Research for AGRI : News – August/September 2018

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Compiled by the AGRI sector of the Policy Department for Structural and Cohesion Policies (Albert MASSOT MARTI)
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1. KEY DOCUMENTS

EC: 11^th Financial Report on the European Agricultural Guarantee Fund – 2017 Financial Year – Working document
→11^th Financial Report on the European Agricultural Fund for Rural Development – 2017 Financial Year

EC: An agenda for a climate-smart and sustainable food system for a healthy Europe : report of the FOOD 2030 expert group

European Court of Justice (ECJ): Judgement of the ECJ on Case 528/16 of 25 July – Deliberate release of genetically modified organisms into the environment — Mutagenesis — Directive 2001/18/EC
→Full procedure
→Press release
→→IEG Policy: ECJ decides new breeding techniques create GMOs which are subject to relevant EU rules
→→→Europe risks being left behind on GMOs
→→→Perdue criticises ECJ ruling on new plant breeding techniques
→→VOX: The public doesn’t trust GMOs. Will it trust CRISPR?

OECD-FAO : Agricultural Outlook 2018-2027 – Perspectives agricoles OECD-FAO 2018-2027
→Réussir cultures & grains (FR): Poursuite du cycle baissier sur 2018-2027 selon l’OCDE
→Eur Activ (FR): La planète à l’épreuve des importations agricoles
→IEG Policy: Agricultural policies still threaten commodity market stability

FAO: FAO Outlook. Biannual report on global food markets
→→Farm Policy News: Recent FAO and USDA Updates Provide Additional Perspective on U.S. Agricultural Trade
→The state of world’s forests
→→IEG Policy: EU forest areas have expanded since 1990 – FAO report

Société Française d’Économie Rurale (SFER): Politiques agricoles et alimentaires: trajectoires et reformes (Montpellier, Juin 2018) (présentations)

2. DOSSIERS

2.1. DROUGHT AND AGRI-FOOD SUPPLY
EC: Short-term outlook for EU Agricultural Markets in 2018 and 2019
→IEG Policy: Bad weather hits EU cereal harvest but helps olive oil producers – Commission outlook
JRC: Mars Bulletin – Crop monitoring in Europe
International Grains Council (IGC): News
Crop Watch: Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 3, August 2018
COPA – COGECA: Forecast harvest cut
→IEG Policy: Drop in EU cereals production in 2017 due to adverse weather
AMIS Market Monitor: September 2018
EC – JRC: European Drought Observatory
→Crop yield forecasts further reduced due to exceptional weather conditions
EC: Adoption of the greening derogations for farmers impacted by drought
EC: Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at FC STONE Conference on “EU Dairy Outlook”, Dublin
EC: Commission offers further support to European farmers dealing with drought
→Press release
→Exchange of views on the drought situation in EU. State of play and European Commission response (power point)
IEG Policy: Commission releases further support to drought-hit farmers
→Drought causes “most serious situation in 40 years” for EU vegetable sector
→Fodder crisis should prompt review of CAP budget cuts, MEP argues
→NGOs criticise provision of aid to drought-hit farmers
→Danish cereal production to drop by 40 percent due to drought
→Drought cuts EU wheat production, reducing export surplus
→Southern Europe may save EU maize production, but record-high imports loom
→Australia provides additional aid to drought-hit farmers
Agricultural Economics (IAAE): Warming temperatures will likely induce higher premium rates and government outlays for the US crop insurance program
CAP Reform: The drought crisis must serve as a wakeup call to Agriculture Ministers
Teagasc: Long winter and summer drought set to impact farm incomes in 2018
DW: No immediate federal help for drought-hit German farmers, agriculture minister says
→Climate change already affecting German farmers
EU Observer: Nordic and Baltic farmers urgently need EU support
→Heat, drought, fires: climate change shows Europe’s future
Farm Policy News (US): Wheat: Heat Wave Impacting Outlook, Prices
→Drought Takes Toll on EU and Australian Wheat Production
Arc2020: Drought support in Germany: Are state aids reasonable?
The Guardian: Farmers in drought summit amid fears of food supply crisis
→Crop failure and bankruptcy threaten farmers as drought grips Europe
Nature: Outlook – Agriculture and drought
American Journal of Agricultural Economics: Estimating the Impact of Drought on Agriculture Using the U.S. Drought Monitor
Reuters: Farming impact of Australia’s worst drought in living memory
Earth Observatory: A Mid-winter Drought in Australia
The Globe and Mail: Drought in Western Canada is becoming an agricultural nightmare for farmers
Saline agriculture worldwide: The drought of 2018: How can saline agriculture help?

