“Weaknesses in the implementation framework of specific agricultural support”, say EU Auditors A report published today by the European Court of Auditors (ECA) reveals that there is insufficient evidence in the Member States that the measures introduced under Article 68 … Read the full press release
AGRANA and Theatre an der Wien are donating EUR 70,000 to „Malteser Care Ring – Kinderhilfe“ and „Hilfe im eigenen Land – Katastrophenhilfe Österreich“. Vienna, Austria, 25-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — AGRANA Beteiligungs-AG celebrates 25 years since its foundation this year. Since its … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Business, Entertainment, Food & Beverage, Non Profit
Tagged 25 Year Anniversary, AGRANA Beteiligungs AG, concert, donating, fruit, Hilfe im eigenen Land – Katastrophenhilfe Österreich, Johann Marihart, Malteser Care Ring – Kinderhilfe, Natalie Lottersberger, Roland Geyer, Rudolf Buchbinder, Sissi Pröll, Starch, sugar, Theatre an der Wien
Global potash market characterised by considerable uncertainty and by decreasing international potash prices in the quarter under review Potash and Magnesium Products business unit therefore with lower average price level Salt business sales volume a good 9% above the previous … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Germany, Industrial
Tagged earnings, international potash prices, K+S Group, Magnesium, Michael Wudonig, Norbert Steiner, potash, Potash market, revenues, Thorsten Boeckers
Brussels, Belgium, 1-11-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has approved funding for 14 new research projects to shape a more resource-efficient economy in Europe. The projects, which involve the collaboration of over 140 partners from research organisations and private companies, will tackle … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Science, Technology
Tagged ANAGENNISI, APSE, COLABATS, ELICiT, EU funding, funding, green fertiliser from animal waste, ILLUMINATE, ManureEcoMine, PILOT-ABP, PlasCarb, Recycal, recycling waste materials, REEcover, ReFraSort, renewable clean energy, ResCoM, resource efficiency, resource efficient economy, reusing discarded automobile tyres, ShredderSort, SIKELOR
Kiev, Ukraine, 24-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — More than 200 influential experts, from the Ukrainian grain industry, public sector institutions, academia and international organisations participated at the Fourth Ukrainian Grain Congress in Kiev today. The Congress, promoted by the Food and Agriculture Organization … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Food & Beverage, Ukraine
Tagged Anton Usov, EBRD, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, FAO, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Fourth Ukrainian Grain Congress, Genevieve Joy, Gilles Mettetal, grain sector, Kiev, UKRAINE, Ukrainian grain industry
Rubber can be extracted from the juice of the dandelion. Yet the decisive breakthrough to industrial manufacturing is proving to be a tough step. Working jointly with industry and science, the Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Automotive, Chemicals, Germany, Industrial, Science
Tagged Continental, dandelion, dandelion rubber, extract vast quantities of dandelion rubber, Fraunhofer, Fraunhofer Institute for Molecular Biology and Applied Ecology IME, Fraunhofer researchers, making tires, Münster, natural rubber, Prof. Dr. Dirk Prüfer, Prof. Dr. Rainer Fischer, Rubber, rubber procurement, tires
Kiev, Ukraine, 21-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — As part of improvement in the corporate governance system, Smart-Holding and SCM have completed the legal process of the share allocation in the shareholder capital of HarvEast Company. In accordance with the previously signed agreements, all … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Management, Ukraine
Tagged agricultural, ASKA, ASKA-Life insurance companies, DTEK, ESTA Holding, First Ukrainian International Bank, HarvEast agricultural holding company, HarvEast Company, Kang Hyunchang, Kiev, Metinvest, Mining Machines heavy engineering holding, Oleg Popov, Parallel, Portinvest transportation holding, Renaissance Capital Bank, Rinat Akhmetov, SCM, SCM Group, Smart-Holding, Ukraina Media Group, Ukrainskiy Retail, UMG, Vega Telecommunications Group
Wageningen, the Netherlands, 17-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands today formally opened the FrieslandCampina Innovation Centre on the campus of Wageningen University & Research Centre in the presence of the King’s Commissioner for Gelderland, Clemens Cornielje, the … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Food & Beverage, Netherlands, Science
