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EU to probe Chinese Pekin duck imports as market-flooding row hots up

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How soil health could be Europe’s best drought defence

Regenerative farming could save enough wheat during drought to produce 130 million baguettes, according to a new French study.

Europe News

Greece to bring in 5,000 Egyptian farm workers

Three years on, the bilateral Greece–Egypt deal allowing Egyptian farm workers to reside legally in Greece is finally being put into effect.

Europe News

EU keeps carbon border tax unchanged despite fertiliser price crisis

Fertiliser producers argue that the EU's carbon pricing rules at the border protect the European industry from cheaper imports produced under weaker environmental rules. But farmers fear they are indirectly paying the bill through higher fertiliser costs.

Europe News

EU’s fertiliser rescue plan aims to prevent another farm uprising

With fertiliser prices soaring due to the volatility of global markets, the European Commission is attempting to calm struggling farmers ahead of key political talks on the European Union's agricultural budget for the next seven years.

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EU to use carbon tax revenues into farm subsidies in fertiliser crisis

Brussels is considering using revenues from the EU’s carbon market, the Emissions Trading System to cushion farmers from soaring energy and fertiliser prices, according to a document seen by Euronews.

Europe Today

Food prices could spike, if nothing done to tackle fertilizer crisis

The fertilizer crisis caused by the blockade of the Strait of Hormuz is tripling costs for farmers. “Less fertilizers means less production for wheat. That’s the basis for bread,” warns COPA President, Massimiliano Giansanti.

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French farmers dump manure at TotalEnergies refinery in fuel price protest

French farmers have staged a protest outside a major oil refinery near Lyon, dumping manure and rubbish at the entrance in anger over rising fuel costs and falling incomes.

Business

Contentious EU-Mercosur trade deal takes provisional effect

The EU-Mercosur free-trade deal took provisional effect on Friday despite a legal challenge before the Court of Justice of the European Union.

Earth News

Mezcal's popularity is booming – but forests are paying the price

Mezcal production in Mexico has gone from about 1 million litres in 2010 to more than 11 million in 2024.

Greece

Greek parliament endorses lifting MP immunity in farm subsidy scandal

Nine of the 11 MPs submitted written statements to the committee, while former Rural Development Minister Kostas Tsiaras and MP Notis Mitarakis appeared in person to make their case.

Greece

Mitsotakis urges swift EU probe into MPs over Greek farm subsidy fraud

Greek PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis has asked EU prosecutors to swiftly charge MPs over alleged €23m farm subsidy fraud, as resignations and pressure mount.

Earth News

Why climate change is taking lamb off the menu this Easter

Climate-fuelled extreme weather is becoming farmers’ “biggest challenge”, as the price of lamb continues to soar.

Europe News

Three Greek MPs quit over EU farm subsidy scandal, state TV says

Most of the fraudulent subsidies went to the island of Crete, where the family of Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis has been politically influential for over a century.

Greece

EU prosecutors seek to lift immunity of Greek MPs in farm subsidy scam

European prosecutors have urged Greece to lift immunity for 11 MPs over a multimillion-euro farm subsidy fraud, piling pressure on PM Kyriakos Mitsotakis.

Europe Today

Ireland calls for carbon border tweaks amid fertiliser shortage

Irish minister says farmers and rural communities are under pressure from the Middle East war fallout as Dublin calls on the European Commission to ease carbon border rules on fertilisers.

Earth News

Why some European farmers are immune to the fertiliser crisis

The Iran war has sent fertiliser prices soaring – but these farmers aren’t fazed.