2.2. US TARIFFS ON SPANISH OLIVES
US International Trade Commission (ITC): Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Investigations – Ripe olives from Spain
US Commerce: U.S. Department of Commerce Finds Dumping and Subsidization of Imports of Ripe Olives from Spain
→Eur Activ: US questions CAP’s raison d’être with Spanish olives investigation (FR version)
→Politico: ITC votes today in Spanish ripe olive case
→IEG Policy: US ITC affirms injury determination for Spanish ripe olive imports
→→“Unacceptable” US tariffs are already hurting Spanish olive producers, says Commission
→Law360: US Will Impose Tariffs On Spanish Olives After ITC Green Light
→World Trade Online: ITC says U.S. olive industry injured by Spanish imports
→US Congressman Doug Lamalfa: International Trade Commission Votes to Provide Relief for California Ripe Olive Industry
→Tomas Garcia Azcárate blog: US antidumping and antisubsidy investigations on Spanish olive: a potential trade negotiation weapon of mass destruction

2.3. TOWARDS THE CAP     BEYOND 2020

A. MFF POST 2020: PROPOSALS AND GENERAL COMMENTS

EC: Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027
→EU budget for the future
→→EP News: Confusing EU Budget figures: What are the real cuts and increases?
→→EP News: Post-2020 EU budget: Parliament challenges Commission over scale of cuts (FR)
EC: EU budget: Commission proposes most ambitious Research and Innovation programme yet
Council: Multiannual Financial Framework
→IEG Policy: Commission MFF proposal tries to square the circle amid Brexit and new challenges
EP: European Parliament resolution of 30 May 2018 on the 2021-2027 multiannual financial framework and own resources
→Draft opinion (Peter Jahr) on the Interim report on MFF 2021-2027 – Parliament’s position in view of an agreement
→Oral question of Czesław Adam Siekierski, on behalf of the Committee on Agriculture and Rural Development, on the Common agricultural policy (CAP) financing
European Courts of Auditors (ECA): The Commission’s proposal for the 2021-2027 Multiannual Financial Framework – Briefing Paper
Ministers of Agriculture from Finland – France – Greece – Ireland – Portugal – Spain : Joint Memorandum on the future MFF / CAP

B. CAP PROPOSALS & OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

EC: Legal texts and factsheets
→EU budget: the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020
→Memo
→Press release
→→CAP Strategic Plans Regulation (COM (2018) 392) Annexes
→→Horizontal / financing regulation (COM (2018) 393) Annex
→→CMO regulation (COM (2018) 394)
EC: European Commission communicates new CAP proposals on the ground
EC: Remarks by Commissioner Phil Hogan on Simplification and Subsidiarity, July AGRI Council, Brussels
→Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at Meeting with German Federal and Regional Agriculture Ministers
EC: Study on risk management in EU agriculture
Council: Future of the CAP post 2020
→AGRIFISH Council conclusions 18 June
→Finnish Delegation: Conditionality: Finding a simpler way to ensure environmental performance (position paper)
→→IEG Policy: EU member states push Commission to lower CAP’s environmental requirements
EP: PDB briefing on ‘Towards the Common Agricultural Policy beyond 2020: comparing the reform package with the current regulations’ : Think Tank publication & Research4Agri Blog
→Briefing
→Annex (Dashboards)
→→CAP reform: CAP spending in the next MFF
EP: Future of EU farming: Debate on reform proposals with Parliament’s rapporteurs
European Court of Auditors (ECA): Briefing paper: Future of the CAP
→Special report no 10/2018: Basic Payment Scheme for farmers – operationally on track, but limited impact on simplification, targeting and the convergence of aid levels
French Ministry of Agriculture (FR): Déclaration commune de FR et DE sur la future PAC
German Ministry of Agriculture (DE): Common declaration of FR and DE on the future CAP
→Reuters: France, Germany call for stable EU farm budget post-Brexit
→Euractiv: Berlin joins opposition to EU Commission’s proposed cuts for CAP

C. REACTIONS AND CONTRIBUTIONS

IEG Policy: ‘Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy: Proposals and prospects for 2021-27′ (Special Report)
→→Special Report: Reform of the Common Agricultural Policy
→→The CAP in 2021-27 – some key policy themes
→→The new CAP and agri-food markets
→→The new CAP and the EU budget
→→The new CAP and the impact of Brexit
→Stakeholder reactions to the new CAP proposals for 2021-27
→Tracing the CAP’s evolution: a half-century of change
→Budget detail for 2018 direct payments shows CAP policy priorities
→Agriculture Committee loses exclusive competence for CAP reform decisions
→EU CAP funding for outermost regions will be left unchanged – Phil Hogan
→Baltic states demand to end “unfair competition” caused by CAP subsidies
CAP2020 – IEEP: A healthy environment is fundamental to achieving vibrant rural areas
CAP reform: More on capping direct payments
→The redistributive payment is more effective at redistribution
→CAP spending in the next MFF
WBAE (Scientific Advisory Board – Federal Ministry of Food and Agriculture) : For an EU Agricultural Common Policy serving the public goods after 2020. Fundamental questions and recommendations (DE)
→Summary (EN)
CEIGRAM: A resilience-oriented CAP needs to address robustness, adaptability and transformability of agriculture
Emerald Insight: Prospects for agricultural insurance in Europe
Studies in Agricultural Economics: Tariffs, trade and incomplete CAP reform (A. Swinbank)
→IEG Policy: Brexit, Trump, and the unintended consequences of incomplete CAP reform
Arc2020: Environment Committee Gains Right to Bring CAP Amendments to Plenary
→Re-CAP (series)
→→A Series of Specific EU Farm, Food and Rural Policy Questions
→→What’s the deal with capping direct payments?
→→Subsidiarity – Savvy Decision-Making or Member State Carte Blanche?
Eur Activ: Berlin joins opposition to EU Commission’s proposed cuts for CAP

