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USDA faces ‘significant cuts’ under Trump administration budget proposal
The budget proposal, released on Tuesday (May 23) setsthe USDA budget at US$137 billion for the 2018 fiscal year, down by around 8%from the current level, and suggests removing, reducing or capping funding forareas such as crop insurance, rural ......
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DG Agri and DG Environment to set up joint task force on water
The European Commission’s agriculture and environment units are to establish a joint task force on water and have also asked the EU Joint Research Centre to establish a ‘Knowledge Hub’ to make existing water data available across the EU. ......
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Commission paper proposes CAP transition to ‘agro-ecological principles’
Commissioners Phil Hogan and Karmenu Vella presented a joint ‘staff working document’ on water in agriculture during the informal Council of EU farm ministers in Malta this week (May 22-23), which will feed into the reflections on the post-2020 CAP...
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Member states working towards compromise on EU organic rules
New EU organic sector legislation will likely contain no EU-wide threshold for decertification, sources have told Agra Europe at the Informal Council of Agricultural Ministers in Malta. Member states are once again working towards a renewed compromise text for a...
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Sessão do Colégio de Comissários: Autorização do glifosato
No dia 16 de Maio, no plenário do colégio de comissários, foi lançada uma questão sobre a autorização do glifosato.
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Commissioners to unveil proposal on EU food supply chain regulation in June
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan will next month co-present to MEPs a proposal on fairer regulation of the bloc’s food supply chain. Noticia completa com a subscrição.
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Glyphosate : une nouvelle autorisation fait déjà réagir
Selon les eurodéputés socialistes français Eric Andrieu et belge Marc Tarabella, la Commission européenne s’apprêterait à proposer au mois de juin un renouvellement d’autorisation du principe actif controversé du Roundup. La Commission européenne devrait proposer au mois de juin un...
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Commission to launch call for three new EIP-AGRI focus groups in June
The European Commission will be launching a call for experts for three new European Innovation Programme (EIP) agriculture focus groups this coming June, bringing the total number of such groups to 31.
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ComEnvi adopts resolutions against GM maize and cotton imports
The EU Parliament environment committee (ComEnvi) has adopted two resolutions opposing plans from the EU Commission to authorise imports containing an herbicide resistant genetically modified (GM) maize and cotton.
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Germany provided nearly 50% of responses to CAP consultation
Nearly half of the responses to the European Commission’s recently concluded public consultation on modernising and simplifying the Common Agricultural Policy came from Germany.
Ler maisSimplification de la Pac La commission agriculture du Parlement européen adopte le règlement « Omnibus »
Le règlement Omnibus voté par la commission agriculture du Parlement européen envisage d'assouplir les critères imposés pour les outils de gestion des risques, au premier rang desquels figure l'assurance récolte. La Commission agriculture du Parlement européen a adopté, ce mercredi...
Ler maisEU Parliament Agri Committee votes through controversial resolution on CAP reform
The European Parliament’s Agricultural Committee (ComAgri) has voted through a controversial draft opinion on changing CAP rules that introduces bargaining organisations for farmers and softens greening requirements.
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La CE recibe más de 320.000 respuestas a la consulta pública de la PAC
Tras el cierre del período de 12 semanas de consulta pública sobre modernización y simplificación de la Política Agrícola Común en la medianoche del 2 de mayo de 2017, las cifras preliminares indican que la Comisión Europea ha recibido más...
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El GIS pide que la innovación tenga más peso en la reforma de la PAC
El Grupo de Innovación Sostenible para el Sector Alimentario (GIS), foro de trabajo que promueve la innovación práctica aplicada a la agroalimentación, pretende participar también en el debate que ahora comienza sobre la futura Política Agrícola Común (PAC) reclamando un...
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EU-Canada CETA entry into force expected in June
Canada is expected to ratify the EU-Canada Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) this month, meaning that the trade deal would provisionally enter into force in June. Sources told Agra Europe that theterms of the CETA are currently undergoing the ‘Third...
Ler maisEU farm lobby unveils position paper on post-2020 CAP
As a three-month consultation on EU agriculture policy draws to a close, umbrella EU farm lobby Copa Cogeca has finalised its position on the future CAP – calling for simpler rules, support for cooperatives and more effective tools for managing...
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Sur les reseaux sociaux la manque d’eau inquiete les agriculteurs
Les semis des cultures de printemps se déroulent dans la poussière en ce mois d'avril comme en témoignent les photos postées par les agriculteurs sur les réseaux sociaux. Quant aux cultures d'hiver, le manque d'eau nuit à leur bon développement....
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Commission weighs glyphosate re-authorisation of 10, 15 years
The European Commission will next week debate the merits of re-authorising the world’s most widely used herbicide, glyphosate, for a period of either 10 or 15 years. EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogantold Agra Europe today (April 21)that the College of...
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XI Congreso Internacional de Bioenergía
El sector energético deberá satisfacer una demanda de energía en aumento al tiempo que reduce sus emisiones de gases de efecto invernadero. La undécima edición del congreso internacional de bioenergía, organizado por avebiom, mira hacia el futuro bajo el lema...
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Commission to review system of excise duties for alcoholic beverages
The European Commission is set to review the EU’s system of excise duties on alcoholic beverages. The EU executive announced the launch of a publicconsultation today (April 19), set to run until July 7. Notícia completa mediante a subscrição.
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Commission proposes 1.38% direct payments cut to fund 2018 Crisis Reserve
The 2013 CAP reform createdthe annual Crisis Reserve, which sets aside funds from direct payments underthe ‘financial discipline’ mechanism from the previous marketing year, to beused if emergency measures are needed.
