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.
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Europe’s illegal pesticide trade surges as farmers cut costs
At least 14 per cent of pesticides used on EU fields today are illegal
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
Beef imports from Europe and U.K. on the decline
Canada still has a trade deficit in beef with Europe, but it is getting smaller. Trade data from Statistics Canada for the first seven months of 2023 shows that Canada exported $16.3 million worth of beef to the EU. That’s up from $12.2 million in the same period in 2022. Meanwhile, the EU exported $44 […] Read more
Black Sea wheat estimates difficult to pin down
Black Sea wheat production forecasts are all over the map as analysts grapple with lingering uncertainty in that region. “There’s wildly varying estimates on production,” said MarketsFarm analyst Bruce Burnett. Global supply of wheat could swing by millions of tonnes depending on which forecast proves correct. “This is the largest wheat-exporting region in the world […] Read more
Don’t expect too much, no matter what happens with Meng
Whatever happens Wednesday, China will not be a market we can count on again
Tomorrow (Wednesday) a B.C. Supreme Court judge will release the ruling on whether or not to uphold the validity of Huawei executive Meng Wanzhou’s arrest and detention on a U.S. extradition request. A lot of people are hoping Meng gets released, goes back to China, that China calms down, the two Michaels are released and […] Read more
