen up draft EU r...
  104. The unloading of a shipment of foreign soyabeans at a Chinese port has raised hopes t...
  105. Sugar prices should hold steady in 2002 and 2003 as depleted stocks in China, bulging...
  106. The response to the latest evidence of tightening world supplies seems to bear out th...
  107. A delicate game of political cat-and-mouse is set to be played out over the next 12 m...
  108. German agriculture minister Renate Kunast has assured farmers affected by nitrofen co...
  109. The manoeuvring for position among member states ahead of the forthcoming CAP mid-ter...
  110. EU foreign ministers on Monday rubber-stamped the European Commission's mandate for t...
  111. An Irish farmers' group is seeking urgent government aid as farm losses mount due to ...
  112. In 2001 the number of Dutch farms declined by 5%, the biggest reduction ever. The dec...
  113. The current crop season is bringing its usual tales of triumph and disaster on the wo...
  114. Last year's overproduction in the EU poultry sector has been forcing down prices this...
  115. Agricultural prices for the week ending May 31, 2002 UK Germany Netherlands ...
  116. The EU on Thursday signed up to a UN treaty aimed at spreading biodiversity in world ...
  117. Calls from Poland for a three-month delay in opening a 230 000 tonne duty-free EU whe...
  118. 1) Market situation: The market is reasonably stable, but subject to fluctuations. So...
  119. A respected forecaster has slashed its projection of Australia's 2002/03 wheat crop t...
  120. Indian wheat exports could push up to 4 million tonnes in 2002/03 and are providing g...
  121. Optimistic predictions about the future of the global grain market are based on a num...
  122. A buoyant world market for cereals and other major agricultural commodities is essent...
  123. The Cuban government has confirmed that it intends to tear out 50% of the country's s...
  124. The EU may be prepared to give some ground on WTO negotiations on export subsidies if...
  125. The need for greater efficiencies in UK food supply chains (FSC) was highlighted at t...
  126. A report from the European Commission on the future of the EU dairy sector, seen by A...
  127. Maize markets reacted cautiously this week to improved US exports amid signs that com...
  128. Canadian rye has been pushed out of the Japanese market and is losing ground in the U...
  129. A return to normality from last year's chaos has left average EU sheep prices in the ...
  130. The European Commission has given France 15 days to lift its ban on imports of UK bee...
  131. Direct payments to farmers under the CAP face a radical shake-up, with future support...
  132. The imposition of compulsory land set-aside on arable farmers in the European Union h...
  133. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 54 100 tonnes at a maximum re...
  134. Argentina's beef industry is showing signs of recovery after last year's bout of foot...
  135. Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 53 850 tonnes at a maximum re...
  136. EU governments this week struck a surprise agreement behind the scenes to allow an ex...
  137. Last year's UK outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) cost the public sector over [...
  138. (June 27) Regulation 2571/97 (Sale of intervention butter at reduced prices and ai...
  139. (June 27) Export tender adjudication: Bids to export German intervention rye to As...
  140. US wheat futures rose to new 10-week highs this week as traders digested more weather...
  141. Ireland's department of agriculture this week published a report* on the consequences...
  142. German agriculture minister Renate Kunast told the country's parliament (Bundestag) o...
  143. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  144. Farm minister Joe Walsh has, however, denied that his department has been downgraded,...
  145. Bread grain: EU markets benefited from the EU decision to resume granting export rest...
  146. The French foreign trade surplus for agricultural and food products was worth [euro]5...
  147. This season's Australian canola crop may not shrink as drastically as recent forecast...
  148. The French trade deficit in fresh fruit and vegetables (excluding potatoes) rose by 2...
  149. EU pig producers will be looking to the barbecue season to keep prices steady as grow...
  150. Calls for the introduction of electronic identification and electronic data transfer ...
  151. Recent rains may have rescued the Serbian wheat crop from a yield slump of 25%, accor...
  152. The total value of publicly-funded aid to EU farmers rose by almost 7% last year as c...
  153. A simple flat-rate area payment for beef, and possibly for other sectors as well, cou...
  154. The UK's pigmeat production capacity, in a state of decline for several years, may st...
  155. A panel of EU food safety experts this week ruled out any immediate Community measure...
  156. Details of the recent EU 'double profit' farm trade agreement with Hungary were relea...
  157. Greek Feta cheese has won controversial protection from imitations made elsewhere and...
  158. A survey by the Irish research organisation Teagasc claims to have shown that Irish p...
  159. Indonesian millers are sourcing low-cost wheat from India and China to stave off comp...
  160. The European Commission this week prepared the ground for its imminent 'mid-term revi...
  161. The EU's dairy management committee this week agreed to buy skimmed milk powder into ...
  162. Despite generous payments authorised by the new farm bill, the US Department of Agric...
  163. Agricultural prices for the week ending June 21, 2002 UK Germany Netherlan...
  164. The UK department for environment food and rural affairs is to launch a public consul...
  165. Cuba intends to shut down nearly half of its sugar mills, risking severe social dislo...
  166. As the campaign to secure higher milk prices continues, Irish dairy farmers this week...
  167. EU foreign ministers on Monday moved towards putting off all talk of offering direct ...
  168. The European Commission this week suspended full intervention buying for skimmed milk...
  169. EU milk deliveries over the April-March quota year just ended totalled 115.6 million ...
  170. Indonesia's soyameal and maize imports should climb in 2002 as the country's feed ind...
  171. The US Congress is poised to complete the most expensive farm support bill in the nat...
  172. The countries of Central and Eastern Europe are likely to join the ranks of those pus...
  173. Irish lamb exports to France are struggling to hold their ground in the face of colla...
  174. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  175. Imports of several Chinese food products into the EU can re-start following a vote in...
  176. Cuba's 2001/02 sugar crop is creeping past last season's very low result of 3.53 mill...
  177. The Danish pig herd was showing annualised growth of 1.9% at the beginning of April, ...
  178. A consultation document which pins much of the blame for Western diseases such as obe...
  179. Agricultural prices for the week ending May 17, 2002 UK Germany Netherlands ...
  180. The poultry industry is in the business of creating food and it should therefore expe...
  181. The EU goat herd was stable overall in the 12 months to December 2001, but extra slau...
  182. Feed ingredient prices at 23.05.02 (Sellers' prices [euro] tonne, shipment dates cif...
  183. The French agri-food trade surplus for the first three months of 2002 amounted to [eu...
  184. Acreage seeded to maize in France looks likely to fall by nearly 6% as wheat takes ba...
  185. Possible European Commission proposals to further tighten the stocking density rules ...
  186. A case of classical swine fever has been confirmed on a pig farm at Chemery-les-Deux,...
  187. The poultry industries of many Central and Eastern European Countries (CEECs) are res...
  188. After Poland confirmed its first BSE case last weekend, the UK Food Standards Agency ...
  189. The English National Farmers' Union (NFU) has hit out at government proposals to make...
  190. (May 16) Regulation 2571/97 (Sale of intervention butter at reduced prices and aid...
  191. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  192. A majority of European governments have closed ranks on a small but powerful group of...
  193. Sheep's intestines could be added to the EU list of specified risk material, to be re...
  194. Cattle, pigmeat and sheepmeat representative prices (Euro/100kg) Cattle ...
  195. Weather conditions in Spain are mixed but fair as maize planting comes to an end and ...
  196. The US poultry industry is in good health and should continue to benefit from buoyant...
  197. Government authorities in England and Wales announced this week that they were planni...
  198. A rejuvenated euro is casting everything before it on the currency exchanges and exte...
  199. The EU cattle herd contracted by more than 1% in 2001 and slaughter dropped by just u...