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‘At least’ 10 year glyphosate re-authorisation in ‘coming weeks’ – Hogan
The European Commission looks set to re-authorise the world’s most widely used herbicide, glyphosate, for a period of “at least” 10 years, it has emerged. Speaking yesterday (April 11) at a conferenceat the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC), EU...
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No Commission proposal to increase greening ‘EFA’ requirement to 7%
The European Commission has decided not to increase the minimum percentage of a farm’s arable land area that must be devoted to ‘Ecological Focus Area’ (EFA) in order to receive the full CAP Pillar One (P1) direct payment. In a...
Ler maisConclusiones de la Conferencia “Construyendo la PAC del futuro post 2020”
El secretario general de Agricultura y Alimentación, Carlos Cabanas, presentó ayer las principales conclusiones de la Conferencia “Construyendo la PAC del futuro post 2020”, organizada por el Ministerio para escuchar las opiniones de todos los implicados en este proceso. A...
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Address to the Forum for the Future of Agriculture – Is the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) fit for the SDG age?
Distinguished guests, fellow panellists, ladies and gentlemen, It is a pleasure to be here again at the FFA this year. Those of you were here last year will recall that this event coincided with the horrific bombings which claimed 32...
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Next CAP reform ‘must go further’ on environmental protection – Hogan
The next reform of the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) “must go further” on protecting the environment and slowing climate change, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has said.
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Record start to the year for EU agri-food exports
EU agri-food exports recorded their strongest ever start to a calendar year in value terms with shipments to third countries in January 2017 up nearly 10% compared with the same month last year. Total sales are pegged at €10.3 billion,...
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Lechugas cultivadas por robots, la agricultura del futuro llega a Japón
En la reunión de ministros de Agricultura del G7 en Niigata (abril de 2016), se debatió sobre la próxima generación de agricultores. La media de edad de los trabajadores en el campo en gran parte del mundo es alta y...
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Commission launches new tool to promote EU agri-food products overseas
A new tool has been launched by the European Commission to help European agri-food producer organisations promote their products overseas. The new ‘agri-food promotion portal’, to bemanaged by the EU executive’s Consumers, Health, Agriculture and Food ExecutiveAgency... More info: www.agripromotion.eu...
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La PAC necesita recuperar el Norte
Si algo nos demostró el último año y lo que llevamos de 2017, es que nada está escrito y que la realidad y las reacciones del ser humano son imprevisibles. Creímos que Reino Unido no saldría de la Unión Europea...
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Russia reacts to WTO pigmeat verdict, EU farm leaders cautious
Russia says it will comply with last week’s WTO ruling against its ban on EU pigmeat - but in a statement that leaves almost as many questions as answers, the country’s Ministry for Economic Development vows to maintain existing protections...
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Deux tiers des Français prêts à payer plus cher les produits alimentaires
Etre un consommateur solidaire des agriculteurs, les Français sont d'accord. Mais attention, la confiance fléchit. C’est l’une des tendances majeures du sondage Ifop-Dimanche Ouest-France que nous publions comme chaque année à l’occasion du Salon de l’agriculture, sur l'image des agriculteurs....
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Disparition de Xavier Beulin Christiane Lambert présidente par intérim de la FNSEA
Vice-présidente de la FNSEA, Christiane Lambert assure la présidence par intérim de la FNSEA suite au décès de Xavier Beulin. Suite au décès, dans la nuit du dimanche 19 février 2017, de Xavier Beulin, son leader charismatique, la FNSEA réunit...
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US farm groups make case for tariffs against EU products over hormone-treated beef ban
The US beef, dairy and veal sectors have urged the US Trade Representative (USTR) to reinstate retaliatory tariffs on a range of products from the European Union over the bloc’s ban on hormone-treated beef. The USTR held a hearingthis week...
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CAP consultation: 10,000 responses received two weeks in
The European Commission has already received around 10,000 responses to the CAP post-2020 public consultation, just two weeks after being launched. Sources told Agra Europe that the EU executive briefed member states on the state of the consultation at a...
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Los productores europeos piden más apoyos a la modernización
POLÍTICA AGRARIA COMÚN Los productores europeos, representados por el Copa-Cogeca han pedido a la Comisión Europea que impulse la modernización en la reforma de la nueva Política Agrícola Común y muestran su temor ante el posible impacto de “brexit”. “La...
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La Unión de Extremadura denunciará a las industrias transformadoras de tomate por “prácticas anticompetitivas”
La organización agraria La Unión de Extremadura ha anunciado este jueves que presentará una denuncia ante la Comisión Nacional de los Mercados y la Competencia contra las industrias transformadoras de tomate de la región por "prácticas anticompetitivas", ya que "tienen...
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‘Effective’ CAP direct payment regime must remain post-2020 – Hogan
EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan is “determined to maintain” the CAP system of direct payments after 2020, saying it gives farmers basic income support and an “effective” safety net. While measures are needed to improve farmers’ marketresilience, direct payments must...
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Pac 2020 La Confédération paysanne défend une politique agricole et alimentaire commune
Alors que la Commission européenne vient de lancer une consultation publique d’une durée de trois mois sur l'avenir de la politique agricole commune après 2020, la Confédération paysanne demande une Pac qui permettrait de garantir « un revenu aux paysans, de remettre en...
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Consultation européenne sur la Pac « La prochaine Pac n’interviendra pas avant 2023 » estime l’eurodéputé M. Dantin
« Fournir une alimentation de qualité et en quantité suffisante à 500 millions d'européens reste la première vocation de cette politique » ont déclaré Michel Dantin et Angélique Delahaye. Les deux eurodéputés PPE se félicitent de la mise en place de la...
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