Insights and Stories of Sybille De La Hamaide

Jan. 24, 2024 at 2:11 pm CST

French farmers are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as protests in the European Union's agricultural sector spread. Here are some of the issues that have prompted the growing protest movement and how the government could respond.

By Gus Trompiz, Reuters, Sybille De La Hamaide

Oct. 19, 2023 at 7:22 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — French foie gras output is set to rise for the first time in five years in 2023 as France starts vaccinating ducks against bird flu that has destroyed flocks in recent years, but trade bans that followed will weigh on exports, producers said on Thursday. France […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

May. 23, 2023 at 7:54 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The United States is working on a bird flu vaccination scenario focusing on turkeys in the few states that gather the largest number of turkey farms, a move that would best meet a benefit-cost strategy, its chief veterinary officer said on Tuesday. However, no decision to […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

May. 22, 2023 at 2:57 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — Governments should consider vaccinating poultry against bird flu, which has killed hundreds of millions of birds and infected mammals worldwide, to prevent the virus from turning into a new pandemic, the head of the World Organization for Animal Health (WOAH) said. The severity of the current […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide

May. 16, 2023 at 1:25 pm CDT

Geneva | Reuters — The end of the Black Sea grain deal would not pose an immediate threat to the world market as Ukraine would still be able to export supplies, although at such a high cost that production in the war-torn country would likely fall even further. Turkey, Ukraine, […]

By Sybille De La Hamaide