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Ministers resign as EU agriculture subsidy fraud scandal rocks Greece
A scandal involving the misappropriation of EU agricultural subsidies has led to resignations at the highest political level…
#Europe #EU #agriculturalsubsidies #civilprotection #EuropeanPublicProsecutor’sOffice #EuropeanUnion #GermanChancellery #greece #GreekPrimeMinister #KYRIAKOSMITSOTAKIS #misappropriation #politicalstability #resignations
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On eliminating subsidies to the meat industry and associated industries like corn: it's all about making those who choose to eat meat pay for the externalities.
"some Americans may deem such a subsidy removal, which would increase the cost of most animal-derived foods, an infringement on their personal liberty. I would urge people in this camp to consider it a matter of protecting one’s free will. After all, eating meat and other animal-derived products would not be made illegal, but those who choose to consume them would be paying for the more accurate, divorced-from-government cost of their inputs and externalities which affect the health of everyone, to include the consumer and the planet at large."
By Christina Sewell, 2020
https://jia.sipa.columbia.edu/news/removing-meat-subsidy-our-cognitive-dissonance-around-animal-agriculture -
"According to data from the book, Meatonomics, American agribusiness receives about $38 billion annually in federal funding, with only 0.4% of that amount subsidizing the production of fresh fruit and vegetables. The remainder of taxpayer-funded farm subsidies are skewed toward animal meat producers, in the form of aid to growers of corn and soybeans, crops grown primarily by industrial farms for use in animal feed production."
"The effect of a handful of select crops becoming so efficient at yielding a profit, is that it makes farmers less inclined to grow anything else. Just 3% of cropland is dedicated to growing fruits and vegetables, though they make up about a quarter of the value of total crops grown, because they demand higher prices. Yet, if government spending disproportionately favors the meat and dairy industries, how are Americans supposed to get enough fruits and vegetables into their diets? The fact is, they don’t."
"The CDC reports that just 1 in 10 adults meet federal fruit and vegetable recommendations, with adults living in poverty consuming the fewest fruits/vegetables."
https://www.newrootsinstitute.org/articles/factory-farming-subsidies
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"Less than 1 % of total subsidies go toward fruits and vegetables." Physicians Committee for Responsible Medicine, Health vs. Pork: Congress Debates the Farm Bill, 2007, 17 June 2011 http://www.pcrm.org/magazine/gm07autumn/health_pork.html.
As quoted in:
"Agricultural Subsidies in the USA—History, Implications, and Critiques", Kathleen Leary 2014.
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New wave of farmer protests loom as German government refuses to budge https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/new-wave-of-farmer-protests-looms-as-german-government-refuses-to-budge/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #agriculturaldiesel #agriculturalsubsidies #Berlin #CemÖzdemir
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New wave of farmer protests loom as German government refuses to budge https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/new-wave-of-farmer-protests-looms-as-german-government-refuses-to-budge/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #agriculturaldiesel #agriculturalsubsidies #Berlin #CemÖzdemir
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German farmers halt protests to negotiate with government https://www.euractiv.com/section/agriculture-food/news/german-farmers-halt-protests-say-it-is-time-to-negotiate-with-government/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon #agriculturalfuel #agriculturalsubsidies #ChristianLindner
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Stability ratings now mandatory on quad bikes for sale As consumers get their first chance to compare how safe different makes of quad bikes are, Farmsafe reports a record number of deaths from the popular machine. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-12/quad-bike-safety-stickers-now-mandatory-in-new-accc-standards/12746414 #OccupationalHealthandSafety #AgriculturalSubsidies #FederalGovernment #CropHarvesting #BeefCattle #Accidents
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Stability ratings now mandatory on quad bikes for sale As consumers get their first chance to compare how safe different makes of quad bikes are, Farmsafe reports a record number of deaths from the popular machine. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-12/quad-bike-safety-stickers-now-mandatory/12746414 #OccupationalHealthandSafety #AgriculturalSubsidies #CropHarvesting #BeefCattle #Accidents
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Farmers expected to buy-in to machinery write-off Budget initiative As of today, farmers can instantly write-off the full value of machinery purchases, through changes announced in the Federal Government's COVID-19 recovery Budget. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-10-07/budget-asset-write-off-for-farmers-boost-machinery-sales/12738570 #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalMachinery #Agribusiness #Budget #Tax
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Can carbon farming really reduce emissions? The Federal Government's new energy policy has identified carbon farming as a key method of reducing emissions, but there may be problems with the strategy. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-09-25/australian-environment-policy-soil-carbon-funding-analysis/12692290 #EnvironmentallySustainableBusiness #EnvironmentalManagement #AgriculturalSubsidies #EnvironmentalPolicy #AgriculturalPolicy #FederalGovernment #BeefCattle
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Aussie cheesemakers on a roll thanks to COVID-19 lockdown, expensive European imports Isolation is deepening our love affair for artisan cheese, and a lack of European imports is giving Australian cheesemakers a rare advantage. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-19/demand-for-australian-artisan-cheese-soars-due-to-covid-europe/12673386 #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalPrices #DairyProduction #FoodandBeverage #FoodandCooking #FoodProcessing #Agribusiness
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Aussie cheesemakers on a roll thanks to COVID-19 lockdown, expensive European imports Isolation is deepening our love affair for artisan cheese, and a lack of European imports is giving Australian cheesemakers a rare advantage. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-09-19/demand-for-australian-artisan-cheese-soars-due-to-covid-europe/12673386 #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalPrices #DairyProduction #FoodandBeverage #FoodandCooking #FoodProcessing #Agribusiness
