Russia and Kazakhstan harvested huge flax crops and will be providing stiff competition in China and the EU.
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Huge Black Sea flax crop to provide stiff competition
Production is estimated to up 21 percent in Russia, 26 percent in Kazakhstan and 27 percent in Canada
Expana lifts EU cereal forecasts, maize exceeds expectations
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
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
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.
Big global wheat crop expected to pressure prices
World wheat stocks could climb to 271 million tonnes by the end of 2025-26, up from 264 million tonnes at the end of 2024-25.
There will be plenty of wheat in the world in 2025-26, say analysts.
China delays decision in EU pork import case amid EV tariff talks
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
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.
Canada urged to stand up to EU mirror clauses
The European Union has been promoting the concept of buying only from trading partners that follow its regulations
Ottawa should call out Europe and its attempt to dictate agricultural production in Canada.
EU pressured to ease deforestation regulation
European Union was expected to need more canola once it began restricting imports of products linked to deforestation
SASKATOON — The European Union is coming under increasing pressure to delay and to soften its proposed deforestation regulation. And that could “limit the upside” canola exporters were anticipating because of the new law, says an analyst. Related stories: The regulation will ban the import of products linked to the destruction of the world’s forests, […] Read more
EU glyphosate renewal runs into snag
BRUSSELS, Belgium — A proposal to renew authorization of glyphosate failed last week to get sufficient backing by European Union states, pushing the issue back to November. The European Commission had proposed allowing the use of the pesticide until the end of 2033. Glyphosate is controversial in Europe because of claims it can affect biodiversity, […] Read more
