TheCattleSite Latest News: European Union
07 July 2016
Promising Progress on Vaccine Against Fascioliasis EUROPE - An international meeting took place earlier this month as part of the project to develop a vaccine against a parasite that reduces productivity in ruminants....
04 July 2016
Cost of Milk Production Study Shows Losses in Denmark, NetherlandsEU - Latest figures for the cost of production for milk in Denmark and the Netherlands mean that large farms are not necessarily the solution to the crisis in the dairy sector, according to the European Milk Board....
Meat Storage, Transport Temperatures Can be More FlexibleEU - The European Food Safety Authority recently researched ways to ensure safety of meat products during transport....
01 July 2016
EU Raises Dairy Intervention Ceilings FurtherEU - The European Commission further increased the public intervention ceiling for skimmed milk powder from 218,000 tonnes to 350,000 tonnes. ...
Dairy Cooperatives Praised for Role in Better Milk PricingEU - Faced with low dairy prices and rising volatility on agricultural markets, President of European farming organisation Cogeca Thomas Magnusson said dairy cooperatives have a crucial role in enabling farmers to get a better price for their milk....
29 June 2016
EU Urged to Provide More Measures to Alleviate Market PressureEU - Ministers continued to press the EU's Commission to develop more support measures for farmers, at a meeting of the EU's agriculture and fisheries ministers on 27 and 28 June....
28 June 2016
EU Compound Feed Production Up in 2015EU - Compound feed production in the EU-28 in 2015 reached 157.3 million tonnes, which is 0.6 per cent more than in 2014, according to data provided by members of feed producers' organisation FEFAC....
16 June 2016
EU Milk Production Not Expected to Increase Further This YearEU - The EU appears to have finished its rapid increase in milk production, and little – if any – additional milk is expected to come out of the EU over the 2016/17 milk year (Apr-Mar), AHDB Dairy reports....
13 June 2016
EU Milk Production to Slow for Rest of YearEU - Milk production is likely to slow down in the key dairying regions for the rest of the year, according to new forecasts from the European Commission. ...
09 June 2016
Parliament Calls for EU Action to Help Farmers Fight Unfair Trading PracticesEU - MEPs urge the EU Commission to put forward proposals against unfair trading practices in the food supply chain, so as to ensure fair earnings for farmers and a wide choice for consumers, in a resolution voted on Tuesday 7 June....
27 May 2016
EU Politicians Call for More Dairy Help as SMP Intervention Reaches LimitEU - The EU must quickly take further measures to stabilise milk prices and bring relief to struggling dairy farmers, urged MEPs in Thursday's plenary debate with Commissioner Phil Hogan and Dutch deputy farm minister Hans Hoogeveen....
24 May 2016
European, African Dairy Farmers Work Together to Solve CrisisEU - Farmers from European dairy organisations including the European Milk Board (EMB) will meet representatives of the dairy industry in Burkino Faso this week to discuss the continuing supply and demand issues....
Arla Drops June Milk PriceEU - Arla Foods is reducing its amba on-account price, with effect from 1 June 2016, by 1.3 eurocents per kg....
23 May 2016
EU Agri-Food Exports Up in MarchEU - EU agri-food exports to third countries in March 2016 were worth €11.3 billion, about €1 billion higher than in February 2016, according to the latest monthly report on agri-food trade....
19 May 2016
New Animal Breeding Rules Adopted at EU CouncilEU - New rules on animal breeding were adopted at the meeting of the EU's agriculture ministers this week in Brussels, aimed at simplifying and harmonising the rules across the EU....
18 May 2016
Milk Powder Volumes Heading for New Intervention CeilingEU - The volume limit for skimmed milk powder (SMP) offers into intervention at the fixed price could be reached within a month, if powder continues to enter at its current rate, AHDB Dairy reported this week....
13 May 2016
EU Politicians Vote to Support Origin Labels on Meat, DairyEU - Country of origin labelling should be made mandatory for meat and milk, MEPs reiterated once again in a non-binding resolution voted on Thursday....
Scientists Call for Review of EU Rules Preventing Insect Use in Animal FeedEU - The EU-funded PROTEINSECT project has recommended a comprehensive review of European legislation to allow for insect larvae to be used as a source of protein in animal feed....
12 May 2016
Farm Groups Urge Vigilance Over Beef's Exclusion from EU-Mercosur TalksEU - Farming groups have welcomed the exchange of trade offers between the EU and South American trade bloc Mercosur, after beef was excluded from the offer as a sensitive product....
11 May 2016
Hogan Tells Union Beef Won't Feature in EU Trade Deal with South AmericaWALES, UK - EU Agriculture Commissioner Phil Hogan has told farming union NFU Cymru that beef will not be part of the current trade deal negotiations between the EU and Mercosur....
06 May 2016
Voluntary Milk Supply Reduction Losing Support in Europe, Union SuggestsEU - Ulster Farmers’ Union dairy chairman, William Irvine, says a plan to allow dairy cooperatives and farmers to agree to cut milk production on a temporary basis is losing support in Europe. ...
05 May 2016
EU Commission Urged to be Prudent over TTIP Impact on BeefEU - EU farmers' organisation Copa & Cogeca urged the EU Commission this week to exercise caution in the free trade talks between the EU and US (TTIP) after a new study revealed that a potential trade deal could have a severe impact on the EU beef sector....
04 May 2016
New European Collaboration to Work Towards Sustainable AgricultureEU - A new research collaboration plans to quantify the sensitivity of ecosystems to environmental pressures in representative agriculturally dominated landscapes in Europe....
28 April 2016
EU Dairy Cow Numbers Forecast to Decline This YearEU - Forecasted figures from a number of EU countries suggest cattle numbers are to fall marginally this year, AHDB Dairy has reported....
27 April 2016
BIOMIN Commits to New Project Aimed at €3B in EU Crop Losses Due to MycotoxinsEU - Mycotoxins, fungal metabolites that afflict cereals and other crops, cost the European agriculture industry around €3 billion each year and pose harm to human and animal health through the feed and food chain. BIOMIN has joined a scientific research...
Cost-Effectiveness of EU Animal Disease Programmes UnclearEU - EU animal disease programmes do a good job of containing disease, but it is hard to tell whether they are cost-effective, concludes a new report from the European Court of Auditors....
22 April 2016
EU Agri-Food Trade Continues to IncreaseEU - EU agri-food exports in February 2016 were worth €10.2 billion, which is well above export values in January 2016 and even slightly above exports in February 2015, according to the latest monthly statistical report....
20 April 2016
EU Dairy Intervention Ceilings Officially RaisedEU - The volume limits for Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) and butter to enter intervention at a fixed price will be officially raised tomorrow (20 April), following publication of the official EU regulations, according to UK levy board AHDB Dairy....
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