2.4. BREXIT UPDATES:
GENERAL ISSUES
Council: European Council conclusions 29 June
→Council authorises opening of negotiations with WTO members on Brexit-related adjustments
→Letter from the EU and the UK to WTO members
EC: Brexit: European Commission publishes Communication on preparing for the UK’s withdrawal from the EU
Gov.UK: The future relationship between the United Kingdom and the European Union (White Paper)
→IEG Policy: Brexit White Paper published laying out envisaged partnership with EU
UK Parliament: MPs set out how Commons committee should scrutinise Brexit legislation
→European Union (Information, etc.) Bill [HL]: Briefing for Lords Stages
→Brexit Preparations and Negotiations
→UK adoption of EU external agreements after Brexit
→Leaving the EU: Antimicrobial Resistance
Centre for European Reform (CER): What’s the cost of Brexit so far? (paper)
→True cost of Brexit vote ‘is £440m every week’
→→Bloomberg: Brexit has already cost the UK more than its EU budget payments, study shows
Central Bank of Ireland: Research Technical paper – Non-tariff barriers and goods trade: a Brexit impact analysis
Institute for Government: Frictionless Trade? What Brexit means for cross-border trade in goods
ICTSD: Brexit Talks Get New UK Chief, Government to Propose Terms for Future EU Relationship
UKTPO: Trading on ‘WTO Rules’ is NOT the best option: the treachery of growth rates
→“Mamma Mia – here we go again” Equivalence for goods regulation in the Chequers proposal
→Does the Chequers Agreement provide any steps to Brexit heaven?
→Weasel words in the Chequers Statement
→The Future of US-UK Trade: What case for a bilateral trade agreement?
→Regulatory barriers likely to be contentious and most significant obstacles to UK-US trade
→Tilting the playing field? The asymmetry in the UK and EU’s regulatory ‘ask’
→Decoding the Facilitated Customs Arrangement
AmCham EU: Position paper – Delivering an ambitious new EU-UK trade and investment relationship
IEG Policy: EU single market is not negotiable for Brexit – EU chief negotiator
→Hogan floats the idea of a second UK referendum on a withdrawal deal
→UK government to ponder new EU alignment plan as Brexit talks heat up
→UK ministers Davis and Johnson resign after Cabinet agrees ‘common rules’ policy
→Commission urges private sector and businesses to get ready for all scenarios on Brexit
→UK trade chief sees 60% chance of no-deal Brexit, blames Commission
→No-deal Brexit would cost Eurozone 1.5% of its GDP, IMF warns
→Backstop on Northern Ireland could pave the way for “unprecedented” EU-UK partnership
Eur Activ: Brexit Paper translation nightmare: native speakers find mistake after mistake in official docs, criticise some as “unreadable”
EU Observer: UK holds internal Brexit summit
→EU will be blamed for no-deal Brexit, UK minister tells Berlin
Simon Usherwood – Twitter: Hard Brexit versus ‘no deal’ Brexit
Real Instituto Elcano: Spain and the prospect of Brexit

AGRICULTURAL ISSUES
UK Parliament: Government must support Welsh agriculture after Brexit
WTO: United Kingdom submits draft schedule to the WTO outlining post-Brexit goods commitments
IATP: Five Red Flags for Food, Farming and Fair Trade Under the UK’s New Brexit Plan & Bilaterals.org
CAP Reform: Wales charts course towards radically different farm policy
→IEG Policy: UK proposes €5.9bn AMS ceiling for post-Brexit farm support
NFU: Home-grown food production is key – NFU President
→IEG Policy: NFU highlights lack of food self-sufficiency to warn against no-deal Brexit
Global Meat: Brexit impact on meat industry
The Guardian: UK would run out of food a year from now with no-deal Brexit, NFU warns
IEG Policy: The new CAP and the impact of Brexit
→‘No deal’ Brexit could see UK facing beef and pig meat supply shortages
→MEP warns that Brexit will hit EFSA hard
→Meat, dairy and sugar groups weigh in on EU-UK tariff quota proposal
→ACP/LDC sugar producers push for “preferential” UK market access post-Brexit
→Northern Ireland seeks to maintain direct payments until 2021
→Wales plans to scrap farmers’ income support subsidies after Brexit
→Controversial new UK Brexit plan aims for ‘status quo’ on EU-UK farm trade
→CO2 shortage “exposes weak point” in food supply chain, say meat processors
→UK to seek full alignment on EU agri-food rules, US trade deal ruled out: leaked paper
→No clarity on post-Brexit UK farm policy until after summer break
→UK House of Lords committee raises food safety concerns over Brexit

