Reading Time: 2 minutes An unprecedented number of bird flu outbreaks among wild birds and their wide geographic spread are driving an early and strong wave of the disease in Europe this year, the European Food Safety Authority said on Thursday.
European bird flu spike due to record wild birds cases, EFSA says
‘Like gold’: Europe’s barley prices climb as buyers chase supply
Barley usually at discount to wheat
Reading Time: 2 minutes Feed barley prices in Europe are matching or surpassing milling wheat, an unusual trend driven by strong export demand and tight supply.
Expana lifts EU cereal forecasts, maize exceeds expectations
Reading Time: < 1 minute Expana has raised its monthly grain production forecast for European Union crops for the 2025/26 season, projecting soft wheat output will hit a record high and barley a 17-year high.
Record EU soft wheat harvest expected this year
Reading Time: 2 minutes This year’s European Union soft wheat crop is expected to have reached a record high.
Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs
At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal
Reading Time: 5 minutes As the cost of spraying crops with pesticides becomes increasingly expensive, farmers in Greece's agricultural heartland have turned to a cheaper alternative: liquids in unlabeled plastic bottles smuggled over land and sea.
China delays decision in EU pork import case amid EV tariff talks
Reading Time: < 1 minute China extended on Tuesday a high-profile investigation into imported pork from the European Union by six months, days before it was due to wrap up and as negotiators from Brussels and Beijing carve out a deal over the bloc's electric vehicle tariffs.
EU farmers raise alarm over Mercosur, Ukraine trade deals
Comments come ahead of visit by Brazil’s Lula
Reading Time: 2 minutes French and Spanish farmers warned on Wednesday that a flood of imports under planned European Union trade agreements with South American bloc Mercosur and Ukraine risked severely undermining European agriculture.
EU urges respect not threats as Trump pushes for 50 per cent tariff
Reading Time: 3 minutes The European Commission urged the U.S. on Friday to bring respect, not threats, to trade talks after President Donald Trump pushed for a 50 per cent tariff on EU goods.
EU lawmakers back huge tariffs for Russia, Belarus fertilizer
Reading Time: 2 minutes The European Parliament voted on Thursday to impose prohibitive tariffs on fertilizers and certain farm produce from Russia and its ally Belarus to prevent a potential threat to EU food security and limit Russian funds for its war against Ukraine.
Global rapeseed/canola production dips in April report
USDA lowers output for EU, India
Reading Time: < 1 minute World production of rapeseed/canola for 2024/25 was trimmed by almost 0.53 per cent on April 10, when the United States Department of Agriculture released its World Agricultural Production report.
A message from April Stewart, Country Guide's Associate Editor
