CETA: an agreement favorable to exports of fruit and vegetables from the EU
The Free Trade Agreement with Canada (CETA), signed on Sunday, October 30th, will help to promote exports of the fruit and vegetable sector of the European Union, according to the Spanish Federation of Associations of Producers Exporters of Fruits, Vegetables, Flowers and Living plants (FEPEX).
COAG augurs very negative effects on its new studies impacts of TTIP
The Coordinator of Organizations of Farmers and Ranchers (COAG) has presented its study on the impact that could have the TTIP in the Spanish agricultural sector. This has been prepared at the request of Friends of the Earth and presented in an organized event with VSF Global Food Justice, Platform not TTIP, Rural Platform and Engineering Without Borders Galicia.
EC allocates 500 million euros to support measures for the dairy sector
The European Commission has adopted a third package of measures to support the dairy sector, worth 500 million euros, in the Council of Agriculture Ministers held on July 18th, which, as stressed the Spanish Minister of Agriculture, Isabel García Tejerina, collects all the requests that Spain has been raised to Brussels in recent months, to alleviate the critical situation being experienced by farmers in dairy cattle.
AVA-ASAJA warns of serious damage to the rice crop if the EU bans tricyclazole
The Valencian Farmers Association (AVA-ASAJA) has urged the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Environment (MAGRAMA) to firmly defend the maintenance of Tricyclazole, the most effective way to combat the fungus Pyricularia wreaking havoc in the paddies product and whose future will debate the EU shortly. The Valencian Association warns of serious harm if eventually it is decided to prohibit their use.
Europe grants a temporary extension of the use of glyphosate
The European Commission has announced on Wednesday 29th, in a press release, the decision to extend the authorization of the use of glyphosate for a period of 18 months. Thus, the controversial herbicide may be used until the end of 2017, despite resistance from some EU member countries.
The Trelleborg Group increases its dimension with CGS Holding
The CGS Holding, a leading private enterprise in industrial and special agricultural tires and engineering solutions of polymers has recently gone to swell the volume of the Trelleborg Group. An acquisition that involves an investment of 10, 9 billion Swedish kronor (SEK), free debts. CGS is headquartered in the Czech Republic and in 2015 generated sales of approximately SEK 5.6 billion, with an operating margin of 16.5%.
The collapse of tomato market in EU
The Spanish Federation of Exporters of Fruit Producers and Vegetables, Flowers and Live Plants (FEPEX) has sounded the alarm over the strong saturation of the tomato market in the European Union drawn largely, the strong growth in recent years have been experiencing productions from Belgium and the Netherlands and imports from Morocco. One concern that has moved to the European Commission, during the meeting of the Panel on tomato forecasts of that organism, held today in Brussels
UPA rejects that agriculture is a bargaining chip in negotiations on a free trade agreement between EU and US
The Union of Small Farmers and ranchers (UPA) participates today…
Spanish irrigators defends water planning in Brussels
The National Federation of irrigators communities (FENACORE) defends in Brussels to the European authorities the second cycle of water planning to avoid a possible revocation of the plans of the Tagus and the Ebro, to those who have raised their complaints to the European Parliament arguing that do not meet Community legislation on the environment.
EU: The beef cattle seeks to curb the crisis
The most representative European associations of beef cattle manifest the serious situation of crisis in the beef in some Member States of the EU and warn of possible degradation of the situation in the second half of 2016 unless the EU takes place decisive action to correct critical aspects of beef cattle stocks. They add that before this, the adoption of any multilateral trade agreement is totally suicidal and propose to Brussels a series of actions to avoid greater evils.