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The package of proposals to reform the European Union's Common Agricultural Policy, which is to be agreed by the European Commission next week as part of the Agenda 2000 review, [...]

Producer compensation for large reductions in support prices based on each member country's share of agricultural production is likely to form the cornerstone of the European Commission's eventual recommendations for [...]

The text of the Council Regulation implementing the March Council agreement on frozen agricultural conversion rates and the calculation of income loss compensation following appreciable revaluations should be finalised by [...]

British farmers, already battered by the BSE crisis and an estimated 4.8% fall in incomes in 1996 (see AE1728, 3.1.97, E/2), are facing the nightmare scenario of a possible cut [...]

The likely expansion of United States soya production as a result of the 1996 US farm support legislation, the FAIR act, is likely to pose a major challenge to the [...]

Denmark, the third wealthiest country in the European Union, is the largest net beneficiary of the Common Agricultural Policy, while the poorest state Portugal subsidies other country's producers to the [...]

EU Farm Commissioner Franz Fischler has outlined his perspective of the CAP for the 21st century, in a remarkable speech at the EU representation in Bonn on October 9 (see [...]

HIGHER SELLING PRICES AND LOWER COSTS BOOST EC FARM INCOMES EC farmers overall achieved a sharp rise of 7.6% in producer prices in nominal terms last year. As this exceeded [...]

China has paid out $1.41 billion in direct subsidy payments to some 600 million farmers. The payments were made for the first time this year in an effort to reverse [...]

Last year, the cost of living for an average farm family of 3.8 in central Minnesota was $48,515, says Kastanek. That may not seem all that high. But if the [...]

The European Union's system of compensatory payments to farmers will have to be applied in the new member states as they join the Union. The payments will however have to [...]

Intervention buying for rye may be eliminated as part of next year's mid-term review of the CAP, a Commission official was reported to have said on Thursday. The comments were [...]

The UK government this week angered national farmers' groups by failing to apply for EU agrimonetary aid for the arable sector. The agriculture ministry (DEFRA) confirmed that it had not [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Concepts for key commodity program changes that Senate Agriculture Committee chairman Tom Harkin (D., Iowa) will propose for the new farm bill surfaced last week - even [...]

The Dutch government is to phase out all price and income support for farmers within ten years, and that includes compensation for calamities such as harvest damage due to bad [...]

The Italian government plans to pump in a massive Lit1 000 billion in a move to give a new boost to its agricultural sector. Tax cuts and other incentives will [...]

Portugal waded into the debate on CAP reform this week, adding its voice to the growing chorus for 'greener' farming. A proposed Portuguese plan would completely de-couple farm aid from [...]

Irish farm minister Joe Walsh has published details of planned a new area based compensatory allowance scheme. This will replace existing headage schemes in disadvantaged areas, and will be worth [...]

EU pig producers will be able to supplement their incomes during times of market recession from national 'regulatory' funds outlined by the European Commission this week. Howeyer, producers will have [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Secretary of Agriculture Dan Glickman announced last week that the U.S. Department of Agriculture will offer a loan program for on-farm grain storage available to farmers in [...]

The Irish farming lobby has welcomed what has been widely seen as a generous budget, which reduces the tax burden for Irish people by the equivalent of around I£20 a [...]

UK arable farmers are to receive agrimonetary compensation to top up their aid under the EU's arable area payments scheme (AAPS) this year. The total is expected to be £170 [...]

Australia wants to examine the whole range of agricultural subsidies at the next round of World Trade Organisation talks, and will not be content simply to discuss the 'blue box' [...]

The European Commission this week published proposals designed to limit the rapid growth in flax and hemp subsidy payments to farmers, and to reduce spending in the sector by 2005/06. [...]

Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 106 450t at a maximum refund of 513.54 ECU/t. Bids were accepted this week from traders as follows: Germany 42 [...]

The Irish government may be forced to abandon its voluntary re-structuring plan for the beef industry (see AE1807, 17.7.98, N/1) in favour of a scheme driven by statutory funding, according [...]

The Italian Government plans to spend a massive Lit3 123 billion over the next four years in direct assistance to its agriculture, particularly to create new jobs, aid disadvantaged areas [...]

Export tender awards: Bids were accepted for a total of 77 000t at a maximum refund of 515.34 ECU/t. Bids were accepted this week from traders as follows: France 50 [...]

Market situation: Most member states reported that a crisis existed in their pig market, with slack demand and falling prices. Although all felt it was difficult to see any short [...]

Intervention tender: No bids were accepted. Intervention club: R grade young bulls from Portugal were removed from the club. Export refunds: The Commission refused requests for increased refunds for exports [...]

Export refunds: All bids were rejected as the Commission said that refunds were making no difference to the level of exports. Common right refunds: Rates were set at 6.00 ECU/l00kg [...]

Irish farmers will take to the streets of Dublin next week to protest about falling farm incomes, particularly from livestock production. The action is being organised by the Irish Farmers' [...]

The United Kingdom government has announced that it is to wind up the Calf Processing Aid Scheme (CPAS) on November 30 this year, some two and a half years after [...]

Today is the final day of the current 9-day reference period (July 21-24, 27-31) and this morning's market rates signal no green rate changes. Recent losses by sterling and the [...]

The European Commission has given the Portuguese government one month in which to defend its payments to two state-owned grain trading and storage companies in the run up to their [...]

AUSTRALIA The Australian government recently announced details of an enhanced assistance package for the pig industry. It aims to improve the competitiveness of the industry in the production and processing [...]

With a view to improving consumption of apples and citrus fruit in the EU, the European Commission announced 13 promotion measures totalling 13.5 million ECU across nine member states on [...]

The current UK farm income crisis had led to a 'collapse in investment,' NFU President Ben Gill told the Agrimoney '98 conference in London. Farmers needed currency stability to promote [...]

ONIC raises EU grain intervention stocks estimate The French national grain office ONIC has raised its estimate of June 30 EU intervention stocks to 14.7mt from its month-earlier figure of [...]

The European Union should sell substantial grain volumes in coming weeks to benefit from relatively good world demand at the start of the new 1998/99 export season, France s grain [...]

The decision to recommend an arable set-aside rate of only 10% for the 1998-99 cereal crop year made by the European Commission this week (see European Policy News section this [...]

The European Commission has this week agreed new proposals for radical reform of the EU's agrimonetary regime. The new system will, from January 1 next year, mean the abolition of [...]

The European Commission this week published a proposal to double the rate of set-aside rate for the coming crop year, from the current 5% to 10%. Announcing the Commissions decision, [...]

Brazilian farmers are to have $8 billion Reais - about $7.6bn made available to finance the 1997/98 grains and oilseeds crop - US2.3bn more than was available for the 1996/97 [...]

EU farm Commissioner Franz Fischler has warned EU sugar producers that future pressure on internal market prices will mean making a choice between price cuts which would not be fully [...]

Reports show that farmers are fighting to save their business in what economists are calling the worst agriculture downturn in 50 years. Farm income in the United States is forecast to fall 38% to $54 billion in 2009. It was also reported that a growing number of farmers are filing for bankruptcy protection.

The incomes of Welsh grazing livestock farms declined in the year concluding February 2008, with hill farm incomes estimated to drop by 31% from 2006/07 to 2007/2008. The decline in livestock farm income is caused by the foot and mouth disease outbreak, according to the Farmers' Union of Wales. The income losses in Welsh livestock farms are examined further.