3. EUROPEAN COMMISSION AND OTHER EUROPEAN INSTITUTIONS

European Council: June Summit
Council – Austrian Presidency
→Priorities
→Keynote address before the European Parliament – presentation of the Austrian Presidency’s priorities
→Programme of the Austrian Presidency
EC: Published initiatives
EC: Contribute law making  – New ‘Better regulation’ portal & REFIT platform
EC: New Financial Regulation – Regulation 2018/ 1046
EC: Agri-food trade in 2017: another record year for EU agri-food trade
→Monitoring EU Agri-Food Trade: Development until May 2018
EC: 36th Annual Report from the Commission to the Council and the European Parliament on the EU’s Anti-Dumping, Anti-Subsidy and Safeguard activities (2017)
→IEG Policy:Use of EU trade defence measures remained at high level in 2017
EC:Speech by Commissioner Phil Hogan at Opening of Wageningen University Academic Year
→Speech by Commissioner Hogan at Kennedy Summer School, New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland
EC: EU-US Trade: European Commission recommends settling longstanding WTO dispute
EC: Towards stronger EU – Africa cooperation
EC: Towards a more comprehensive EU framework on endocrine disruptors
EC – Scientific Advise Mechanism (SAM):Novel carbon capture and utilisation technologies (report)
→→Press release
→EU authorisation processes of plant production products (report)
→→Press release
EC:52 steps towards a greener city
EC:Commission reviews implementation of EU waste rules, proposes actions to help 14 Member States meet recycling targets
EIP-AGRI:Newsletter
→PROVIDE: Smart provision of public goods
EUROSTAT:Farm structure survey 2016
→Of the 10.3 million farms in the EU, two thirds are less than 5 ha in size
→French version – Sur les 10,3 millions d’exploitations agricoles de l’Union européenne, deux tiers utilisent moins de 5 ha
→→IEG Policy: Majority of EU farms remains small in terms of size and production – Eurostat
European Court of Auditors (ECA): ECA Journal 6/7 2018 Special Theme – Financing and Auditing of Parliament
EFSA Journal:The 2016 European Union report on pesticide residues in food
→→IEG Policy:EFSA releases 2016 report on pesticide residues for the EU
→Pesticides in food: latest figures remain steady
→→IEG Policy:Pesticide residue compliance in Europe high, says EFSA
→African swine fever in wild boar – Study
→→IEG Policy:EFSA report calls for common collection method of wild boar numbers to stem ASF spread in the EU
→Listeria monocytogenes: update on foodborne outbreak
→→EU Observer:Listeria deaths in five EU countries linked to frozen corn
European Committee of the Regions:Sustainable Forest Management in Regions
EP: Draft report on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on unfair trading practices in business-to-business relationships in the food supply chain (De Castro report)
→IEG Policy: MEP De Castro presents report on unfair trading practices
→→Austria aims to remove fear factor from whistle-blowers on UTPs
EP: Resolution of 3 July 2018 on violation of the rights of indigenous peoples in the world, including land grabbing
→Committee’s draft Resolution
→→IEG Policy: Parliament adopts resolution on peasants’ rights against land grabbing
EP: Agri Committee Newsletter
→Research for AGRI – Updates
→Research for AGRI – News, July 2018
EP:Research for AGRI Committee – The revival of wolves and other large predators and its impact on farmers and their livelihood in rural regions of Europe
→Research for REGI Committee – EU cohesion policy 2021 – 2027 – EC proposals at a glance
EP: Study – Guidelines for submission and evaluation of applications for the approval of active substances in pesticides
EP – EPRS briefings:Unfair trading practices in the food supply chain
EC:Commodity Price Dashboard
→EU prices for selected representative products
Peaches and nectarines dashboard
→Tomatoes dashboard
EC: EU Milk Market Observatory
Dairy Dashboard
Latest updates
→Prices / margins
EC: EU Meat Market Observatory
→Poultry meat Dashboard
→Sheep & Goat Dashboard
→Pig Dashboard
→Eggs dashboard
→Pigmeat latest updates
→Beef and veal dashboard
→Meat latest updates
EC: EU Sugar Market Observatory
→Dashboard
→Price reporting
→Monthly trade statistics
→Trade statistics
EC: EU Crops Market Observatory
→Cereals dashboard
→Oilseeds dashboard
→Cereals balance sheet
→Cereals trade
→Oilseeds balance sheet
→Oilseeds exports and imports
→Balance sheets for cereals, oilseeds, proteins and rice
→Balance sheet rice
→Olive oil dashboard

