Charlotte Rowney

US - National Farmers Union President Roger Johnson argues in a POLITICO Pro guest column that all future US trade agreements should be negotiated with the goal of reducing the US trade deficit, while ensuring that our t…

SPAIN - On 16 December, the government approved the integration of the Centre for Animal Health Research (CReSA) Foundation into the Institute for Agri-Food Research and Technology (IRTA) from the Department of Agricultu…

UK - All research conducted by Harper Adams University is of international quality and more than 50 per cent is recognised as being either world leading or internationally excellent.

EU - The European Union (EU) has announced it has allocated EUR 410 million (around USD 510 million), under its bilateral cooperation with Cambodia over the period 2014-2020 to continue its support to Cambodia's progress…

US - National Farmers Union (NFU) President Roger Johnson applauded the Obama administration on the important steps announced 17 December to normalise relations between the United States and Cuba.

US - VIVO, a Web application used internally by US Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists since 2012 to allow better national networking across disciplines and locations, is now available to the public.

EU - On European Antibiotic Awareness Day, Copa-Cogeca highlighted the importance of tackling antimicrobial resistance warning it is a serious concern in the EU and worldwide and underlined its commitment to promoting am…

NORTHERN IRELAND, UK - A Co Fermanagh poultry company pleaded guilty and was fined 2,000 for making a polluting discharge to a waterway.

EU - Antibiotic resistance has increased in the past years to the point that now constitutes a serious risk to public health.

GERMANY - EuroTier 2014 has far exceeded expectations, attracting 156,000 trade professionals, around 30,000 of whom came from outside Germany.

INDIA - The Indian agriculture minister, Radha Mohan Singh, has held a review meeting in Mumbai with state government officials of agriculture and animal husbandry department.

Nonnative species that form novel habitats strongly affect ecosystem processes. The effects of these ecosystem engineers can be both positive and negative but the mechanisms behind their effects are not well described. I…

Research conducted by Susan Laramore et al, Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute at Florida Atlantic University, studied whether fresh U. lactuca harvested weekly from a land-based integrated multi-trophic aquaculture s…

Aquatic animals have a much closer relationship to their external environment than terrestrial animals and are thus more susceptible to pathogens in their environment.

US - The Pacific Northwest National Laboratories (PNNL) new sensor fish is providing data to help design fish-friendly hydropower facilities.

EU - Long-awaited draft plans to allow EU member states to restrict, or ban, the cultivation of crops containing genetically modified organisms on their own territory even if it is allowed at EU level won the support of …

EU - Should member states be able to overrule the EU when considering the cultivation of genetically modified organisms (GMO) in their territory?

US - In this months journal Global Food Security, scientists note that competition for freshwater is increasing all over the world for municipal use, hydropower, industry, commercial development and irrigation.

US - As demand for meat, milk and dairy products grows, the issue of what to feed livestock becomes more critical because of the limited availability of natural resources, ongoing climate change issues and competition be…

INDIA - India has recorded a 21 per cent increase in vegetable oil imports for September 2014 at 1.04 million tonnes.