Cows, bulls, calves, sheeps, products -meat and pastas- and general views in a farm surrounded by windmills in Villers-le-Bouillet, near Liege, Belgium

Pollinator Friendly Farming: what is possible now?

Itinerant greengrocer on a country road of Cyprus on 30 March, 2016

A crop duster applies chemicals to a field of vegetation.

Orchad with various trees

Corncob

The Libramont Agricultural, Forestry and Agri-Food Fair

Cherry Tree

Farmer harvesting his crops of tobacco

European Commissioner in charge of Maritime Affairs and Fisheries meets with Minister for Agriculture and Forestry of Finland

Livestock, cattle farming

Seasonal workers harvesting strawberries

Milk producers of the European Milk Board protest in front of the European Parliament to draw attention to the pressing problems of the milk market.

Press Conference - The future of the CAP after 2013

Panel discussion on Local Markets and the Quality of Agricultural Products.

Fiorello PROVERA Dacian CIOLOS Emilio RIGAMONTI

MEP Fiorello Provera meets with European Commissioner Dacian Ciolos in Strasbourg

Dairy cow,

During the summer of 2022, parts of Europe experienced drought conditions exacerbated by heat waves. On 9 August, a senior European Commission researcher said it seemed to be Europe's worst year in 500 years, which was confirmed by the Global Drought Observatory. The footage shows dried-out agricultural fields, cracked earth, agricultural irrigation of fields and dried riverbeds and watercourses.

Infoclip: Climate change - Drought situation in Europe

The last reform of the EU farm policy, established in 1962, dates back to 2013. The 2013-2020 CAP rules were extended and replaced by transitional rules, until the end of 2022. The CAP accounts for less than a third (31.95% or €386.6 billion) of the 2021-2027 EU’s Multiannual Financial Framework budget (€1.21 trillion). Around 70% of the CAP budget supports the income of six to seven million EU farms. This Infoclip illustrates...

Infoclip: New EU farm policy - CAP reform

This infoclip provides illustrative images of a wide range of agricultural activities in various EU member states. In northern Italy, a farm produces organic rice in a nature area and the goal is to let the nature do its job. This biodiversity brings lots of different kind of birds, plants, insect, and fishes. The farm also built an organic digester to create their own biogas used as fertilizers in the fields. In Sweden, a farm produces fertilizers and bio fuel for tractors and trucks. In Ireland, a farmer produces winter barley, wheat and oats. He uses new technologies to manage the spreading of fertilizers in his fields. In Czech Republic, a farm produces hops on about 42 hectares. In Spain, the research center Cicytex provides services of high added value to companies in the sector of Agro-Food Technology. The Community of irrigators Genil –Cabra have participated in an EU-funded Research programme on sustainable use of irrigation water in the Mediterranean region.

Infoclip: Modern Agriculture - Crops

This infoclip provides illustrative images of a wide range of agricultural activities in various EU member states. In Slovenia, a farm breeds wild pigs. In Spain, the Cicytex research center provides services of high added value to companies in the sector of Agro-Food Technology. Still in Spain, a cooperative is active in the milk, meat and animal feed industries, and has a strong presence in internationalization and commercial development, and a another farm produces Manchego cheese with the milk of 8000 sheep. In Germany, a family farm produces about 1700 organic eggs per day.

Infoclip: Modern Agriculture - Livestock (Pigs, Sheep, Chicken)

Infoclip: Modern Agriculture - Fruits

This infoclip illustrates the sustainable agriculture in the EU. A farm produces potatoes in the south of the Netherlands. In the north of Germany, a family farm producing large-scale organic vegetables. In the north of Belgium and South of Netherlands, a cooperative receives fresh fruits and vegetables from local producers.

Infoclip: Modern Agriculture - Vegetables

This infoclip illustrates bees, beekeeper at work, beekeeping, field with flowers, shop for honey products, honey

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