Agriculture
Auroch were huge wild cattle that once roamed wild across Europe. But now scientists in Poland have unveiled plans to attempt to bring back to life the giant beasts, which were hunted to extinction nearly 400 years ago
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There’s a crop for all seasons but few knew it was a good time to plant landmines. Except for one Russian farmer who decided to lace his potato crop with the explosives in case of trespassers. He’s now serving a two and a half year sentence.
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Many voices decry the Common Agricultural Policy as a “black hole” in the European Union’s finances – a void that simply sucks up funds. Reform is up for debate this year, but countries at loggerheads over the best way to proceed, progress is expected to be slow.
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Agriculture is a major issue in the European Union and accounts for a large slice of EU spending. With agricultural policy reform a subject that gets a lot of people, not just farmers, hot under the collar we take a quick overview of just what's at stake:
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Within the European Union, there is a common agricultural policy, but farming varies tremendously across the individual countries. The scope ranges from fully industrialised farms in Denmark to hand-ploughed fields in Romania.
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Most of us don’t care about the origin, sex or personality of our fruit and vegetables before eating them, but one person is hoping we reconsider this.
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