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EU Envoys Strike New Deal On Ukraine Food Imports

Ambassadors from European Union countries reached a revised deal to extend tariff-free food imports from Ukraine - with restrictions - after some states co...

EU Countries To Demand Bloc Does More To Help Farmers, Draft Statement Says

European Union country leaders will urge the EU to work quickly on more measures to support farmers in response to months of protests by angry ag...

EU Countries Block Supply Chain Audit Law At Last Hour

European Union countries blocked at a late stage new rules requiring large companies to check if their supply chains use forced labour or cause e...

Colruyt Raises Purchase Price For Beef Carcasses To Support Belgian Farmers

Belgian retailer Colruyt Group plans to increase the buying price for beef carcasses and pass on the difference to farmers.

French Farmers' Union Call For End Of Blockades As Protests Spread In Europe

Two of France's main farming unions urged protesters who have staged hundreds of tractor blockades across the country to go back home, after the gover...

Farmers Protests Disrupt Belgian Supermarket Colruyt's Supply Chain

Belgian supermarket chain Colruyt said three of its distribution centres were blocked by protesting farmers, leading to disruptions in its supply chain.

Belgian Farmers To Block Zeebrugge Port As French Protests Spill Over: Reports

Belgian farmers outraged over rising costs, European Union environmental policies and cheap food imports plan to block access roads to the Zeebrugge contai...

China Lifts Five-Year Ban On Belgian Pig, Pork Products

China's customs authorities have lifted a five-year ban on pig and pork products from Belgium that was implemented because of an outbreak of African swine...