livestock

World News

Spanish farmers lash out: 'They will end European agriculture'

The Spanish government has defended the agreement between the European Union and Mercosur on agriculture and livestock, unlike other countries such as France or Germany. This has provoked the anger of Spanish farmers, who are not ruling out protest action.

19/11/2024

Nutrition

Animal or plant? EU countries at odds over protein strategy

A renewed call by EU agriculture ministers to boost local protein production has sparked a divide over the direction of a forthcoming policy initiative.

19/11/2024

Europe News

Farmers in Romania forced to sell livestock due to ongoing drought

Temperatures in Romania hit over 40C in August, with the country experiencing several heat waves this summer.

21/08/2024

Green News

Why did the UK's King Charles give royal status to a goat?

As he bestowed the honour, the British King petted the small creature and offered a compliment on the shade of its pale blonde coat.

17/07/2024

Radio Schuman

How is the behind-the-scenes horse trading in the EU Parliament going?

MEPs will gather for the first time in Strasbourg after the European election occurred in early June. They will elect the next president of EU Commission.

15/07/2024

Europe News

South Korea settles beef over meat imports, slowly

South Korea is gradually removing decades-long trade restrictions on European beef, but restrictions remain in place in several EU countries.

25/06/2024

World News

Low turnout at farmers demonstration ahead of EU vote

Copa-Cogeca, the EU's main farmers' organisation, dissociated itself from the event and claimed that none of its members took part.

04/06/2024

Europe News

First ruling farmer protesters to shake bloc’s agriculture policy

A farmers’ protest movement has entered a European government for the first time in the Netherlands. What will be its impact on EU policies?

17/05/2024

Climate

Euroviews. Every time you blame cows for climate change, an oil executive laughs

Of all the climate solutions out there, maybe we should concentrate on the 97% of industrial emissions that come from fossil fuels, and leave the cows out of it, Eurof Uppington writes.

16/04/2024

World News

Farmers' protests have sprung up across Europe, even as some cease

Debts, cheap imports, price pressures... these are just some of the grievances on the lists of European farmers.

03/02/2024

Europe News

Coalition puts fake meat on ministers' menu, and sinks in teeth

Austria, France and Italy pushed for putting lab-grown meat on the ‘menu’ of the next gathering of EU agriculture ministers, taking the helm of the 12-country coalition against this food technology.

19/01/2024

Green News

Vegan or ‘demitarian’? This new diet could be better for the planet

Going ‘demitarian’ is even lower emissions than veganism - and easier to stick to

21/12/2023

Green News

Cattle ranchers sue over wolf reintroduction

Do wolves prey on livestock? US farmers are fighting plans to reintroduce the apex predators.

14/12/2023

Nature

Europe not ready for ban on fur farming

The EU executive has decided to buy time pushing back to 2026 a decision on whether to introduce an EU-wide ban on the keeping and killing of animals for fur.

07/12/2023

Green News

Kenya: Maasai women are turning harmful cacti into food and bio-gas

Local farmers say the cacti now compete for critical resources, jeopardising community lands, wildlife reserves and livestock ranches.

03/11/2023

Nature

One of the ‘world’s oldest’ lions has been killed in Kenya

Conservation groups have called the 19-year-old lion ‘a symbol of resilience and coexistence’.

15/05/2023