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.

Next week will see a host of activities at the European Parliament and several events taking place in Brussels and elsewhere.

Early trade discussions between the EU and Australia are being hampered by disagreements on the protection of EU agri-food names, with cheeses and wines being the most controversial products.

Next week will see a host of activities at the European Parliament and several events taking place in Brussels and elsewhere.

The European Parliament’s Environment Committee wants member states to abide to more ambitious objectives and conditions under their CAP Strategic Plans, as well as increase minimum spending on climate and environmental measures.

The European Parliament plenary has urged member states to better enforce existing rules on protecting transported animals and sanction all offenders.

A new report by the World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) shows there has been global progress on the regulation and monitoring of antimicrobial use in animals.

The European Commission has concluded that palm oil production causes deforestation and its usage in biofuels should be phased out by 2030, but EU stakeholders criticise the plan for allowing some controversial exceptions.

The global organic area reached an all-time high in 2017 with nearly 70 million hectares of farmland devoted to this type of agriculture, new research has found.

Agriculture Minister Romain Schneider aims to increase organic farmland in his country by 15% over the next seven years.

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.

A review of the most significant talking points in the food and agriculture policy sphere for the past seven days.

Progress was being made in the US last week to ensure that regulators are suitably ready to deal with the innovative leap forward that is cell-based meat.

UK scientists and experts have highlighted the opportunity Brexit could represent for the country to set its own course on genetics and the "barrier to innovation" the EU approach represents in the field.

The United Kingdom and Chile have signed a trade continuity agreement that will limit possible disruption to trade between the two markets post-Brexit, with a similar agreement also in place with Eastern and Southern Africa.