Tagged Clemens Cornielje, FrieslandCampina Innovation Centre, Geert van Rumund, global food security, Her Majesty Queen Máxima of the Netherlands, King’s Commissioner for Gelderland, milk, Royal FrieslandCampina N.V., the Mayor of Wageningen, United Nations’ Food and Agriculture Organisation, Wageningen University & Research Centre, World Food Day
Amersfoort, the Netherlands, 17-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Amersfoort – FrieslandCampina and Rabobank are to boost local dairy farming in Indonesia and Vietnam through the provision of education and affordable finance, Royal FrieslandCampina CEO Cees ’t Hart announced at the formal opening of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Education, Financial, Food & Beverage, Netherlands
Tagged affordable finance, Amersfoort, Cees ’t Hart, dairy farmers, dairy farming, Education, FrieslandCampina, FrieslandCampina Innovation Centre, Her Majesty Queen Máxima, Indonesia, Netherlands, Piet Moerland, Rabobank, Vietnam
Commercial launch of CT7200 during K Fair 2013 trade fair in Düsseldorf, Germany Vienna, Austria, 17-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Borealis, a leading provider of innovative solutions in the fields of polyolefins, base chemicals and fertilizers, announces the launch of a new low … Read the full press release
Vienna, Austria, 16-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — At K 2013, Borealis, Borouge and NOVA Chemicals invite you to “Open Your Mind” and explore exciting possibilities for innovation and sustainability driven by their new approaches and cutting-edge plastics solutions (Stand 6A43 Hall 6). … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Business, Chemicals, Germany, Marketing
Tagged Abu Dhabi National Oil Company, ADNOC, Borealis, Borouge, Chris Bezaire, cutting-edge plastics solutions, Düsseldorf, Germany, International Petroleum Investment Company, IPIC, K 2013, Mark Garrett, new PP BorPure™ homopolymer, NOVA Chemicals, OMV, plastics, polyolefin, PP and PE based solution, Virginia Mesicek, Wim Roels
Zagreb, Croatia, 15-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Anti-Fraud Office (OLAF) is organising a seminar on “How to Prevent and fight Rural Development Fraud” on 14-15 October, in Zagreb. The event brings together experts from all EU Member States, as well as … Read the full press release
Hall 7A, Stand D02, Messe Düsseldorf, October 16th-23rd 2013 Tarnów, Poland, 11-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The 19th International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, also known as the K Fair, is being organised this year, from October 16th-23rd in Düsseldorf. Held once … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Chemicals, Germany, Marketing, Poland
Tagged 19th International Trade Fair for Plastics and Rubber, Azoty Group of Tarnów, Düsseldorf, Grupa Azoty, Grupa Azoty ATT Polymers GmbH, Grupa Azoty S.A., Grupa Azoty ZAK S.A., Guben, K Fai, Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Messe Düsseldorf, OXO alcohols, Oxoplast® OT, plasticisers, plastics, plastics industry, Rubber, Tarnamid®, Tarnamid®A, Tarnodur A, Tarnoform®, Tarnoprop, trade fair
London, UK, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Farmers will be able to obtain funding to set up small anaerobic digestion (AD) plants under a government-funded loan scheme which opens today. The technology turns waste into energy, reduces greenhouse gas emissions and produces … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Investment, United Kingdom
Tagged AD Loan Fund, AD technology, anaerobic digestion plants, bio-fertiliser, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, ENERGY, farm waste, farmers, funding, government-funded loan scheme, greenhouse gas emissions, Liz Goodwin, On Farm Anaerobic Digestion Fund, Owen Paterson, renewable energy, The Rt Hon Owen Paterson MP, waste, WRAP
London, UK, 10-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A package of investment in the 8 great technologies of the future will accelerate high-tech progress from the lab to the marketplace and help drive UK economic growth, Science and Universities Minister David Willetts announced. In … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Environment, Financial, Government, Investment, Pharma & Biotech, Science, Society, United Kingdom
Tagged Agri-Tech Catalyst, agricultural technologies, climate change, Department for Business Innovation & Skills, Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs, energy storage, food production, gene sequencing, Guy’s Hospital, HEFCE, Iain Gray, Lord de Mauley, meteorologists, NERC, NOAA, OSNAP, population growth, Professor Douglas Kell, South Glasgow Hospitals Campus, Technology Strategy Board, The Rt Hon David Willetts MP, UK synthetic biology industry, UKRPIF
ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions receives fertilizer plant contract from Belarus Hamburg, Germany, 09-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Belarus-based Grodno Azot has placed an order with plant engineering specialists ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions for the planning and delivery of a nitric acid plant and a plant … Read the full press release
Brussels, Belgium, 01-10-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Five Member States – Austria, Germany, Denmark, Poland and Cyprus, – exceeded their milk quotas for deliveries in 2012/2013, and must therefore pay penalties (“superlevy”) totalling roughly € 46 million. Despite the overrun of the quotas … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Austria, Business, Cyprus, Denmark, European Union, Germany, Government, Law, Poland
Tagged 2008 CAP Health Check, dairy quota regime, dairy sector, Fanny Dabertrand, milk quotas, Roger Waite, superlevy, surplus production
The European Investment Bank (EIB) is lending EUR 50 million to CIBANK to finance projects promoted by small and medium-sized enterprises and mid-cap companies in Bulgaria. EIB funds will support projects across the whole country, significantly supporting employment. 27-9-2013 — … Read the full press release
25-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission proposes to fully open the European Union’s market to wine imports from the Republic of Moldova, in advance of the envisaged provisional application of the EU – Republic of Moldova Association Agreement and the … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, European Union, Food & Beverage, Government, International Trade, Moldova
Tagged Dacian Cioloş, DCFTA, EU, European Union, Fanny Dabertrand, Imports, MOLDOVA, Moldovan wine, Roger Waite, wine, wine imports, wines
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The situation in the forestry sector in the EU was not specifically analysed so as to justify specific financial support aimed at improving the economic value of forests, according to a report issued by the European Court of … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, European Union, Financial, Government, Law, Luxembourg
Tagged Aidas Palubinskas, EU Auditors, EU forestry sector, EU support for private forests, European Court of Auditors, forest holdings, forest management plan, forests, private forests, pruning, silvicultural operations, thinning
23-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Today the Commission issued a blueprint to further develop the EU’s significant forest-based industries,indicating activities that can be undertaken to help this sector fulfil its potential to substantially contribute to our goal of smart, sustainable and inclusive growth by 2020. … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, European Union, Government, Industrial, Society
Tagged Antonio Tajani, blueprint, EU Forest Strategy, EU forest-based industries, forest-based industries, forests, furniture, intelligent paper, packaging, printing, pulp & paper, raw-material supplies, recyclable wood, renewable wood, sustainable construction, sustainable forest management, wood-processing, woodworking
10-9-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission today proposed new legislation to prevent and manage the rapidly growing threat from invasive species. There are currently over 12 000 species present in Europe which are alien to the natural environment. About 15% of these … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Environment, European Union, Government, Law
Tagged Asian hornet, biodiversity, biodiversity loss, coypu, grey squirrels, invasive alien species, invasive species, Janez Potočnik, Joe Hennon, Monica Westeren, natural environment, outcompeting red squirrels, problematic invasive species, protect biodiversity, tiger mosquito
23-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — NORD/LB Landesbank for Saxony-Anhalt has further expanded its business with customers in the SME sector, and 2012 saw the bank’s financing volume in corporate banking up by 3.4 percent to EUR 1,879 million (2011: EUR 1,817 million). The … Read the full press release
22-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Commission has tabled its proposal on fishing opportunities in the Baltic Sea for 2014. This is the annual proposal for the amount of fish which can be caught by EU fishermen from the main commercial fish … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Environment, European Union, Society
