Poland has asked the European Commission to lodge a complaint to the World Trade Organisation (WTO) over a Russian ban on EU food products, the Polish Economy Ministry said yesterday. 

THE Single Farm Payment is still the best mechanism to safeguard the future of the European family farm, according to IFA president John Bryan.

GERMAN support for a strong farm budget cooled this week, with the EU’s biggest paymaster saying all financial decisions have to be seen within the overall context of the EU budget — which Germany wants to limit at no more than 1% of the EU’s GDP.

HUNGARY and Poland, who will each hold the six-month European Union rotating presidency in 2011, have been briefed on Ireland’s stance on the Common Agricultural Policy.