Scotland’s National Union of Farmers (NFU) has called on the UK government to introduce clear origin labelling for processed beef.

British farmers are trying to sell off their large barley and wheat harvests before October 31 to avoid the potential market chaos of a no-deal Brexit.

Irish beef farmers can now apply for funding to help them cope with the impact of Brexit, which is already putting downward pressure on the prices for their products.

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) may announce an agreement with the Mercosur countries later this week.

EU duties have caused a sharp decline in Cambodia’s rice exports to the bloc, which has been “acutely felt” by almost 500,000 farming families, the country’s rice sector has claimed.

In a sharp rebuttal of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s criticism, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said the EU “will not buckle” on his demand to remove the backstop provision.

Progress on reducing the use of pesticides on Irish farms is difficult to measure because of a lack of targets and indicators, EU investigators have found

The Spanish organic agricultural area increased by 8% to 2.24 million hectares in 2018, strengthening its EU leadership, according to the Spanish ministry of agriculture (Mapa).

Scotland’s National Union of Farmers (NFU) has called on the UK government to introduce clear origin labelling for processed beef.

Droughts will become more and more frequent in Germany, with severe consequences for the country’s farming sector and food production, a prominent environmental group has warned.

Progress on reducing the use of pesticides on Irish farms is difficult to measure because of a lack of targets and indicators, EU investigators have found

The European Free Trade Association (EFTA) may announce an agreement with the Mercosur countries later this week.

Malaysia’s prime minister has called for the UK to move away from the EU’s critical stance on palm oil when it leaves the bloc later this year.

The US and China tussled over the adoption of an Appellate Body decision on US non-compliance with a dispute panel ruling about various countervailing duty investigations while requests for dispute panels were granted to probe India's sugar subsides during an August 15 meeting of the World Trade Organization's (WTO) Dispute Settlement Body (DSB).

The European Commission has introduced provisional countervailing duties on Indonesian companies that export biodiesel to the European Union, claiming that the industry receives illegal subsidies from the government.

Trade flows in agriculture and food products in western Europe and beyond are set for significant upheaval at the end of October when the UK leaves the European Union. The precise impacts are hard to predict with any accuracy - but they are likely to create considerable shockwaves.

In a sharp rebuttal of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s criticism, EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan said the EU “will not buckle” on his demand to remove the backstop provision.

Italy’s overall food exports stagnated in June for the first time this year, mainly due to a 17.1% drop in sales to the UK, which was caused partly by a devaluation of the British pound, said Italy’s farmers’ group Coldiretti, which reiterated its warning of an impending crisis in the case of a No Deal Brexit.