Tagged Baltic Sea Cod, Baltic Sea fishing, Baltic Sea fishing opportunities, Baltic Sea Herring, Baltic Sea Plaice, Baltic Sea Salmon, Baltic Sea Sprat, Bothnian Herring, BSRAC, commercial fish stocks in the Baltic Sea, Common Fisheries Policy, EU fishermen, Gulf of Finland Salmon, Lone Mikkelsen, Main Basin Salmon, maximum sustainable yield, Oliver Drewes, Riga Herring, STECF, Total Allowable Catches, Western Herring
21-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A new project to help scientists identify species of ash tree that are resistant to Chalara fraxinea or ‘dieback’ will be launched by the University of East Anglia today. Members of the public are being called on to … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Education, Environment, Internet & Online, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged Adapt Group at UEA, ash trees, AshTag app, Ashtag mobile phone app, AshTaggers, Chalara fraxinea, Chris Blincoe, citizen science projects, diseased ash trees, Esmee Fairbairn Foundation, geo-tagging technology, healthy ash trees, UK’s ash population, University of East Anglia, updated AshTag app
Oslo, 20-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Yara International ASA has closed its acquisition of Bunge’s fertilizer business in Brazil, marking a major step forward for its growth ambitions in the region. “I am pleased to announce the closing of this acquisition, which … Read the full press release
Oslo, 20-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Yara International ASA has today purchased 80,000 own shares in the market at an average price of NOK 252.9353. The transaction is part of a buy-back program, authorized by the Annual General meeting held 13 May … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Chemicals, Financial, Investment, Norway
Tagged 000 Yara shares, 80, Thor Giæver, Yara, Yara buy-back program, Yara International ASA
Oslo, 20-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The Yara Prize 2013 is being awarded to Mr. Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, founder and CEO of the Smallholders Foundation in Nigeria, and Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, CEO of the Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Awards, Environment, Norway, Society
Tagged African farmers, African Green Revolution, AGRF 2013, Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network, Bernhard Stormyr, Dr. Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, FANRPAN, FOOD, Jørgen Ole Haslestad, Maputo, Mozambique, Mr. Nnaemeka Ikegwuonu, Smallholders Foundation, The Yara Prize 2013, Yara
19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A new EU project which is expected to benefit some 80,000 farmers’ families (and up to 400,000 people indirectly) in Bolivia has today been announced by Development Commissioner, Andris Piebalgs, during a visit to the country. The … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, European Union, Financial, Government, Politics, Society
Tagged Alexandre Polack, alternative forms of agriculture, Bolivia farmers, Bolivian fight against drugs, coca cultivation surface, Commissioner Andris Piebalgs, David Choquehuanca, EU aid for Bolivia, EU project in Bolivia, EU’s work in Bolivia, Evo Morales, Maria Sanchez Aponte, Programa de Alivio de Pobreza, reduction of coca cultivation surface
Meet Chr. Hansen at this year’s Vitafoods Asia trade show where we showcase our entire probiotic portfolio including the newest innovation: probiotic oil drops for infants and young children. 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — “Visitors at the Vitafoods Asia 2013 trade show … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Denmark, Food & Beverage, Healthcare, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged Charlotte Beyerholm, Chr. Hansen, Helle Rexen, Kristine Ahrensbach, Mette Winning, probiotic expert Mette Winning, probiotic oil drops for infants, probiotic oil drops for young children, probiotic strain BB-12®, Ulrik Raabjerg Søndergaard, Vitafoods Asia 2013, Vitafoods Asia 2013 in Hong Kong
Chr. Hansen now offers a very bright and attractive blue shade to enhance the appeal of your candy or chewing gum! 19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Chr. Hansen’s Natural Colors Division launches natural blue for the confectionary and gum industry in the … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Denmark, Food & Beverage, Pharma & Biotech, Science
