Insights and Stories on France

May. 6, 2024 at 12:45 pm CDT

Paris | Reuters – France unveiled on Monday a revised plan to halve pesticide use in the European Union’s biggest agricultural producer, pledging to adopt an EU indicator and boost research into alternatives in a nod to grievances voiced in farmer protests this year. Why it’s important Environmental regulation was […]

By Gus Trompiz, Sybille De La Hamaide

Mar. 27, 2024 at 5:04 pm CDT

Ambassadors from European Union countries reached a revised deal on Wednesday to extend tariff-free food imports from Ukraine - with restrictions - after some states complained the original agreement risked destabilizing the bloc's agricultural markets.

By Reuters

Mar. 26, 2024 at 11:26 am CDT

France said on Tuesday that it and a group of other EU countries were pushing for greater curbs on imports of food products from Ukraine to prevent the destabilization of EU agricultural markets.

By Nette Noestlinger, Reuters

Mar. 12, 2024 at 10:38 am CDT

European Union country leaders will urge the EU to work quickly on more measures to support farmers in response to months of protests by angry agriculture workers, draft conclusions for an EU leaders' summit showed.

By Jan Strupczewski, Kate Abnett, Reuters

Mar. 8, 2024 at 9:09 am CST

Grain growers in western Europe will need rain to ease this month to progress with spring planting, after a wet February maintained soggy field conditions that have already put the region on course for a smaller wheat harvest, analysts said.

By Gus Trompiz, Michael Hogan, Reuters