4. AGRI-FOOD ISSUES

IEG Policy: News

• Commission accused of targeting Trump supporters with rebalancing tariffs
•  EU and US disagree on whether agriculture is part of trade talks
•  Macron “not in favour” of broad trade deal with US
•  Publishing studies submitted to EFSA ‘could put EU companies at risk’ – report
•  Green organisations join legal challenge against glyphosate
•  Timeframe for US trade results following EU deal is unclear
•  EU should bypass Trump and deal with US federal states – Phil Hogan
•  Farm Bill Comparison: How do the House and Senate positions differ?
•  Trump hits back at China with more tariffs on $200 billion in Chinese goods
•  China updates request for WTO consultations with US on Section 301 tariffs
•  Brazil, EU and Russia clash at WTO over meat trade issues
•  China and EU move closer to ending poultry dispute
•  Europe’s concerns over glyphosate heightened by US ruling
•  Com ENVI calls for better approvals systems for pesticides in the EU
•  First of an EU network of agritech hubs opens in Ireland
•  Is blockchain technology about to go mainstream in food and agriculture?
•  Interview: Governments need to build trust in Big Data for agri-environmental policies
•  Sommer amendments would stop EFSA publishing studies before its opinion
•  Poland’s Agriculture Ministry drafts bill on new food security authority
•  Codex to work on nutrition labels, sets new limits on contaminants
•  Ukraine could see its agricultural production double within next decade
•  Commission announces nearly fourfold increase in US soybean imports
•  China could cut soybean imports by over 10 million tonnes
•  Crop protection and fertilizer firms must prioritise sustainability issues
•  Germany dominates EU beer production
•  Germany biggest consumer of soft drinks in Europe, no sugar tax planned

