Category Archives: English news

Sugar quotas and EU farm spending budge dominate CAP reform debate

Quotas for sugar beet producers must be prolonged to allow beet producers time to adapt to new market realities, and EU farm spending should be frozen in real terms for 2014-2020, said many Agriculture Committee MEPs in Tuesday’s EU farm policy reform debate.

Nigeria: New feed technology unveiled

Nigerian aquaculture company Dickem Aquatech has unveiled a technology that could drastically reduce the current price of fish in the country by 54 percent.

Production winds down at meat company Kapuvari Hus

Production at meat company Kapuvari Hus, based in Kapuvar (NW Hungary), has wound down as the company’s problems worsened after a change in ownership, union deputy chief Tibor Paszli told.

Co-op Hungary revenue set to reach HUF 540 billion in 2012

Hungarian supermarket chain Co-op Hungary expects turnover to reach HUF 530 billion – 540 billion this year, up from HUF 510 billion in 2011, said CEO Laszlo Muranyi.

Food shocks set to boost Hungary CPI even higher

Hungary’s consumer inflation is set to accelerate further on the back of continued global food price shocks, but the central bank may overlook this upward price pressure and carry out more rate cuts if the current supportive market conditions hold, London-based emerging markets analysts said after CPI figures for August had been released.

Hungary farm gate prices climb 6.6 percent

Farm gate prices in Hungary rose 6.6 percent in July from the same month a year earlier, the Central Statistics Office (KSH) said.