There will be a support package of 650 million euros for agricultural and horticultural companies that see their turnover evaporate due to the corona crisis, minister Carola Schouten (Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality) reports in a letter to parliament on Wednesday evening. At the same time, financial support should pay for the continued payment of … Read more
There is almost no French fries business, the German Farmers’ Association has just announced. “The de facto cessation of consumption outside the home practically brings sales across Europe to a standstill,” the association announced. Several French fries processors have already stopped producing or are preparing to decommission. With the exception of Sweden, restaurants and fast … Read more
I.As a result of the Corona crisis, according to farmers’ president Joachim Rukwied, there will probably be a shortage of fruit and vegetables. The background is the lack of seasonal workers from Eastern Europe in the wake of the corona pandemic, he told the “Neue Osnabrücker Zeitung” (Wednesday). Federal Minister of Agriculture Julia Klöckner (CDU) … Read more
Every day, find the Green thread, the environment meeting of Release. Serge Morand is a health ecologist, research director at CNRS and CIRAD and teaches at the Faculty of Tropical Medicine in Bangkok, Thailand. For him, it is urgent to preserve genetic diversity in nature and agriculture to avoid the multiplication of pandemics. Several species … Read more
Kellogg, the American company famous for its breakfast cereals, wants to eliminate by 2025 the use of glyphosate on wheat and oats which it uses in its products like Smacks, All Bran or Special K, as part of a broader strategy on the use of pesticides at its suppliers. The weed killer, most often sold … Read more
503 registrations of pig farmers who want to be bought out have arrived at the Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality (LNV). That is more than the government expected: the reserved amount of 180 million euros is likely to be exceeded, the ministry announced on Thursday. It is not yet clear how much money … Read more