In the first major farming policy decision of her new term, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has chosen Luxembourgish MEP Christophe Hansen as Commissioner...
The European Commission has approved, under EU state aid rules, a Danish scheme, with a budget of approximately €53 million (DKK 395.6m), to support a more...
The latest agri-food trade report published today by the European Commission showed that in the January-May 2024 period, cumulative EU agri-food exports reached €97.4 billion (a 2% increase compared...
What proportion of the EU’s farmers are young farmers? How common are small farms in the EU? Which EU countries generate the most value added from agriculture? ...
In 2023, 48.3 million tonnes of potatoes were harvested in the EU, a slight increase compared with 2022 when 47.5 million tonnes were harvested. However, there has...
The variety release committee of the Kenya Plant Health Inspectorate Service (KEPHIS) has recently announced that three of Solynta’s hybrid true potato varieties have been approved...
The European Commission has proposed mobilising €77 million from the agricultural reserve to support farmers from the fruit, vegetables and wine sectors of Austria, Czechia, Poland...