http://www.eubusiness.com Latest Agriculture news from the European Union - on EUbusiness.com daily 1 2007-01-02T13:25:17Z http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/food/organic-wine New EU rules for “organic wine” have been agreed in the Standing Committee on Organic Farming (SCOF), and will be published in the Official Journal in the coming weeks. With the new regulation, which will apply from the 2012 harvest, organic wine growers will be allowed to use the term “organic wine” on their labels. The labels must also show the EU-organic-logo and the code number of their certifier, and must respect other wine labelling rules. Although there are already rules for “wine made from organic grapes”, these do not cover wine-making practices, i.e. the whole process from grape to wine. Wine is the one remaining sector not fully covered by the EU rules on organic farming standards under Regulation 834/2007. No publisher eub2 Food & Drink Agriculture 2012-02-08T21:55:58Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-animal-hens.et2 Brussels issued an ultimatum to 13 European nations Thursday to improve conditions for tens of millions of laying-hens held in tiny cramped cages -- or face legal action in two months. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline farm hens animal 2012-01-26T12:56:43Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/consumer/animal-welfare-12 The European Commission has adopted a new four-year strategy (2012-2015) that aims to further improve the welfare of animals in the European Union. No publisher eub2 Consumer Agriculture Health 2012-01-19T16:32:07Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/agri/animals-12-15 The European Commission has adopted a new four-year strategy (2012-2015) that aims to further improve the welfare of animals in the European Union. No publisher eub2 Consumer Agriculture Health 2012-01-19T16:14:23Z Link http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-animal-hens.en5 The European Commission warned Thursday that it would launch legal action in the coming days against 14 EU countries that still allow farmers to keep egg-laying hens in cramped, illegal cages. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2012 AFP. All other Copyright 2012 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Headline farm hens animal 2012-01-20T09:11:26Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/biotech-food-farm.e7c Failure by EU agriculture ministers to decide on authorisation for three genetically-modified maize and cotton strains overnight left the matter in the hands of the EU executive on Friday. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. biotech farm environment food Headline1 2011-12-16T14:59:21Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/italy-environment.dwq Fake organic products from Italy have been sold around Europe, Italian police said on Tuesday as they announced the results of an inquiry that has led to seven arrests and the seizure of 2,500 tons of food. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. Italy farm crime environment food 2011-12-06T19:05:05Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/germany-fertiliser.dqz K+S, one of the world's leading makers of fertilisers, said on Tuesday it planned to invest 3.25 billion Canadian dollars (2.4 billion euros) in the expansion of its potash activities in Canada. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. fertiliser farm invest company K+S Germany 2011-11-29T10:23:24Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/food-biofuel-energy.dpk The UN special rapporteur on the right to food urged the EU for a rethink on biofuels Friday, saying huge errors had been committed in the initial enthusiasm for an alternative to harmful fossil fuels. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. biofuel Food energy environment farm UN 2011-11-25T21:14:09Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/topics/health/plant-health-2 The European Union today earmarked 19 million euros to co-finance programmes in seven Member States aiming to combat organisms harmful to plants and to prevent them from spreading further in the Union and thus from having sever consequences on the internal market. During a meeting of the Standing Committee on Plant Health (SCPH), the Member States endorsed two Commission proposals providing the co-financing (EUR 15 and EUR 4 million respectively) of actions already undertaken in the past or planned to be executed next year. No publisher eub2 Environment Consumer Agriculture Health 2011-11-16T16:07:06Z Guide http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-environment.div Bothered by spiking mortality rates for bees, Europe's parliamentarians voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to urge the EU to provide more funding for the beekeeping sector. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm environment bees animal European Parliament 2011-11-15T18:22:41Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/farm-consumer.dia European agriculture chiefs predicted Monday that more than 50 million battery hens will still be held next year in illegal cages, as Brussels threatened legal action against 11 states. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm consumer Council of Ministers 2011-11-14T18:59:33Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/poverty-food-aid.di6 Europe's poorest citizens secured two more years of food aid on Monday -- but still face seeing a free-meals scheme collapse by the end of 2013. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. development farm food poverty aid Council of Ministers 2011-11-14T19:01:49Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/poverty-food-aid.dhq Germany said on Monday it will back two more years of food aid delivering meals to 18 million of Europe's poorest, after months threatening an 80-per cent cut in cash value. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm food poverty aid Headline2 2011-11-14T13:43:21Z News Item http://www.eubusiness.com/news-eu/bulgaria-farm.d9a Bulgaria lobbied Germany's farming minister Ilse Aigner on Monday to back EU plans to cap farming subsidies, insisting the current distribution system was uneven, the agriculture ministry said. No publisher eub2 Text and Picture Copyright 2011 AFP. All other Copyright 2011 EUbusiness Ltd. All rights reserved. This material is intended solely for personal use. Any other reproduction, publication or redistribution of this material without the written agreement of the copyright owner is strictly forbidden and any breach of copyright will be considered actionable. farm reform Germany Bulgaria 2011-10-31T18:10:26Z News Item