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France delays food price rise for farmers after protests

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News December 5, 2018

Paris | Reuters — France, reeling from violent protests over the cost of living, said Wednesday it will delay a planned rise in minimum food prices, incurring the wrath of the main farmers group which urged street action next week. A powerful constituency in French politics, farmers have long complained of being hit by a […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

Heatwave ravages European fields, sending wheat prices soaring

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News August 2, 2018

Paris | Moscow | Hamburg | Reuters – Searing heat has devastated wheat fields across northern Europe while a combination of dry conditions and extreme rain in the Black Sea have hit output estimates, with prices soaring on fears of further crop damage. Evidence of serious harm to crops is growing as harvesting heads north in […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

ADM to buy French animal feed business Neovia

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News July 2, 2018

Paris/Chicago | Reuters — Archer Daniels Midland Company (ADM) is in exclusive talks to take over French animal feed business Neovia for 1.5 billion euros (C$2.3 billion) as part of the U.S. farm giant’s strategy to expand in the fast-growing animal nutrition sector. Neovia is majority owned by French cooperative group InVivo. Investment group Eurazeo […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

France open to phasing out glyphosate

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News September 25, 2017

Paris | Reuters — France is open to phasing out common weedkiller glyphosate, the government said on Monday, following complaints from farmers worried about a potential imminent ban. Prime Minister Edouard Philippe reiterated Paris would vote against the European Commission’s proposal to extend for 10 years the licence for glyphosate, which is used in Monsanto’s […] Read more

Crops, Reuters

French farmers fume as government rejigs EU subsidies

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News July 27, 2017

Paris / Reuters – French farm unions cried foul over a government decision on Thursday to use part of European Union direct payments linked to output to finance rural development projects such as fast growing organic farming. The decision comes just days after France launched wide debate on the future of the food sector, aiming to […] Read more

Crops, Peas, Reuters

France’s Roquette bets on pea protein with Manitoba plant

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News January 18, 2017

Paris | Reuters — French plant-based ingredient maker Roquette will build the world’s largest pea protein facility in Manitoba to meet fast-growing demand for vegetable protein in food and pharmaceutical products in North America, the group said Wednesday. The global pea protein market has seen a sharp rise in recent years, mainly driven by increasing […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

U.S. grains: Wheat rises for a second day on short-covering

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News September 2, 2016

Singapore/Paris | Reuters, 7:01 a.m. CT –– Chicago wheat futures prices rose for a second session on Friday with short-covering ahead of the Labour Day holiday weekend supporting prices, although the trend was set for a second week of declines amid plentiful world supplies. Corn was up for a second day, recovering from a multi-year […] Read more

Crops, Markets, Reuters

Corn, wheat prices seen hitting 10-year lows in 2016

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News April 9, 2016

Geneva | Reuters — Hefty supplies, large expected crops and poor U.S. exports will weigh on grain prices later this year with corn and wheat set to drop to 10-year lows as harvest nears, consultancy AgResource said Friday. In its first 2016 price forecast, the U.S.-based consultancy forecast Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT) December corn […] Read more

Corn, Crops, Markets, Reuters

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

By Sybille de La Hamaide, GFM Network News October 6, 2015

Paris | Reuters — The large number of European countries opposing GMO cultivation may have given the impression the bloc is putting a brake on GMOs, but with new crops queuing for approval and key countries leaving the door open, output is more likely to grow than wane. Nineteen out of 28 EU member states […] Read more

Livestock, Reuters

France promises “emergency” plan to help livestock farmers

By Reuters, Sybille de La Hamaide July 22, 2015

Paris / Reuters – French President Francois Hollande is promising measures to help livestock and dairy farmers, who have been protesting for weeks over what they say is a squeeze on their profits by retailers and food processors. Since the weekend tractors have blocked roads in Normandy, including the route to Mont Saint-Michel, a famous tourist […] Read more

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Opinions differ on quinoa prices in 2019

ICE weekly outlook: Cheaper canola could stir up export interest

CBOT weekly outlook: Soybeans trend up, but trade off headlines

Author Archives Sybille de La Hamaide

France delays food price rise for farmers after protests

Heatwave ravages European fields, sending wheat prices soaring

ADM to buy French animal feed business Neovia

France open to phasing out glyphosate

French farmers fume as government rejigs EU subsidies

France’s Roquette bets on pea protein with Manitoba plant

U.S. grains: Wheat rises for a second day on short-covering

Corn, wheat prices seen hitting 10-year lows in 2016

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

France promises “emergency” plan to help livestock farmers

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