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    • Wednesday, 22 November, 2023
      EU parliament strikes down pesticide law

      Rightwing politicians muster majority against proposed rules to limit use of agricultural chemicals

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    • Tuesday, 19 September, 2023
      Italian economy
      Italy turns to Kyrgyz shepherds to revive Sardinian farming

      Farming body seeks recruits from 6,000 miles away in fight to help rural economy

      Shepherds on horseback herd sheep along a road in the Suusamyr valley, Kyrgyzstan
    • Monday, 18 September, 2023
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      Grain producers protest against the decision of the Bulgarian parliament to drop the ban on the import of Ukrainian grain
    • Monday, 11 September, 2023
      EU considers dropping stricter animal welfare measures

      Brussels rethinks plans over concerns that proposed changes could add to food costs

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    • Friday, 8 September, 2023
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      Ireland’s dairy farmers in crisis over EU nitrogen cap

      Producers face having to cull cows or find more land after government says bloc’s decision will not be overturned

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    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
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      How Europe’s water supplies turned to ‘gold dust’

      Drought, leaky pipes and poor policy among several factors contributing to continent’s scarcity problem

      A man walks on the cracked ground of La Baells reservoir in Spain
    • Tuesday, 25 July, 2023
      Poland demands import ban on Ukrainian strawberries Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: How heat and fires are crippling Catania’s fragile infrastructure

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    • Wednesday, 12 July, 2023
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      EU parliament faces crunch vote on nature protection rules Premium content

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    • Wednesday, 28 June, 2023
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    • Monday, 5 June, 2023
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      Spain frets over German threat to boycott ‘drought strawberries’

      Domestic clash over use of illegal wells by farmers has international repercussions

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    • Friday, 26 May, 2023
      UK fishing
      UK fishing industry gets green light to hire more overseas workers

      The sector is struggling with labour shortages and post-Brexit export regulations

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    • Tuesday, 9 May, 2023
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      EU lawmakers push to water down methane emissions rules Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Italy’s war against plant milk and Co.

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    • Friday, 28 April, 2023
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      EU to extend market access for Ukraine foods despite pushback

      Also in this newsletter: why Macron is being hounded by pots and pans

      A truck unloads grain at a grain port in Izmail, Ukraine
    • Tuesday, 25 April, 2023
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      How the EU worked together to get its people out of Sudan Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: Spain’s strawberry farmers won’t stop draining the swamp

      An Italian military plane carrying evacuees from war-torn Sudan arrives at Ciampino airport near Rome, Italy, April 24, 2023
    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
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      Also in this newsletter: the dwindling options for new Russia sanctions

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    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      The Big Read
      The farmers challenging the EU’s green agenda

      Brussels needs a greener agricultural sector to help meet its climate goals. But farmers say they’re being asked to do too much

      A convoy of tractors in Arnhem, Netherlands, protests against the Dutch government’s nitrogen reduction policy to meet EU targets. The sign reads ‘Come on child, we are no longer welcome in this country’
    • Wednesday, 29 March, 2023
      News in-depth
      Ukraine grain glut hits agribusiness in neighbouring countries

      Romanian and Polish farmers criticise ‘derisory’ EU compensation and politicians call for higher offer

      A barge carrying Ukrainian grain is moored for unloading at the grain terminal in Constanța harbour in neighbouring Romania
    • Tuesday, 21 March, 2023
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      Carmakers and corporates urge EU to stick to combustion engine ban Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: how the conflict over Western Sahara affects European fishers

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    • Friday, 3 March, 2023
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      Let them eat . . . nettles? Salad versus the seasons

      A market in Bucharest offers lessons for Brits on what to eat when

    • Wednesday, 1 March, 2023
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      UK salad shortages not down to Brexit, says Spain

      Minister points to cold weather as data shows value of annual vegetable exports has risen even as volumes have fallen

      Luis Planas, Spain’s agricultural minister, leans against a balustrade
    • Tuesday, 24 January, 2023
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      Trawler’s case tests Norwegian control over Arctic archipelago’s resources

      Pressure on Oslo over fishing and other activities around Svalbard will increase, says legal firm

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    • Tuesday, 20 December, 2022
      UK fishing
      Sustainability campaigners criticise UK-EU fishing deal

      Stocks of cod, whiting and herring are being overfished, warn environmental groups

      A French fisherman sorts through the mackerel catch on board a trawler off the coast of Ouistreham, north-west France
    • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
      Special ReportInvesting in Austria
      Agriculture chief: the Danube could be a model of innovation

      Reinhard Wolf, CEO of Austria’s Raiffeisen Ware, argues that new thinking is needed

      Commercial shipping on the River Danube
    • Monday, 26 September, 2022
      Europe Express
      Italy veers right and away from EU’s centre of power

      Exit polls put Giorgia Meloni’s rightwing bloc at over 40 per cent of vote

      Giorgia Meloni with a microphone
    • Tuesday, 13 September, 2022
      EU delays cut in pesticide use over food output fears

      Council drags feet on ‘toxic topic’ as rules could reduce production and raise prices

      A farmer sprays pesticides on a potato field in France
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