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The EU and Norway have reached a deal on trade in agricultural products, which will see mutual duty-free access for 36 tariff lines, including for example various types of live plants, corn for feed, various berries and fermented beverages such as perry and cider. Read more.

Italian regions are acting together to make the best use of European Union rural development funds, by setting up the Agriculture Italian Guarantee Multiregional Platform (AIGMP). Benefitting small and medium-sized enterprises in the production, processing and distribution of agricultural products, the AIGMP aims to generate an overall volume of investments of more than €1 billion. Read more.

European Commission reveals final milk reduction scheme figures. More than 48 000 milk farmers from across the EU have applied for support from the EU for agreeing to voluntarily reduce their production of milk by nearly 861 000 t in the last quarter of 2016 and in January 2017. EU average farm gate milk prices have increased by 31% since last summer, up to 33.7 c/kg in February. Learn more.

MEPs have adopted a resolution officially laying down the European Parliament’s key principles and conditions for its approval of the UK's withdrawal agreement. Any such agreement at the end of UK-EU negotiations will need to win the approval of the European Parliament. Learn more.

MEPs oppose EU Commission plans to authorise imports of food and feed products derived from or containing a herbicide and pest-resistant genetically modified (GM) maize. It highlights the lack of data on the many sub-combinations of the variety - all of which would also be authorised - and reiterates Parliament’s call for a reform of the EU’s GMO authorisation procedure. Learn more.