OECD: OECD – FAO Agricultural Outlook 2018 – 2027
→Press release
→→IEG Policy: EU will be the slowest-growing agricultural market of the next decade – OECD-FAO report
→Agricultural Policies in India
FAO: Food Price Index (5/7/2018)
→World Food Situation
→→IEG Policy: World cereal prices drop amid international trade tensions
→Sustainable Development goals
→Forestry Communication toolkit
AMIS: Market Monitor – Issues
→No 61, September 2018
Crop Watch : Bulletin Vol. 18, No. 3, August 2018
CAPSELLA project:
→IEG Policy: EU project sets up open data system to support agro-biodiversity and food chains
Agroinsurance international: World News
FEFAC: FEFAC publishes Annual Report 2017-2018
→Annual report 2017/2018
WTO: Latest EU notification on domestic support
→G/AG/N/EU/46
→Corrigendum
→→Trade Policy Review: China
→→→IEG Policy: As farm support increases, China seeks agricultural reform: WTO report
CAP reform: Two indicators, little in common, same name: Market Price Support
Farm Europe: Global Food Forum: 5 orientations for a successful transition of EU agri-food systems
Jama Network: The Carbohydrate-Insulin Model of Obesity. Beyond “Calories In, Calories Out”
 Agriculture Strategies: Editorial newsletter Agriculture Strategies No 5, June 2018
Choices Magazine (AAEA): Theme Overview: U.S.–China Trade Dispute and Potential Impacts on Agriculture
Journal on Food Systems Dynamics: Succession in Horticultural Family Businesses
Co-operative News: Could better governance have saved co-operatives in the past?
Natural Capital Coalition: The Idea of Food as Commons or Commodity in Academia. A Systematic Review of English Scholarly Texts
Wageningen University: Food systems approach for broader view on food security policy
Kantar World Panel: Newsletter 154
→Newsletter 156
→Newsletter 157
→China’s consumer goods market rebounds in 2017
US CRS – Latest publications: The House Agriculture Committee’s 2018 Farm Bill (H.R. 2): A Side-by-Side Comparison with Current Law
→Farm Bills: Major Legislative Actions, 1965-2018
→Agriculture and Related Agencies: FY2019 Appropriations
→The Trump Administration’s Reform Plan and Reorganization Recommendations
→Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
Office of US Trade Representative: Agriculture
→Agricultural information on Free Trade Agreements (FTAs)
IATP: USDA helps High Frequency Traders now; promises help for farmers later
→Reckless action by Trump administration crushing U.S. farmers
Farm Policy News (US): U.S., China Trade Spat Persists
→Secretary Perdue Discusses Trade Aid, while Trade Talks with China Show Little Progress
→Chinese Tariffs Take Toll on Soybean Markets
→Trade War Begins, as U.S. Soybean Exports Surged in the Second Quarter
→Producers Express Concern in the Midst of Price Turmoil, While ERS Looks at Farm Sector Financial Health
→Looming U.S.- China Trade Battle: Soybean Trade Flows and Substitutes
→Alternatives for ARC-CO and PLC in 2018 Farm Bill Negotiations: The Case of Corn
→Conferencing Conservation: Reviewing Title II of the House and Senate Farm Bills
→Tariffs and Commodity Prices: Impacts and Reactions
→USDA Assists Farmers Harmed by Tariffs
Farmdoc Daily (US): 2018 Farm Bill Updated: Conference Negotiations Begin
→U.S. Share of World Economic Growth: Implications for U.S. Trade Policy
→Abundant Supply, Lower Prices and Trade Issues- Focus on Soybeans
→Large Corn and Soybean Yield Forecasts Hurt Price Prospects
→Is the 2018 Soybean Crop as Good as It Looks?
→Trade Timeline and Corn and Soybean Prices
→Soybean Consumption and Yield Potential
→Soybean and Corn Export Outlook
→International Benchmarks for Wheat Production
→The Federal Food Safety Agency: A Proposal to Move FDA Food Safety Responsibilities to the USDA
→2018 Income Projections After Recent Price Declines
→Cattle Inventory Increases; Impact of Tariffs Hangs Over Markets
→Farm Safety Net for 2018
USDA – ERS: Amber Waves
→Agricultural Research Investment and Policy Reform in High-Income Countries
→China’s Agricultural Investment Abroad Is Rising
→Local labor market conditions impact participation in USDAs supplemental nutrition assistance program
→Food Safety Costs for Farms Vary Across Commodities Due to Differences in Farm Size
→→IEG Policy: USDA’s ERS finds food safety trends on produce farms, FSMA compliance costs
→Five Decades of Price Swings for Food and Other Consumer Spending Categories
→Current Indicators of Farm Sector Financial Health
→Quarterly Agricultural Export Forecast
→Outlook for U.S. Agricultural Trade
→→Farm Policy News: Quick Take: Recent USDA Trade Data
→International Food Security Assessment, 2018-2028
→→Farm Policy News: Summary of ERS Report on International Food Security
USA Today: I’m a farmer who wants fair trade, but Trump’s tariffs shake future of US agriculture
The Globe and Mail: U.S. farmers say Trump’s $12-billion China-tariff bailout not enough, may affect their mid-term votes
PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of US): Policy distortions, farm size, and the overuse of agricultural chemicals in China
→Effect of environmental changes on vegetable and legume yields and nutritional quality
European Law Journal: Misconceiving ‘seasons’ in global food systems: The case of the EU Seasonal Workers Directive
Applied Economics Perspective and Policy: Evaluating the Policy Proposals of the Food Movement
→What to Eat When Having a Millennial over for Dinner
 American Journal of Agricultural Economics: Advance articles
European Review of Agricultural Economics: Advance articles
Food Tank: Why Mexican Farmers Are Hopeful About López Obrador’s Win
Arc2020: Flash Summer Newsletter
IFPRI: Compact 2025 End Hunger and Undernutrition – July 2018 – August 2018
→Animal sourced foods and child stunting
Food Quality and Preference: Healthy food is nutritious, but organic food is healthy because it is pure: The negotiation of healthy food choices by Danish consumers of organic food
Jayson Lusk: No, Farm Policy Doesn’t Have Much to Do with Obesity
Agriculture: Volume 8, Issue 7
Foods: Volume 7, Issue 7
Sustainability: Pessimism on the Food Front
Gro Intelligence: Gro Intelligence Weekly – 27 July 2018
→Gro Intelligence Weekly – 3 August
→Gro Intelligence Weekly – 8 August
→Reading the Leaves of Global Tea Trade https://mailchi.mp/gro-intelligence/gro-us-soybean-yield-model-1512735?e=1f8ce026e9
→African Coffee Production—Opportunities and Challenges https://mailchi.mp/gro-intelligence/gro-us-soybean-yield-model-1512759?e=1f8ce026e9
Eur Activ: The digital farmers’ market
→Agricultural industry eyes space data
→Agri giant under pressure to drop appeal on neonicotinoids ban
→Commission: Third countries should meet EU antibiotics requirements on animal exports
→Short food supply chains in Europe’s North
→Europol: Massive seizure of fake pesticides which could spray the size of the UK
→A journey through EU Cohesion Policy
The conversation: Crop insurance is good for US farmers, but not always for the environment
The Week: Trump’s agriculture secretary admits Trump’s tariffs are hurting farmers
The Guardian: Sinking land, poisoned water: the dark side of California’s mega farms
 Global Meat: News

