Lithuania

US poultry export way opens up for Lithuania, but process will be long

August 25, 2024

Lithuania can now apply for permission to export heat-treated poultry products to the US, Lithuania’s State Food and Veterinary Service said on Friday, adding, however, that the process may take [..]

Latvia

Outbreak of African swine fever reported on pig farm in Valmiera Municipality

June 21, 2024

An outbreak of African swine fever (ASF) has been detected in domestic pigs on the Lelles farm in Matisi Parish, Valmiera Municipality, LETA was told at the Food and Veterinary [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania’s fertilizer producer Lifosa plans to resume operations

May 27, 2024

Lithuania’s sanction-hit phosphate fertilizer manufacturer Lifosa said on Monday that it is preparing to restart production after a one-year hiatus, adding that the continuity of operations will depend on various [..]

Estonia

Estonian food producers: We need a predictable economic environment

April 2, 2024

Food producers speaking at an economic policy event of the non-parliamentary Right-wingers’ party said the sector’s biggest concern is that it is not clear what restrictions related to the green [..]

Interviews

The food industry caught between two fires – farmers want more, merchants demand cheaper

March 22, 2024

Journalist’s Ain Alvela interview with Sirje Potisepp, the head of the Estonian Food Industry Association. Estonian food industry has throughout history survived through thick and thin, but for a small [..]

Latvia

Amount of raw milk supplied by Latvian dairy farmers up 4.9% in February

March 13, 2024

The amount of raw milk supplied by Latvian dairy farmers in February 2024 rose 4.9 percent against the same period a year ago to 63,824 tons, according to the information [..]

Lithuania

Polish farmers end protest at border with Lithuania – border guards

March 8, 2024

Vehicles are no longer being checked at the Lithuanian-Polish border as Polish farmers have ended their protest launched last Friday, a spokesman for the State Border Guard Service (SBGS) said [..]

Latvia

Farmers to join forest owners’ protest in Riga next week

February 28, 2024

Farmers will join the protest Latvia’s forest owners and timber industry representatives are planning to stage outside the government house in Riga on next week, representatives of the nongovernment organization [..]

Lithuania

Protesting Polish farmers to check what’s transported across Lithuania-Poland border

February 27, 2024

Polish farmers, who are planning to block a road on the Lithuanian border for a week starting Friday, will check what is being transported across the border in trucks, Karol [..]

Lithuania

Lithuania hosts meeting of Baltic, Nordic agriculture ministers, other officials

February 21, 2024

The town of Trakai is hosting on Wednesday a meeting of Lithuanian, Latvian, Estonian, Swedish, Danish and Finnish agriculture ministers and other high-level officials. “The aim of the meeting is [..]

Latvia

Coalition agrees to ban imports of Russian and Belarusian grain in Latvia

January 30, 2024

The ruling coalition has agreed to ban imports of Russian and Belarusian grain in Latvia. A relevant bill will be prepared and adopted by Saeima in February, as Prime Minister [..]

Latvia

EUR 16 million needed to apply 12% VAT on fresh fruit and vegetables

November 14, 2023

In order to apply the reduced 12 percent value added tax (VAT) rate on fresh fruit and vegetables next year, the government needs to provide EUR 16 million in the [..]