EU
Bluetongue shows no sign of abating in France
Bluetongue outbreaks are continuing in France, six months on from when the first outbreak was reported. Last week, the World...
France
EU
French Government knocks €500m off farmers tax bills
The French Government announced yesterday that it will cut the tax bills paid by its farmers by the equivalent of...
Dairy
French to look for EU aid for dairy farmers who cut milk production
France is to seek measures to curb milk supplies in Europe, according to reports this morning. The French Government has...
Agri-Business
France bans supermarkets throwing away unsold food
France has gone ahead with its plans to ban supermarkets throwing away unsold food, with its senate passing the new...
EU
Pics: Protesting French farmers set tyres on fire and block roads with tractors
French farmers have taken to the streets of France to protest against the low prices they are receiving for their...
Beef
Increased cow cullings set to aid French beef production
Increased cow culling in France this year is to help the country’s beef production to grow by over 1% this...
EU
EU investigating France's version of the beef forum for competition law breaches
The European Commission has opened an investigation following roundtable livestock price talks held last summer in France. French business daily...
World News
Bluetongue outbreaks are continuing in France
Bluetongue outbreaks are continuing in France, with a further three outbreaks over the Christmas period, the World Animal Health Organisation...
Pig/Poultry
Over 60 cases of bird flu confirmed in France
To date, there has been 61 highly pathogenic avian influenza (bird flu) outbreaks in poultry in southwestern France, the French...
Pig/Poultry
13,000 birds culled in Germany as bird flu strikes
Over 13,000 birds have been culled in Bayern, Germany following a case of bird flu in the country, according to...
Beef
'Extra cows on the French market to have a big impact on EU beef trade'
Developments in the French beef market are likely to have major consequences for the EU beef market, according to the...
Pig/Poultry
'Highly pathogenic' case of bird flu confirmed in France
A case of avian influenza also known as bird flu has been confirmed in Dordogne, France following an abnormal death, according...
World News
Bluetongue spreads to two other EU countries
There have been further outbreaks of Bluetongue in France and the disease has spread to Slovenia and Austria, according to...
World News
Unbrielievable: 100 wheels of cheese worth €40,000 stolen in France
Police in France are investigating the theft of 100 wheels of comté cheese from a dairy in the east of...
EU
Unease in France over 'insufficient' EU aid package
France is to receive €62.9m from the €500m direct aid support package from the European Commission, the second highest envelope in...
EU
88 confirmed cases of bluetongue in France, 2.2m vaccines available
There are now 88 cases of bluetongue in France, the World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) has confirmed. Of the...
EU
Bluetongue in France; 1.3m doses of vaccine made available
There has been an outbreak of bluetongue in a sheep and cattle herd in Allier, France, the department of agriculture in...
Beef
French beef imports fell 4% in first half of 2015
French beef and veal imports fell by 4% in the first six months of 2015, with lower shipments from Ireland,...