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The Beef Site: Newsletter / The Dairy Site: Newsletter
Cahiers Agriculture: The ‘blind spot’ of agricultural research: Labour flexibility, composition and worker availability in the South West of England
Ministère de l’agriculture et de l’alimentation (FR): Alim’Agri – Plan protéines européen : la France accueille l’atelier filières
INRA: Usages et alternatives au glyphosate dans l’agriculture française
→PLAS Juillet 20 Juillet – Les nouvelles de la publication scientifique
Centre d’études et de prospective (CEP) (FR): Bulletin de veille Juillet 2018
FranceAgriMer (FR): Web site & Actualite
→Observatoire de la formation des prix et des marges des produits alimentaires: Rapport 2018
→Nouvelles tendances de consommations et habitudes alimentaires à l’égard des produits en conserve
→Info riz http://www.franceagrimer.fr/content/download/57091/553363/file/Info+riz+N%C2%B0133.pdf?from=alerte&date=10-7-2018 & http://www.franceagrimer.fr/content/download/57299/555584/file/Info+riz+N%C2%B0135.pdf?from=alerte&date=18-9-2018
→Céréales – Juillet & September
→Oleo-proteagineux
→Lait et produits laitiers – Tableau de bord
→Viandes blanches
→Horticulture
Agrisalon (FR): Trump et Juncker ont bien parlé de l’agriculture, maintient Washington
→Monsanto, nom controversé et multinationale florissante
Réussir cultures & grains (FR): États-Unis / Chine: une dispute partie pour durer?
→Newsletter 4 Septembre
Ouest-France (FR): L’Europe va-t-elle bâcler sa politique agricole ?
→L’agriculture, à la fois instable et stagnante
→À Paris, des fermes urbaines sur les toits et sous terre
Les Échos (FR): Boom de l’agriculture urbaine : d’un effet de mode à un moyen de production durable
→Vers une décennie de ralentissement de la demande alimentaire mondiale
→Les entreprises américaines, premières victimes de la guerre commerciale
→Les Français veulent donner du sens à leur consommation
RTBF: La politique agricole commune, une aide européenne de moins en moins solidaire
La Tribune (FR): Quels sont les véritables enjeux de la Food Tech pour l’agriculture et l’alimentation ?
→Quel modèle économique pour l’agriculture urbaine ?
Revue Laitière Française (FR): Aout 2018
Revue Limite (FR): Agriculture urbaine: un besoin solide ou une mode liquide?
La Relève (FR): Les marges exorbitantes de la grande distribution tuent les producteurs
Paysan Breton (FR): Organiser la filière laitière française, un impératif
Le Télégramme (FR): Viande bio. Les producteurs tentent de répondre à la demande
La Libre Belgique (FR): En Allemagne, les ravages de la sécheresse dans l’agriculture
Atlantico (FR): La crise agricole expliquée par la fin du volailler Doux
À l’encontre (FR): Brésil. La géographie du poison
Wikiagri (FR): Que signifie l’importation de soja américain pour les agriculteurs européens ?
→En Italie du Sud, la compétitivité des producteurs de tomates repose sur la main-d’oeuvre bulgare bon marché
→En Italie, des pots de sauce tomate à 3 euros pour rémunérer les saisonniers 7,20
→Que signifie l’importation de soja américain pour les agriculteurs européens ?
Equal Times (FR): Les milliers de morts du secteur agricole italien lui donnent des allures de zone de guerre
Le Monde (FR): La fraude aux travailleurs illégaux gagne les champs en France
Mediapart (FR): Surexploités, des travailleurs saisonniers marocains font valoir leurs droits
CommodAfrica (FR):Les ramasseurs africains de tomates en Italie disent “Assez !”
Research gate (FR): PAC : qu’est-ce qu’on y cuisine ? Recettes pour comprendre la Politique Agricole Commune
Libération (FR): Péage à l’entrée des Conseils européens : la Belgique pousse le bouchon un peu loin

5. ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES

European Environment Agency (EEA): EEA Report 7/2018 – European Waters Assessment 2018
→→IEG Policy: EU groundwater status better than status of surface waters, especially rivers – EEB report
→National Emission Ceiling Directive reporting status 2018
→→IEG Policy: Ammonia emissions from agriculture continue to rise, exceeding air pollution limits – EEA
Eur Activ: G20 countries risk falling short of achieving Sustainable Development Goals
→Ex-IPCC Vice-Chair: EU contribution to Paris goals is ‘unambitious and outdated’
→(FR) Après le greenwashing, attention au devwashing
→Advanced biofuels are key to decarbonising transportation
→Environmentalists clash with EFSA over neonicotinoids ban ‘exceptions’
OECD: Environmental News
→Policy Change – Sustainable Water Use in Agriculture – Workshop
→Mainstreaming Biodiversity for Sustainable Development
Science Daily: Short-term responses to climate change-mediated disasters can be maladaptive in long-term
→Time is running out in the tropics: Researchers warn of global biodiversity collapse
Agronomy: Food systems for sustainable development: proposals for a profound four-part transformation
Waste management: Volume 77, July 2018. Quantifying household waste of fresh fruit and vegetables in the EU
→IEG Policy: Average EU citizen wastes more than 35 kg of fruit and vegetables each year
Environmental management: The Transition of EU Water Policy Towards the Water Framework Directive’s Integrated River Basin Management Paradigm
Agricultural Water Management: Cost-benefit analysis of irrigation modernization in Guadalquivir River Basin
GRACE Foundation: Sustainable Agriculture – The Basics
IUCN: Oil palm and biodiversity
IATP: Emissions impossible: How big meat and dairy ate heating up the planet
PHYS.org: Fires spark biodiversity criticism of Sweden’s forest industry
IDDRI: Annual report 2017-2018
World Economic Forum: How to talk about climate change: 5 tips from the front lines
EU Observer: EU climate diplomacy can make the difference
Earth’s Future: On the time evolution of climate sensitivity and future warming
→The Guardian: New study reconciles a dispute about how fast global warming will happen
Watts up With That?: Climate is Not the Only Limit to Agriculture
New Scientist: Is life on Earth really at risk? The truth about the extinction crisis
Review of Environmental Economics and Policy: Advance articles
→Volume 12, Issue 2, Summer 2018
Sustainability: Volume 10, Issue 7
→Opportunities and Barriers for Water Co-Governance—A Critical Analysis of Seven Cases of Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture in Europe, Australia and North America
Journal of Cleaner Production: Avoidable food losses and associated production-phase greenhouse gas emissions arising from application of cosmetic standards to fresh fruit and vegetables in Europe and the UK
Environments: Issue 5, Issue 7
Water: Volume 10, Issue 7
Forests: Volume 9, Issue 7
Energies: Volume 11, Issue 7
The New York Times: Science Alone Won’t Save the Earth. People Have to Do That
Futura Planète (FR): Haute Valeur Environnementale, vin bio, biodynamique, nature : comment s’y retrouver ?
Revue d’Anthropologie des connaissances (FR): 2018 Vol. 12, No 2, Production et circulation des savoirs de l’agro-écologie
France Nature Environnement (FR): France: L’usage de pesticides en agriculture a augmenté de 12,4%
France culture (FR): Jean Jouzel : “Il y a un risque qu’il ne soit trop tard pour lutter efficacement contre le réchauffement climatique”