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'Simply unfair': Farmers left high and dry in national water infrastructure rebate scheme Farmers believe they are owed millions of dollars through a Federal Government water infrastructure scheme, which was run by the states. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-08-14/water-rebate-fail-as-farmers-owed-millions/12553440 #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalSubsidies #WaterManagement #Horticulture #Environment #WaterSupply #Drought
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First round of $5b Future Drought Fund spending for farmers announced The Government announces how it will spend the first round of its $5 billion Future Drought Fund, designed to help farmers better prepare for dry times. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-07-01/first-round-of-5-billion-future-drought-fund-spending-announced/12405478 #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalSubsidies #Agribusiness #Drought #Rural
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Farmers say they've been left in the lurch as drought assistance scheme runs dry State governments say farmers have been left in the lurch as federal drought assistance funding runs dry. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-13/states-say-federal-government-abandon-drought-assistance/12347676 #AgriculturalSubsidies #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalPolicy #WaterManagement #Agribusiness #Drought
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To pick or to plough? WA strawberries could be left to rot with overseas markets unreachable Strawberry farmers may be forced to plough their crops into the ground as sky-high freight costs mean it's too expensive to export the fruit overseas. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-11/wa-strawberries-may-be-ploughed-back-into-the-ground/12341858 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #InternationalAidandTrade #Quarantine-Agricultural #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalMarketing #Agribusiness
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To pick or to plough? WA strawberries could be left to rot with overseas markets unreachable Strawberry farmers may be forced to plough their crops into the ground as sky-high freight costs mean it's too expensive to export the fruit overseas. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-06-11/wa-strawberries-may-be-ploughed-back-into-the-ground/12341858 #Business,EconomicsandFinance #InternationalAidandTrade #Quarantine-Agricultural #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalMarketing #Agribusiness
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'It's time for green energy': Farmers to turn poo into electricity A $5m Australian-first dairy effluent biogas plant which could turn manure from surrounding farms into renewable energy will be built at Pyree near Nowra. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-06/from-manure-to-electricty-microgrid-planned-nowra/12324458 #ElectricityEnergyandUtilities #AgriculturalSubsidies #GreenhouseGas #Rural
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Historic release of milk prices draws mixed response from dairy farmers Milk processors published their opening prices for the new season yesterday for the first time, as required by the industry's new code of conduct. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-06-02/mixed-response-to-historic-release-of-milk-prices/12310664 #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalPolicy #FederalGovernment #DairyProduction #FoodandBeverage #FoodProcessing
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Australian farmers among the least subsidised in the world: How 'creeping global protectionism' is biting Australian farmers are among the least subsidised in the world, but the coronavirus is pushing countries to adopt more agricultural protectionism. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-29/australian-farmers-least-subsidised-but-global-protection-rising/12299074 #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalPrices #Agribusiness #BeefCattle #Cotton #Grain #Wheat #Trade #Rice
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WTO tariff action on barley won't be easy — just ask the sugar industry Australian barley growers pinning their hopes on a tariff resolution with China through the World Trade Organization could face a frustrating process, as the sugar industry has found. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-20/sugar-dispute-shows-wto-process-not-for-faint-hearted/12264262 #InternationalAidandTrade #AgriculturalSubsidies #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalCrops #ForeignAffairs #Agribusiness #COVID-19
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WTO tariff action on barley won't be easy — just ask the sugar industry Australian barley growers pinning their hopes on a tariff resolution with China through the World Trade Organization could face a frustrating process, as the sugar industry has found. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2020-05-20/sugar-dispute-shows-wto-process-not-for-faint-hearted/12264262 #InternationalAidandTrade #AgriculturalSubsidies #GovernmentandPolitics #AgriculturalCrops #ForeignAffairs #Agribusiness #COVID-19
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Rain boosts confidence in NSW, farm prices soar Widespread autumn rainfall across most of New South Wales has brought a sense of optimism to rural communities as machinery sales surge, property prices rocket and livestock prices soar. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-05-12/money-in-mud-as-nsw-farmers-rejoice-in-rain/12234096 #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalChemicals #AgriculturalInsurance #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops
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Rain boosts confidence in NSW, farm prices soar Widespread autumn rainfall across most of New South Wales has brought a sense of optimism to rural communities as machinery sales surge, property prices rocket and livestock prices soar. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-05-12/money-in-mud-as-nsw-farmers-rejoice-in-rain/12234096 #AgriculturalMachinery #AgriculturalChemicals #AgriculturalInsurance #AgriculturalMarketing #AgriculturalSubsidies #AgriculturalPrices #AgriculturalCrops
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Grey nomads can't do all the heavy lifting in bushfire rebuild, volunteers say BlazeAid organisers in NSW are desperate for volunteers to replenish their bushfire recovery workforce and believe paid incentives for backpackers could be a solution. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-02-29/blazeaid-needs-more-volunteers-to-help-bushfire-recovery/11997216 #AgriculturalInsurance #AgriculturalSubsidies #DisastersandAccidents #FederalGovernment #TravelandTourism #HumanInterest #Agribusiness
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Grey nomads can't do all the heavy lifting in bushfire rebuild, volunteers say BlazeAid organisers in NSW are desperate for volunteers to replenish their bushfire recovery workforce and believe paid incentives for backpackers could be a solution. https://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2020-02-29/blazeaid-needs-more-volunteers-to-help-bushfire-recovery/11997216 #AgriculturalInsurance #AgriculturalSubsidies #DisastersandAccidents #FederalGovernment #TravelandTourism #HumanInterest #Agribusiness
