Agrifish : Page 1057

UK farmers waiting for money, RPA kept its promise by less than 1%

January 7, 2016 The NFU is urging the RPA to give farmers certainty and confidence in lieu of a paid claim as the RPA announces that just 50 percent of farmers received a BPS payment last month.

Almeria's agro-food exports could break new record

January 7, 2016 Andalusian agro-food exports during the first ten months of 2015 reached a value of 7,334 million euro, 6% more than in the same period of the previous year.

Greenpeace: Chinese farmers are illegally growing GMO corn

January 7, 2016 Farmers are illegally growing genetically modified corn in China's northeast, said environmental non-profit Greenpeace.

Women bringing $12.9 billion to economy

January 6, 2016 U.S. National Farmers Union (NFU) president Roger Johnson thanked the growing number of women in agriculture now roughly one million strong and responsible for a $12.9 billion economic impact.

There will be plenty of meat and poultry for consumers

January 6, 2016 According to Purdue University Extension economist Chris Hurt, pork production is expected to rise by about one percent, beef production will rise by four percent and poultry by about three percent.

UK could meet emissions targets whilst boosting yields and rewilding land

January 6, 2016 New research using UK data suggests that raising farm yields and allowing spared land to be reclaimed for woodlands and wetlands could offset greenhouse gas produced by farming industry to meet the national target of an 80% emissions reduction by 2050.

European Commission asks farmers for their opinion on greening

January 6, 2016 Farmers are being urged to inform the European Commission directly about their experiences with greening during the first year of the new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP).

Farmers who are entrepreneurial are more profitable

January 6, 2016 Farming is less entrepreneurial than many other industries, according to the newly published 2016 Oxford Farming Conference report.

One in six UK consumers eating more fish

January 6, 2016 One in six people in the UK are eating more fish and seafood than they were a year ago, according to a survey for the Marine Stewardship Council (MSC).

Commissioner Hogan happy with Private Storage Aid scheme

January 6, 2016 EU farm commissioner Phil Hogan welcomed the opening of a new Private Storage Aid (PSA) scheme for the pigmeat sector, commenting that he hopes the measure will help to stabilise the EU market.

Indonesia to open its market for Indian rice

January 6, 2016 Indonesia has decided to open its market for Indian rice, pharmaceuticals and bovine meat.

China vows to boost rural industries, express delivery sector growing

January 6, 2016 China will speed up integrative development of primary, secondary and tertiary industries in rural regions to increase farmer income and modernize agriculture, according to a central government guideline.