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Agriculture Commissioner EU trade options known Colombian Pacific

8 de February de 2016

The visit of the Commissioner for Agriculture and Rural Development of the European Union (EU), Phil Hogan, to Colombia for 8 and 9 February, is used to analyze closely the agricultural investment opportunities in the country, according to the European Office in Bogota. Hogan is accompanied by about 40 businessmen and trade representatives of the Old Continent and has already met with the president of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos and Colombian ministers of Agriculture, Aurelio Iragorri Valencia, and Commerce, Industry and Tourism, Cecilia Alvarez-Correa.

EU: the EESC wants to reduce the administrative burden on farmers

12 de January de 2016

The European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) welcomes the fact that the European Commission has made it a priority to simplify common agricultural policy (CAP) implementation. Increased transparency and legal certainty must go hand in hand with the reduction of red tape for farmers, other beneficiaries, producer organisations and national administrations.

World prices for wheat exports are on sale

8 de January de 2016

Data from the European Commission (EC) said the international prices of wheat exports become cheaper up to 40% over a year. The behavior of other commodities such as barley, corn and soybeans, also suffers falls.

Lamb looks very fine

4 de January de 2016

A comprehensive market study in Spain ensures that Spanish consumers improve their perception of lamb. The desire to consume mutton increased, improving perception of the value / price and earn positions the idea that it is a natural product. In fact, after the WHO announcement on meat and cancer relationship, only there was a decrease in consumption of 2% following the same (similar to rabbit and turkey) weeks, compared with 10% on average in the rest of meats.

EU: agricultural income falls more than 4%

18 de December de 2015

The European Statistical Office (Eurostat) has released the first estimates of real agricultural income per AWU in constant terms in the European Union (EU) in 2015. As for all its 28 member states has fallen an average of 4.3 %, particularly for Germany, Poland and the UK, although with greater largest increases in Croatia, Latvia and Greece, the Spanish Ministry of Agriculture indicated that it has rise for farmers by 3.8%.

Spain among EU leading foreign trade of eggs through the US

9 de December de 2015

Spain quadruples egg exports to third countries. Between July and September, Spain sent half the eggs exported from the European Union (EU) to the United States. It is the country that increased the volume of table eggs exported from the EU from January to September 2015, with 25,717 tons, almost quadrupling the 6,700 tonnes shipped to third countries in the same period last year. The turnover amounted to 68 million euros.

EU aims to increase the quota for olive oil that arrives in Tunisia

7 de December de 2015

Farmers the world’s largest olive grove, Spain, und the rest of European too reject the decision of the Commission to increase by 35,000 tonnes tariff-free access of olive oil in Tunisia for two years, adding to the 56,700 t already granted to the North African country and amounts unlimited aimed at refining. In addition, there is a proposal for two years, which can not be justified by the situation of a bad campaign as before, and allows the permitted volume between once and no monthly quotas as in the current system.

Good times for the entry of European pig fresh meat to New Zealand

27 de November de 2015

A sanitary agreement for live animals and animal products between the European Union and New Zealand in 1996 has been progress in the areas of animal health and welfare now with new technical developments related to issues of animal health and welfare, and systems food safety.

The Piquillo peppers from Lodosa, canned excellence

23 de November de 2015

The piquillo pepper is a local variety of Navarra, belonging to the Solanaceae brought from South America. The Lodosa, specifically, is an ecotype of the statutory range. The harvest season runs from mid-September to November. In order to respect the fruit is picked by hand and weekly, to minimize damage and ensure that only those who are at their best pass process.