Today's agenda

At the 14th Dairy Olympics, an international conference event addressing region-relevant dairy topics is being held this year in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, where the DLG (German Agricultural Society) will be contributing with its dairy know-how and management as well as farm equipment expertise.

From digitalization and connectivity to autonomous driving, Systems & Components from 12 to 18 November 2023 will dive deep into the trends and developments in agricultural machinery and the entire off-highway sector.

In Brussels, EU farm ministers struck a preliminary deal with Ukraine on agricultural trade. Under the agreement, Ukraine will regain some access to EU markets for less-sensitive products (e.g. fermented milk, grape juice) while traditional free-trade quotas are largely restored ( reuters.com ,  reuters.com ). Reuters noted on 4 July that the EU will sharply cut import quotas on Ukrainian grains and sugar to address farmer concerns: wheat will be capped at ~1.3 million tonnes and sugar at ~100,000 t (up from 2016 levels but down 70–80% from wartime liberalisation) ( reuters.com ,  reuters.com ). Barley, poultry, butter and other products also have new quota limits, and member states can invoke safeguards if imports surge. Ukraine must align more with EU sanitary standards by 2028 in exchange for these concessions.

 The networking platform for the Argus Agriculture & Feedstocks Conference in Brussels, Belgium on 20-21 March will go live this week.