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Europe's Wheat Harvest Prospects Mixed After Wet, Warm Weather

The wheat harvest outlook in Europe is varying widely as persistent rain in France and Britain increases chances of large production losses, while countrie...

France's Avril Sees Crops Fuelling Profit Despite Tough 2023

French oilseeds group Avril expects its core profit to increase by over half by the end of the decade as its crop-based food, fuel and industrial products...

France Lets Farmers Use More Pesticides To Protect Sugar Output

French farmers will be allowed to apply more pesticides on their sugar beet fields this year due to a high risk of attacks from an insect carrying a diseas...

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...

France, Poland Push For Greater Ukraine Food Import Curbs

France and Poland have pressed for greater curbs on imports of food products from Ukraine to prevent what they called the destabilisation of EU agricultura...

China Cancels Some French Wheat Deals, Traders Tell FranceAgriMer

Grain market players are reporting that China has cancelled some US wheat purchases, France's farm office said, in a move that could be in respon...

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...

French Foie Gras Back On Menus After Bird Flu Spares Ducks

A jump in foie gras output this winter as France was virtually spared from bird flu that had ravaged flocks in previous years will allow chefs to have enou...