Content by tag : agriculture
Animals, farming, forestry and food… for its 81st edition, Libramont Fair is preparing once again to show off its agricultural know-how to visitors f
The use of antibiotics in livestock in Belgium last year increased by 1.1%, reports De Standaard.
Insects are slowly making their way into our food chain, according to a recent survey.
Finding your fridge stuffed with odd-looking forms that you suspect are vegetables but have no idea what they’re called or what to do with them?
Autumn is the time of plenty, when trees are drooping heavily with the last fruits of the year and thick-skinned gourds lie swollen on the ground.
Pear sales in Belgium have increased by about 30% compared to the same period last year, report De Tijd and Het Nieuwsblad. The sale of apples, by contrast, remains stable.
The European Commission has suspended pay-outs of the aid promised to fruit and vegetable growers, after receiving “unrealistic” claims for subsidies, it said.
Authorities have given the go-ahead for Belgian apple and vegetable growers to leave their crops unharvested, following the example of pear growers.
Pear growers who do not harvest their crop this year will receive the equivalent of 16c a kilo in compensation from the EU. The aid announced amounts to €6,440 a hectare.
