Global Dairy Crisis – a Perfect Storm
The crisis in the dairy sector is the result of a perfect storm – rising production, high productivity, closure of markets, falling demand and prices and high production costs. By … Continue reading
EU Could Give Fresh Support to Pig and Dairy Sectors
The European Union could have been stung into action to take fresh measures to help the ailing European pig and dairy sectors. At the February agriculture council of ministers meeting … Continue reading
Antibiotic Resistance Growing Concern in Europe
Antimicrobial resistance in both animals and humans is growing across Europe. A new report from the European Food Safety Authority shows that bacteria in humans, food and animals continue to … Continue reading
Could China be Heading for Grain Market Crisis?
China could be heading for a crisis in its grain market with a surplus of corn and imports of other grains apparently rising. According to official figures from the Central … Continue reading
Germany Renews Zoonoses Research
The German government is renewing its efforts find answers to the threat of numerous diseases that can be transmitted between animals and humans. The research backed by the German agriculture … Continue reading
WTO US COOL Ruling Causes Deeper Divides
A ruling by the World Trade Organization to impose more than $1 billion in trade tariff sanctions against the US by Canada and Mexico over mandatory country of origin labelling … Continue reading
Does Farming Sector Really Understand Climate Change?
When it comes to the carbon footprint of food, the bucks really do matter – but where does the buck stop? The problem is that most farmers think that taking … Continue reading
Could EU-US Trade Deal Collapse over Cloning?
Animal cloning and food products derived from cloned animals could be the stumbling block for agreement in the EU-US Trans-Atlantic Trade Agreement. In September this year, the European parliament beefed … Continue reading
Could Politicians Force Meat to be Labelled Dangerous?
The publication of the report by the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the cancer agency of the World Health Organization, evaluating the carcinogenicity of the consumption of red … Continue reading
France Stumbles from Crisis to Crisis
After five years of negotiations, the South African authorities have recently given their consent to the lifting of the embargo BSE that affected France. They have given the go-ahead to … Continue reading
Farm Gate to Fork 