Environmental organisations complain that they are not being represented at Council discussions on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, while they fear that the proposals on the table will fail to make the EU farming sector more sustainable.

The EU's campaign to dispose of its SMP intervention stockpile lost some momentum this week, with below-average sale volumes at the latest intervention tender.

Belgium will announce in the coming days the culling of 4,000 pigs in the confined area following the discovery of nine boars suffering from African Swine Fever (ASF), the country’s federal minister has said.

The European Commission is coming under growing pressure to close a loophole that is allowing large volumes of Ukraine poultrymeat to enter the EU without paying tariffs.

Belgium will announce in the coming days the culling of 4,000 pigs in the confined area following the discovery of nine boars suffering from African Swine Fever (ASF), the country’s federal minister has said.

Finnish authorities are considering the construction of a wall on the Finnish-Russian border to halt wild boars that can bring African Swine Fever (ASF) into the country.

Agricultural productivity in the European Union is slipping behind productivity gains in other major farm producing and exporting nations, most notably the United States, Brazil and China, according to research by the agro-chemical industry.

The European Parliament’s largest political group, the centre right European People’s Party (EPP), is demanding that the EU takes a science-based approach towards pesticide authorisation.

Environmental organisations complain that they are not being represented at Council discussions on the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) reform, while they fear that the proposals on the table will fail to make the EU farming sector more sustainable.

Agricultural productivity in the European Union is slipping behind productivity gains in other major farm producing and exporting nations, most notably the United States, Brazil and China, according to research by the agro-chemical industry.

The European Parliament is calling for the EU to restrict subsidies under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and other programmes to only deforestation-free foodstuffs and animal feed in a bid to meet international climate and sustainable development commitments.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Scott Pruitt resigned yesterday (July 5), after proving unable to stem a flood of ethics allegations which have dogged his tenure at the agency.

This week will see national leaders gather in Brussels to take stock of the progress made in the Brexit negotiations and agree on the next steps forward, while Environment MEPs are set to assess member states’ measures to protect water sources from agricultural nitrate pollution.

The United Kingdom and the United States should abandon all tariffs on bilateral agricultural trade and also adopt a purely science-based approach to sanitary and phytosanitary issues under a new ‘model’ bilateral trade agreement, according to a new report published on Tuesday (September 18).

The UK’s Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) has backed the reintroduction of a Seasonal Agriculture Workers Scheme (SAWS) to overcome shortages in the farm labour market post-Brexit, and also proposed that such workers should be paid more than the national minimum wage.

The EU needs to maintain strong policy control over major issues such as climate change, biodiversity, animal health and food safety as well as resist any post-Brexit temptation to devolve too much power back to member states, according to a leading French CAP expert.