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The doses are intended for those most exposed to the virus, such as poultry farm workers and veterinarians. Photo: branex/iStock/Getty Images

EU to secure 40 million avian flu vaccines for 15 countries: officials

By Julia Payne June 10, 2024

Brussels | Reuters – The EU will sign a contract on Tuesday to secure over 40 million doses of a preventative avian flu vaccine for 15 countries with the first shipments heading to Finland, EU officials said on Monday. The deal secures up to 665,000 doses from vaccine manufacturer CSL Seqirus and includes an option […] Read more

Markets, Reuters

EU sets prohibitive tariffs on Russian, Belarusian grain from July

By Reuters May 30, 2024

Today European Union trade ministers agreed to impose prohibitive tariffs on cereals, oilseeds and derived products from Russia and Belarus from July 1, a move the bloc said would halt imports of these products.

Protesters lead a model of reaper as Solidarity organisation and Polish farmers protest with Polish and Solidarity flags and anti Green Deal banners in front of European Parlament building in the centre of Warsaw, the capital of Poland on May 10, 2024. The protest in Poland is part of the European farmers’ protest against the EU’s Green Deal regulations. Polish farmers also demand a change to the EU agreement with Ukraine regarding the import of agricultural produce to the EU. The protest gathered over 100 thousand people. (Photo by Dominika Zarzycka/Sipa USA)

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Polish farmers begin hunger strike over EU Green Deal

By Reuters May 13, 2024

Five Polish farmers have gone on hunger strike over European Union environmental regulations they say are driving them out of business.

Farmers drive tractors in front of government office, where they dumped manure, during a protest against European Union agricultural policies, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Prague, Czech Republic, March 7, 2024. REUTERS/Eva Korinkova

General, Reuters

Europe’s restless farmers are forcing policymakers to act

Polls suggest the general population is on farmers' side; farmers lynchpins of rural economies say leaders

By Kate Abnett, Reuters, GFM Network News April 3, 2024

European policymakers have scaled back rules to protect nature, drawn up limits on the import of tariff-free Ukrainian grains and scrapped new legislation limiting pesticide use as farmers' protests resonate with voters ahead of elections.

Polish farmers gather as they protest at Lithuanian border, alleging Ukrainian grain transports are brought back into Poland as ‘EU’ grain, and against European Union ‘Green Deal” near border crossing at Polish Lithuanian border in Budzisko, Poland, March 1, 2024. REUTERS/Kacper Pempel

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Polish farmers take grain protests to Lithuanian border

Farmers continue to protest against what they say is unfair competition from outside the EU

By Reuters, GFM Network News March 1, 2024

Polish farmers protested on the border with Lithuania on Friday against what they say are imports of Ukrainian grain through the Baltic country, something the Lithuanian officials deny.

Polish farmers block the road to the border crossing during a protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by European farmers and against importing agricultural produce and food products from Ukraine, in Okopy near Dorohusk, Poland, February 20, 2024. REUTERS/Kuba Stezycki

General, Reuters

Poland mulls wider ban on Ukrainian food imports as farmers warn of more protests

Further talks with Ukraine planned for Wednesday, agriculture minister says

By Karol Badohal, Reuters, GFM Network News February 27, 2024

Warsaw | Reuters -- Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said on Tuesday he could not rule out widening a national ban on imports of Ukrainian grains to other products if the European Union does not act to protect the bloc's markets.

A demonstrator reacts as Spanish farmersprotest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation and grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Madrid, Spain, February 26, 2024. REUTERS/Juan Medina

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Farmers protest across Europe, press ministers to act

Protests continued in Brussels, Madrid, border between Poland and Germany

By Anna Wlodarczak-Semczuk, David Latona, philip-blenkinsop, Poland, Reuters, Ukraine, GFM Network News February 26, 2024

Farmers on Monday blocked a border crossing between Poland and Germany, threw bottles at police in Brussels and gathered in Madrid to demand action on cheap supermarket prices and what they say is unfair competition from abroad.

French farmers drive their tractors on a highway as they protest over price pressures, taxes and green regulation, grievances shared by farmers across Europe, in Longvilliers, near Paris, France, January 29, 2024. REUTERS/Sarah Meyssonnier

General, Reuters

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

In face of farmer protests, EU weakens some recommendations related to agriculture

By Kate Abnett, Reuters, GFM Network News February 6, 2024

The European Commission recommended on Tuesday that the EU slash net greenhouse gas emissions by 90 per cent by 2040, an ambitious target that will test political appetite for the region's fight against climate change ahead of EU elections.

Protesters lead a cow on a street in downtown Milan as people protest against European agricultural policies, next to the Regional Council of Lombardy in Milan, Italy February 5, 2024. REUTERS/Claudia Greco

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Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Protests in France, Germany eased; farmers blocked Dutch-Belgian border

By Reuters, GFM Network News February 5, 2024

Italian farmers protesting about red tape and cheap imports from outside the EU headed towards Rome in convoys of tractors on Monday, while their colleagues in the north led a cow through the streets of Milan.

A farmer gestures during a protest against European agricultural policies, in Floriana, Malta February 2, 2024. REUTERS/Darrin Zammit Lupi

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Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as anger spreads across Europe

Polish farmers threaten closure of Ukraine border; France promises more farm measures

By Charlotte Van Campenhout, Christian Levaux, Reuters, GFM Network News February 2, 2024

Farmers blocked the Dutch-Belgian border on Friday and occupied roads in Greece while their Polish peers announced plans to shut border crossings with Ukraine as protests for fairer prices and less red tape spread across Europe.

U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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U.S. livestock: Hog futures hit contract highs on shock herd decline

Alberta Crop Report: Harvest more than three-quarters finished

NFU says proposed plant breeders’ rights come at farmers’ expense

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EU to secure 40 million avian flu vaccines for 15 countries: officials

EU sets prohibitive tariffs on Russian, Belarusian grain from July

Polish farmers begin hunger strike over EU Green Deal

Europe’s restless farmers are forcing policymakers to act

Polish farmers take grain protests to Lithuanian border

Poland mulls wider ban on Ukrainian food imports as farmers warn of more protests

Farmers protest across Europe, press ministers to act

EU recommends ambitious 2040 climate target, goes light on farming

Italy’s farmers head to Rome in tractor convoy protest

Farmers block Dutch-Belgian border as anger spreads across Europe

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