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EU lawmakers reject bill allowing opt-out from GM crop imports

Oct. 13, 2015 at 12:41 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– European lawmakers rejected a proposal Tuesday that would have allowed countries to restrict or ban the use of imported GM crops that have secured EU approval. The environment committee of the European Parliament rejected the draft law by 47 votes to three, many arguing that the […]

Think Europe’s halting GMOs? It could be heading for more

Oct. 6, 2015 at 12:01 pm CDT

By barbara-lewis Sybille De La Hamaide

Bulgaria opts out of growing GM crops

Oct. 1, 2015 at 8:29 pm CDT

By Reuters

France bolsters ban on genetically modified crops

Sep. 17, 2015 at 6:45 pm CDT

By Reuters

EU dairy farmers get rude awakening in post-quota market

Aug. 28, 2015 at 4:38 pm CDT

By Gus Trompiz

Baking, parched fields set to trim EU wheat harvest

Jul. 3, 2015 at 10:37 am CDT

Paris | Reuters — A heatwave in Western Europe is adding to stress on wheat crops after a dry end to spring and reducing what had been very high yield potential only a month ago. Record temperatures for early July at around 40 C in parts of France unnerved traders […]

By Gus Trompiz

Russia may allow food imports from three EU states

May. 19, 2015 at 6:26 pm CDT

Moscow | Reuters –– Russia may allow around 20 firms from Hungary, Cyprus and Greece to return to its market after it orders the lifting of an embargo on food imports from the European Union, Interfax news agency quoted a senior official as saying on Tuesday. Russia banned foods from […]

By Reuters

Greece wants Canada-EU pact changed to protect ‘feta’ name

May. 5, 2015 at 12:53 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters — Athens will not back a multi-billion dollar trade pact between Canada and the European Union unless the deal is changed to specify that only Greece can use the term “feta” for its salty white cheese, according to a document seen by Reuters. After five years of […]

By robin-emmott

EU moves to stop spread of ‘olive tree leprosy’

Apr. 28, 2015 at 7:18 pm CDT

Brussels | Reuters –– EU governments backed on Tuesday new measures to stop the spread of a bacterial disease that has attacked Italy’s olive oil production, the European Commission said. The new measures mean EU countries must reveal all outbreaks in the European Union, carry out official surveys and destroy […]

By Reuters

EU lifts wheat, barley, rapeseed yield outlook

Apr. 27, 2015 at 6:40 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters — The European Union’s crop monitoring service on Monday lifted its yield forecasts for this year’s soft wheat, barley and rapeseed harvests with growing conditions remaining mostly favourable despite a recent dry spell. Yields will stay below levels seen in 2014, when the EU posted record production […]

By Reuters

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