No food, grotesque transportation, barbaric slaughter – EU animal welfare must be better [Advocacy Lab Content] on 24/06/24
Calves are spending long hours on transporters with no access to food, cattle are taking long sea journeys in grotesque conditions to be slaughtered in barbaric facilities - animal welfare groups are demanding better from the EU. Nature Restoration Law, myths and facts for farmers on 21/06/24
This week, the EU finally closed the chapter on the contentious Nature Restoration Law after months of political deadlock. This legislation has become a lightning rod for farming organisations opposing new sector regulations. EU presidency makes last-ditch attempt to break deadlock on gene-edited crops on 21/06/24
After months of stalemate over the rules for innovative biotech crops, EU ambassadors will next week discuss the latest compromise text, seen by Euractiv, with new proposals on patentability. REFIT and Reseal: Why the EU Must Uphold the Ban on Trade in Seal Products [Promoted content] on 21/06/24
It is fitting that the European Commission periodically reviews legislation to ensure that it is still delivering on its objectives in a cost-effective way. Sometimes, however, a ‘REFIT’ risks poking a hornets’ nest. EU organic area reaches 10.5% of agricultural land, but falls short of 2030 target on 20/06/24
Land used for organic agricultural production accounted for 10.5% of the EU’s total farmland in 2022, according to data released by Eurostat on 19 June. Council pushes for tougher stance on farmer seed swaps in new EU law on 19/06/24
EU member states are in favour of stricter rules on marketing seeds and other plant reproductive material (PRM), especially concerning exchanges between farmers. Ukraine’s agriculture and food production not shielded from war, warns agribusiness chief on 19/06/24
The question of how to support the Ukrainian agrifood sector amid Russia’s war remains unanswered after last week’s Ukraine Recovery Conference, the president of the Ukrainian Agribusiness Club (UCAB) told Euractiv in an interview. As Russia shifts from gas exports to fertilizers, it is time for the EU to act [Promoted content] on 19/06/24
The EU is becoming increasingly dependent on imports of Russian fertilizers, accounting for around a third of total EU imports of urea. This is providing revenue for Russia’s aggression against Ukraine and putting EU producers out of business. The EU triggers emergency brake on oats imports from Ukraine on 18/06/24
The cereal is the first agricultural product that will be no longer duty free as of Wednesday (19 June), because it exceeded the cap fixed in the latest regulation of temporary trade benefits for Ukraine. Food security at forefront of Hungary’s Council presidency priorities on 18/06/24
Hungary is set to place food security at the forefront of its agenda as it takes over the EU Council presidency for the next six months starting on 1 July.
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