Polish farmers were the major losers as the Single Farm Payments rate was finalised last month; Members are still divided over the details of sugar reform despite reaching a general consensus on the issue; UK beef exports may not resume until early next year despite gaining EU approval.; Ten member states have been hit with superlevy fines for exceeding national milk quotas; Provisional results for June's English farm census show declines in both livestock and cereals; Britain's NFU has delivered a damning verdict on the 'untenable' food supply situation in the UK; German agriculture minister, Renate Kunast has left the post to become leader of the country's Green Party; Farmers have picketed Germany's largest feed trader in Bonn in protest at its refusal to supply GM-free feed; The Irish Food Board has launched a pan European campaign to establish the Irish beef brand abroad; The number of dairy farms in the Netherlands continues to decline while milk prices are also falling; Damage to US agriculture caused by Hurricane Katrina is estimated at $87m, according to a new report; The Brazilian beef industry has claimed that Europe cannot survive without its exports; The EU-25 increased butter exports by more than seven per cent in the first six months of 2005.
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