MEP candidates from French and Dutch rural parties suggested agrifood producers had been under undue pressure to ‘green up’ their act, but some of their ideas might be too hard for the food industry to swallow.
The UK’s post-Brexit import controls are finally being implemented from January 31, 2024. But while their introduction will level the playing field for EU exporters who had enjoyed a relatively frictionless process until now, the additional cost and regulatory...
A total of 23 trade bodies have called for the swift approval of the EU-Mercosur free trade agreement, which will make it easier to export EU agri-food products including key dairy commodities to Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay and vice versa.
ConfectioneryNews will be presenting a special live webinar on Tuesday 23 January 24 at 17:00Paris / 10:00AM Chicago to discuss the new requirements for market access for cocoa and chocolate suppliers into the European Union.
With recovering cheese prices, US farmers could soon see improved margins after 8 months of declines. In Europe, possible input cost volatility makes the market hard to predict.
Farmers, processors and industry bodies have been consulted on proposals that could see Ireland’s dairy herd reduced by as many as 65,000 cows per year to help the EU country meet its ag emissions obligations.
The European Parliament voted to adopt a report on the implementation of the EU school scheme that favors unprocessed, organic and locally-produced food and leaves out plant-based alternatives.
More than a year on from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, dairy commodity prices have started to recover from the highs experienced in 2022. But as the market adjusts, processors find themselves under increasing pressure to reduce farmgate milk prices.
Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food, Marie-Claude Bibeau said that the fourth payment completes ‘full and fair’ compensation to producers who have lost market share as a result of two international trade agreements.
The ruling means that the cheese’s iconic appearance cannot be reproduced by cheesemakers based outside the protected designation of origin (PDO) area – even if their product isn't called ‘Morbier’.
The award-winning British cheese business was recently acquired by Joseph Heler after bureaucracy-ridden export rules made European markets ‘unviable’. CCC MD Simon Spurrell talks to DairyReporter on what's next for the company.
The €450m CAP agriculture reserve could be made available to farmers and fertilizer producers affected by high input costs ‘to prevent market disturbances’ and strengthen food security.
The artisanal sheep’s milk cheese could finally get a protected status, but farmer organizations have warned the final application hides critical loopholes.
The European Milk Board (EMB) said ‘the foundations of production must be supported’ and urges ‘massive overhaul’ to ensure the sector’s long-term viability.
Following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and the subsequent sanctions imposed upon Russia, doing business with the world’s largest country is becoming increasingly complicated.
New figures released in the annual Bord Bia (The Irish Food Board) Export Performance and Prospects report 2021/2022 show exports of Irish food, drink and horticulture to the UK have remained constant in value at €4.4bn ($5bn), compared to 2020.
The UAE Ministry of Climate Change and Environment (MoCCAE) has announced the European Commission has approved the UAE’s Camel Milk Residue Monitoring Plan and continues to allow the export of UAE camel milk to the 27 EU countries for 2021.
At its biannual General Assembly, which was a digital event this spring, the long-term survival of European milk production was the main topic for the producers coming together as members of the European Milk Board (EMB).
The Ambassador of the European Union (EU) to Singapore has highlighted favourable trade factors such as an open dairy market and a proactive food supply diversification strategy as key drivers for trade growth between the two nations.
In its February 2021 food and drink trade snapshot, the UK’s Food and Drink Federation (FDF) paints a disturbing picture of dairy exports to the EU since Brexit.
This week, more by good luck than good management, the podcast goes live on St. Patrick’s Day, March 17, and we have two guests from Ireland on the show.
Last year, the Irish dairy industry navigated arguably the hardest operating climate it has experienced since WWII, with the pandemic wreaking damage, and disruption across key industries and markets.
This week we feature three interviews, with five guests. We have conversations with Timothy Brown, CEO of Evolve BioSystems and Pam Shepherd, managing director of Manna Tree; Jim Carr, PhD, director, sweeteners global ingredient technology and Abigail...
The Ethical Dairy, a cheese and ice cream producer in southwest Scotland, has said it is suspending orders to Northern Ireland because of recently-introduced regulations following the UK’s exit from the European Union.
In what is possibly a thinly-veiled dig at both Brexit and the UK Government, the Scottish Government said it is plugging the funding gap left by the UK leaving the European Union and it will continue to fund milk in schools.
Israel-based Gadot Biochemical Industries has recently completed the development of a manufacturing process to make special grades of tripotassium citrate (TPC) and trisodium citrate (TSC) that enable its customers to meet the requirement for chlorate...
European Milk Board (EMB) president Sieta van Keimpema said European dairy farmers are happy that the vote on the Common Market Organisation (CMO) in the European Parliament showed many MEPs are aware the EU agricultural sector needs effective crisis...
Clandeboye Estate, home to Clandeboye Yoghurt, has announced it will invest more than £2m ($2.6m) to quadruple its yogurt production and create 13 new jobs.
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has announced a total loan equivalent to $12.9m to Land’Or, a Tunisian processed cheese maker. The deal is supported by the European Union (EU).
Following last week’s USTR announcement and in view of the forthcoming WTO report on the Boeing case, 14 EU associations, including the European Dairy Association (EDA), have called on the EU and US to de-escalate the ongoing aircraft disputes and remove...
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, which represents farmers throughout the Midwest, has commended 61 US senators seeking to safeguard dairy exports against trade barriers in future trade agreements as they relate to names of cheeses.
On this week’s Dairy Dialog podcast, our guests are Jan Lindqvist, food technologist at Tetra Pak; Hälsa’s CEO, Mika Manninen; Thomas Burke, food safety scientist at the Institute of Food Technologists; and Dr José María Lagarón, YPACK project coordinator.
Something important in the European Union has been overshadowed by the coronavirus crisis: there are only 160 business days remaining before December 31, 2020, when Brexit is due to take place.
Wednesday’s announcement by EU Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski that exceptional measures would finally be opened by the EU Commission to support the dairy sector in Europe have been met with approval by the European Dairy Association (EDA).
The European Milk Board (EMB) says that as the demand of milk and milk products has significantly dropped because of the coronavirus crisis, produced milk volumes can no longer be absorbed.
The European Dairy Association (EDA) says it is shocked and concerned that EU Commissioner Janusz Wojciechowski has not yet responded to its letter, and is counting on EU Member States at next Monday’s videoconference of the Special Committee on Agriculture...
