Bandits in Kenya on Tuesday killed 11 herdsmen and wounded 11 others during a cattle raid in the ...

MOSCOW, July 2, 2008 (AFP) - Russia has temporarily banned beef imports from two Brazilian states due to an outbreak of disease, the Russian food safety agency Rosselkhoznadzor said.

In a statement issued on Tuesday, the agency said the ban applied to meat and livestock imports from the states of Goias and Pernambuco and was prompted by an outbreak of vesicular stomatitis.

BOGOTA, June 4, 2008 (AFP) - Colombian health authorities reported Tuesday an outbreak of foot and mouth disease among livestock near the border with Venezuela.

The Colombian Farming Institute (ICA) said 29 animals were found to be infected with the disease on a ranch outside northeastern Cucuta, some four kilometers (2.5 miles) from the Venezuelan border.

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to accept poultry washed in chlorine, which would in effect lift a ban on US chicken despite stiff opposition from EU nations, consumers and farmers.

Under the proposal, poultry disinfected with chlorine and three other chemicals would only be allowed in the 27-nation European Union under extremely strict conditions.

BRUSSELS, May 27, 2008 (AFP) - The European Commission will propose on Wednesday ending an import ban on US poultry washed in chlorine in the face of fierce opposition from member states, consumers and farmers, according to a draft document.

DES MOINES, Iowa, May 21, 2008 (AFP) - The spike in corn prices has been a bane for one segment of US farming: poultry and pigs, whose diets consist of about two-thirds corn.

BRUSSELS, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - The vast majority of European Union states are opposed to lifting an import ban on US poultry, an EU official said Monday, days after the European Commission said it would propose scrapping the measure.

BRUSSELS, May 19, 2008 (AFP) - The vast majority EU states are opposed to lifting an import ban on US poultry, an official said Monday, less than a week after the European Commission said it would propose scrapping the measure.

BRUSSELS, March 17, 2008 (AFP) - EU farm ministers on Monday agreed to allow European farmers to increase milk production by two percent, despite opposition from Germany, in the face or higher demand and dairy prices.

BRUSSELS, March 17, 2008 (AFP) - The European Union was set Monday to increase its milk production in the face or rising dairy prices despite opposition from Germany, which fears the measure could hit the most vulnerable producers.

BRUSSELS, March 17, 2008 (AFP) - Germany on Monday opposed a plan, being considered by EU farm ministers, to increase milk quotas by two percent this year, with France also voicing concerns owing to volatility in the sector.

WARSAW, Feb 13, 2008 (AFP) - Several hundred Polish pig farmers took to the streets of Warsaw on Wednesday protesting against pork prices which they complain are so low that they are producing at a loss.

WARSAW, Feb 12, 2008 (AFP) - Poland is sticking to plans to ban the use of genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in livestock fodder, despite an earlier rethink, the agriculture ministry announced Tuesday.

Ministry spokeswoman Malgorzata Ksiazyk told AFP that the government had decided to put on ice a move to amend a restrictive law that is due to come into force on August 1.

SYDNEY, Feb 12, 2008 (AFP) - Drought cut 10 percent off the value of Australia's agricultural production in 2006-07, official figures showed Tuesday.

Poor crop production fuelled the downturn to a total output of 34.2 billion dollars (30.8 billion US), the Australian Bureau of Statistics said.

WARSAW, Jan 28, 2008 (AFP) - Poland has the backing of Denmark as it pushes for a 5.0-percent increase in EU milk production quotas, rather than the 2.0 percent proposed by Brussels, Agriculture Minister Marek Sawicki said on Monday.

FRANKFURT, Jan 22, 2008 (AFP) - Organic foods are a victim of their own success, with production no longer able to keep up with demand while purists claim that the initial ideals of clean, natural and healthy produce have been sacrificed for profit.

BRUSSELS, Dec 12, 2007 (AFP) - The European Commission proposed on Wednesday to raise EU milk production quotas by two percent to help meet booming global dairy demand that has driven prices higher.