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More than 1,000 farmers are expected to arrive in Brussels by tractor on Monday to take part in a protest against low milk prices, according to the European Milk Board (EMB).
Things are looking better for the hop growers of Belgium, according to the organisation that represents the industry.
“Look, this is what it should be like.” Leen Ricour kneels and points to the ground.
As the country’s agricultural sector prepares for its annual fair, the farmers’ union has issued a cry for help.
The South American grain crop quinoa, cultivated last year for the first time on a limited scale in Wallonia, will this year grow on Flemish soil as well, reports Knack.be.
The federal government has imposed an order on professional poultry farmers to keep their birds indoors or, if they are allowed out of doors, under nets, federal agriculture minister Willy Borsus
Visitors to the regular market on the grounds of the slaughterhouses of the Brussels commune of Anderlecht will soon be able to enjoy the view out over the local farm, and even dine in a res
The Belgian fruit sector is being hard hit by the Russian import ban: due to a surplus of fruit on the European market, fruit farmers have seen the price of their apples and pears drop to half the
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.
