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Livestock

EU summit sought over major egg contamination scare

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Brussels | Reuters –– The European Commissioner in charge of food safety has called for a meeting of ministers and national regulatory agencies to discuss a widespread European contamination scare, which has seen shops remove millions of eggs from sale. Tensions have risen between agricultural ministers in Belgium, the Netherlands and Germany after traces of […] Read more
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Crops

French farmers fume as government rejigs EU subsidies

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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
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Livestock

EU, Canada agree start of free trade agreement

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Brussels | Reuters — The European Union and Canada said on Saturday they had agreed to start a free trade agreement between the two sides on Sept. 21, paving the way for over 90 per cent of the treaty to come into effect. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has been championed by both […] Read more
Japan’s Imperial Palace and Nijubashi Bridge, in Tokyo. (CIA.gov)
Livestock, Markets

EU, Japan officials seal trade agreement

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Brussels | Reuters — Japan and the European Union should agree on Thursday to a free trade pact that could be completed within months, after senior officials removed final snags to a political deal intended as a signal to U.S. President Donald Trump. “We ironed out the few remaining differences,” European Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom […] Read more
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Crops

Bayer files for Monsanto takeover approval with EU regulators

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Frankfurt | Reuters — Bayer has filed a request for approval of its planned US$66 billion takeover of U.S. seeds company Monsanto with European Union regulators, as suitors line up for assets that Bayer will sell to get the approval by year-end. Bayer, which is bracing for the EU Commission to go into an in-depth […] Read more
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Livestock

Cheese and drugs wrangle holds up EU-Canada trade deal

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Brussels | Reuters — Disputes over cheese and pharmaceuticals are holding up the start of a EU-Canada free trade agreement that both sides have championed as a landmark deal for open markets against a protectionist tide. The Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) has received all the clearances required for it to enter force provisionally, […] Read more
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Livestock

Canada, other countries raise meat inspection bar for Brazil

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Winnipeg/Chicago | Reuters — Meat-importing countries from North America to Europe and Asia have tightened inspection standards for shipments from Brazil in a bid to protect consumers, following a probe into possible corruption involving inspectors. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said on Wednesday that the tighter inspection standards it enacted in April have resulted […] Read more
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Crops

New study on glyphosate to feed into crucial EU vote

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London | Reuters — Results of a new animal study into possible health risks of glyphosate will be published in time to inform a key EU re-licensing vote due by the end of 2017, according to the researcher leading the trial. A row over possible effects of glyphosate — an ingredient in Monsanto’s herbicide Roundup […] Read more
A maize weevil on a corn kernel. (Peggy Greb photo courtesy ARS/USDA)
Crops

EU nations vote against GM crops, but not enough to block them

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Brussels | Reuters — A majority of EU countries voted on Monday against allowing two new genetically modified crops to be grown in Europe, batting the contentious decision on GM cultivation in Europe back to the EU executive. EU governments were asked to vote on the future of two grades of GM maize, Pioneer’s 1507 […] Read more
DuPont’s Canadian head office in Mississauga. (Dupont.com)
Crops

Asset sale plan secures EU backing for Dow, DuPont merger

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Reuters — Dow Chemical and DuPont won the blessing of the European Union for their US$130 billion merger on Monday by agreeing to sell substantial assets including key research and development activities. The European Commission had been concerned that the merger of two of the biggest and oldest U.S. chemical producers would leave few incentives […] Read more

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