19 May 2017 New COPA group chairman highlights need for need for good deal for organic Newly re-elected Chairman of Copa and Cogecas’ Working Party on Organic Production Kees Van Zelderen…
19 May 2017 US Grains Council responds to Trump NAFTA plan On Thursday, the Trump Administration formally informed Congress it intends to renegotiate the North American…
18 May 2017 Copa and Cogeca regret EU Commission plans to re-authorise use of herbicide active substance glyphosate for only ten years Copa and Cogeca regretted the EU Commission plans to re-authorise the use of the herbicide…
18 May 2017 Nitrogen-efficient crops on the horizon: Can we grow more with fewer emissions? Through a natural, affordable alternative to farmers’ heavy use of nitrogen fertilizers, science now offers…
18 May 2017 Chocolate spot and rust warning for bean growers With the current spell of wet weather bringing an abrupt end to a long period…
18 May 2017 Why did hunter-gatherers first begin farming? Researchers from the Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures at the University of Sheffield have shed…
18 May 2017 Climate change to reduce wheat yields by as much as a third, new model suggests Climate change will likely cause wheat and barley yields to decline by 17 to 33…
17 May 2017 Green MEP welcomes European Parliament GMO objection Keith Taylor, Green MEP for the South East, has welcomed a decisive victory for GMO…
17 May 2017 Calls to halt GM maize and cotton import MEPs objected on Wednesday to EU Commission plans to authorise imports of products made from…
17 May 2017 Competitive new season fertiliser prices released The new season nitrogen market has opened, with a 21% drop on UK Nitram prices.…