Tagged and chewy candy, blue-green algae occurring naturally in tropical and subtropical lakes, chewing gum, Chr. Hansen, Chr. Hansen’s Natural Colors Division, extruded candy, Helle Rexen, jelly gum/gummy candy, Kristine Ahrensbach, Kurt Seagrist, natural blue colorant, new natural blue color confectionary and gum industry, panned candy, Spirulina, Spirulina approved by FDA, Ulrik Raabjerg Søndergaard
19-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A total of €180 million of EU agricultural policy funds, unduly spent by Member States, is being claimed back by the European Commission today under the so-called clearance of accounts procedure. However, because some of these amounts … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Belgium, Business, European Union, Financial, Government
Tagged Area Aid, CAP expenditure, CAP payments, Common Agricultural Policy, EU agricultural policy funds, EU agricultural policy funds unduly spent by Member States, Export Refunds, Fanny Dabertrand, Intervention Storage, Land Parcel Identification System – Geographical Information System, Livestock Premiums, LPIS-GIS, POSEI, Potato Starch, Roger Waite, rural development
With Arla’s one billion litre fresh milk processing facility at the Arla Foods Aylesbury Dairy nearing completion, Arla Foods UK plan to close the dairy and distribution facility at Ashby-de-la-Zouch and transfer volume to the new dairy in Aylesbury. 13-8-2013 … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Food & Beverage, United Kingdom
Tagged Arla Foods, Arla Foods Aylesbury Dairy, Arla Foods UK, Ashby-de-la-Zouch, Astrid Gade Nielsen, Aylesbury, dairy, dairy company, fresh milk, fresh milk processing, fresh milk processing facility, Lars Dalsgaard, milk supply, raw milk
13-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Arla Foods has developed a new mobile milk powder packaging facility out of three 40-foot containers. This makes it more flexible to test new markets for milk powder in Africa. Soon the mobile facility is send from … Read the full press release
12-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Recent reforms to the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) included changes to the region’s sugar regulations, with a new sugar regime entering into force in 2017. With the abolition of sugar quotas and minimum beet prices, … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Financial, Government, Investment, Law, Netherlands
Tagged abolition of minimum beet prices, abolition of sugar quotas, beet growers, beet sugar producers, EU beet sugar producers, EU cane refiners, EU Common Agricultural Policy, EU sugar price, Koos Verheul, Rabobank, Ruud Schers, sugar
Kassel, 06-8-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — A competitor of our Potash and Magnesium Products business unit – Russian Uralkali – has today announced its exit from the sales organisation BPC which it jointly operates with the Belarusian Belaruskali. The company wants to market its products … Read the full press release
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) has signed two separate long-term loans today, which will provide up to €190 million for the construction by Kronospan – a privately held global leader in the wood-based panels … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Banks, Business, Construction, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Russia
Tagged Bashkortostan Republic, BELARUS, EBRD, Forest Stewardship Council, forestry sector, Kronospan, long-term loan, low quality wood, Mogilev Special Economic Zone, oriented strand board, Raiffeisen Bank International AG, RUSSIA, sustainable forest management, The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, wood-based panels, wood-based panels market
30-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Europe’s rural areas are home to 60% of the entire EU population and provide 56% of all jobs across the Union. Yet shortly after the agreement on the new Common Agricultural Policy, its future seems uncertain unless … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, European Union, Financial, Government, Investment, Lithuania, Politics
Tagged Andrius Kupčinskas, Committee of the Region's Commission for Natural Resources, Common Agricultural Policy, EU budget cuts, European Union rural areas, Kaunas, Lithuania, Mindaugas Kuklierius
29-7-2013 — /EuropaWire/ — Ukraine’s Donbass mining region, which started developing in the late 19th century and became the industrial heart of the Soviet Union, is famous for its ruthless managers running gigantic plants and more recently the entire country. So it … Read the full press release
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