01 November 2011 | Issue no: AE2487
POLICY & LEGISLATION
- Member states vent fury at CAP proposals
- Record number of food alerts
- MEPs stand defiant after calls from member states to trim next year’s CAP budget
- Wrangling could delay CAP reform deal - MEP
- Honey with GM pollen not a health risk - EFSA
- Commission rejects criticism about small farmer neglect
- Russia to join WTO and boost EU meat exports
- EU agrees to olive oil private storage aid
- UN puts ‘land grab’ guidelines on hold
- Watchdog claims no risks from GM maize
- G20 ‘will address biofuels’ at meeting in Cannes
- UK protocol defines criteria for biowaste
ARABLE
- Council raises its estimates as output exceeds expectations
- Record Chinese soya imports predicted
- US-China rice accord
- Russian grains harvest
- Ukrainian exports are accelerating
- South Africa’s maize planted area to grow
- Kazakhstan oilseed crop
- Trade Focus: Euro crisis is driving grain markets
- Philippine feed millers want maize imports
- Europe in need of more rainfall to help with wheat establishment
- Commodity Prices: Week 43 - Ending October 28, 2011
POULTRYMEAT
- Another 8% cut seen for US chicken hatcheries in October
- Brazil remains bullish
- Hesitant French market as consumption and prices ease
- UK broiler chick output still on the increase
- China yet to impact on global chicken production
- Thai chicken meat exports ‘on target’ despite floods
- Irish frozen chicken sales to Africa and Asia are soaring
- EU chicken importers backing Thai efforts to increase market
MEAT & LIVESTOCK
- US red meat exports look ready to break through the $10bn barrier for first time
- Animal vaccines listed on new database
- EU pigmeat prices remain firm, defying seasonal weakness
- Canada calls for fresh FTA talks with South Korea
- UK MP secures new debate on live animal shipments
- Meat production flattens in China in Q3
- Bulgaria formulates a new livestock and dairy strategy
- Australian lamb exports strengthen in September
- Paraguay eyes quick return to beef markets
FARM INDUSTRY NEWS
- Warning over pesticides in watercourses
- Australian report flags up challenges for India
- Cost of water under scrutiny in the UK
- Insurance to replace US farm subsidies
- Farming fortunes are mixed for UK growers as grain prices rocket
- Better risk management by farmers would be a gain for all
COMMENT & ANALYSIS
- Tough curbs on agricultural commodity speculation come closer
- Sugar industry is in crisis after three years of stagnation
- CAP 2020: Is Europe losing touch with reality?
- British biomass producers see potential boon from new incentives