6. OTHER ISSUES

 International Monetary Fund (IMF): World Economic Outlook Update, July 2018
→The Global Expansion: Still Strong but Less Even, More Fragile, Under Threat
G 20: Argentina 2018 Summit
→G20 agriculture ministers meet to help build a sustainable food future
→Unanimous consensus on the global agri-food agenda
→The G20 discusses climate action strategies in Puerto Iguazú
→G20 trade ministers call on revitalizing the international trade system
→→ICTSD: How Can the Argentinian G20 Presidency Support Trade’s Contribution to a Sustainable Food Future?
ICTSD: Achieving Progress in Multilateral Trade Negotiations on Agriculture [online]
→Achieving Sustainable Development Goal 2: Which Policies for Trade and Markets? [online]
→Emerging Opportunities for the Application of Blockchain in the Agri-food Industry
→US, China Tariffs Begin Taking Effect, WTO Members Begin China Trade Policy Review

ICTSD – Bridges weekly: Volume 22, Number 29
→Volume 22, Number 28
→Volume 22, Number 27
→Volume 22, Number 26
→Volume 22, Number 25
→Volume 22, Number 24
Wageningen University: How to measure progress on the SDGs
Bruegel: Trade war: How tensions have risen between China, the EU and the US
Borderlex: Newsletter
 Australian Government: Joint Declaration on a Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia
Eur Activ: Summit conclusions detail reform plan for WTO to please Trump
→Juncker-Trump trade deal disrupts European unity
→Success of EU-China summit in the air as trade differences remain
→Mogherini unveils EU response to New Silk Road
EU Observer: Juncker seeks to avoid car tariffs in Trump meeting
→Did Juncker trick Trump?
→Russia sanctions: test of EU commitment to international law
→China supports and upholds multilateral trading system
Administrative Sciences: Power in and over Cross-Sector Partnerships: Actor Strategies for Shaping Collective Decisions
Nature: Controversial CRISPR ‘gene drives’ tested in mammals for the first time
→Science: A ‘gene drive’ makes its debut in mammals
OECD: The Next Production Revolution (French version)
→Reshaping Decentralised Development Co-operation
AmCham EU: Weekly
CESifo Economic Studies: Advance articles
→Newsletter
The Review of Economic Studies: Advance articles
European Review of Economic History: Advance articles
Bradford-Delong: Why Was the 20th Century Not a Chinese Century?
World Economic Forum: Trade wars won’t fix globalization. Here’s why
→Here’s the state of the US economy in 11 charts
Alter EU: Corporate capture in Europe – When big business dominates policy-making and threatens our right
Euractiv (FR): Trump et Juncker signent une armistice commerciale surprise
→L’UE et le Mercosur misent sur un accord commercial en septembre

7. EVENTS

European Commission: The Future of EU Finances (12 October)
Bird Life / NABU / EEB: How a bill becomes a better CAP?, International Workshop, Brussels, 22/11/2018
EAEE: Agricultural Land Markets – Recent Developments, Efficiency and Regulation (EAEE Seminar) (4-5 April 2019)
Politico: Agriculture & Food Summit 2018 (Paris, 27 November 2018) Registration
Area: Prix area 2018
OECD: Competition workshops (2018)

With acknowledgements to IEG Policy, Politico, CAP Reform.eu, Euractiv, Centre d ‘études et de prospective, Illinois.edu, FranceAgriMer and Tomás Garcia Azcárate (EAGRA)