EU centre-right aims for agriculture Commissioner, says partyโ€™s farming policy chief

The chair of the European Parliament’s Agriculture and Rural Development Committee (AGRI) will go to the Conservatives, the current European Peopleโ€™s Party (EPP) coordinator for agriculture Herbert Dorfmann, told Euractiv, as they aim for the post of C…

Rushed rollback of EU green farming rules triggers dismay

The bloc’s notoriously complex legislative process can apparently be simplified โ€” when it comes to farmers, that is, and when an election is around the corner.

EU agriculture MEPs vote to exempt โ€˜old varietiesโ€™ from seed marketing rules

The European Parliamentโ€™s Agriculture Committee (AGRI) voted on Tuesday (19 March) to loosen rules on marketing seeds and plant reproductive material for conservation purposes and informal exchanges between farmers.ย