China's administration of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, rice and corn falls short of its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations, a Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel found in a closely watched case brought by the US.

The majority of German farmers are unhappy about the EU’s current Common Agricultural Policy, with nearly half of them favouring the abolishment of direct payments, a new survey has found.

The EU's campaign to clear the last of its intervention skimmed milk powder has run out of steam, with only a small fraction of the remaining stockpile being sold at this week's tender.

In an otherwise quiet week for European agri-food policy-makers, EU and Japanese leaders will meet in Brussels to assess the initial implementation of their bilateral free trade agreement.

China's administration of tariff rate quotas (TRQs) for wheat, rice and corn falls short of its World Trade Organization (WTO) obligations, a Dispute Settlement Body (DSB) panel found in a closely watched case brought by the US.

EU member states have agreed on a series of changes to rules on imports of animal products from countries including Argentine beef and sheep meat, Russian poultry and Egyptian gelatine.

There has been no maladministration in the European Commission’s practice of extending EU approval periods for agrochemical active ingredients (AIs) to allow for delays in renewal procedures, says EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly.

The majority of German farmers are unhappy about the EU’s current Common Agricultural Policy, with nearly half of them favouring the abolishment of direct payments, a new survey has found.

A revamp to EU consumer protection rules approved in an April 17 European Parliament vote has come under fire from Green/European Free Alliance (EFA) and left-wing MEPs because it does not clearly ban dual quality goods, where products sold under identical brands differ in composition or quality.

There has been no maladministration in the European Commission’s practice of extending EU approval periods for agrochemical active ingredients (AIs) to allow for delays in renewal procedures, says EU Ombudsman Emily O’Reilly.

The majority of German farmers are unhappy about the EU’s current Common Agricultural Policy, with nearly half of them favouring the abolishment of direct payments, a new survey has found.

EU member states have supported proposals for the next EU reassessment of the herbicide, glyphosate, to be handled by a group of rapporteur states comprising France, Hungary, Netherlands and Sweden.

Four agriculture ministers say that local crop-based biofuels need to play a bigger role in Europe’s energy mix if the EU wants to achieve its renewable energy targets by 2030.

Small-scale palm oil producers are not independent from large-scale palm oil plantations and cannot guarantee they are not responsible for deforestation, EU farmers have said.

US soybeans can be used in the European Union to make biofuels at least until July 2021, the EU executive has announced.

The UK food industry said it was “mightily relieved” last week by the news that the European Council had offered to extend the Brexit process until October 31.

Average farm profits in England could fall by over a third by 2022 if Britain pursues a ‘hard’ Brexit, according to new projections published today (April 12).

The European Council’s decision last night (April 10) to offer the UK an extension to the Brexit process to October 31 has been greeted with considerable relief by the UK’s food and agriculture industries.