ZAGREB, September 17, 2018 - The Baby Beef association believes that the European Union's new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the 2021-2027 period could ruin Croatia's cattle breeding industry, and has called on the government and the Agriculture Ministry to take a firm negotiating position against the proposed cuts in grants.
Will the Green and Blue Croatia finally get connected?
ZAGREB, September 7, 2018 - The Croatian Chamber of Commerce (HGK) and the Ministry of Agriculture expressed their concern over a proposal for a new Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) for the next long-term EU budget 2021 - 2027, which foresees less funds for Croatia, and called for postponing the proposed cuts until 2023.
Croatia’s best family farms have been announced.
ZAGREB, August 25, 2018 - Agriculture Minister Tomislav Tolušić on Saturday said that Croatia's agriculture sector had a bright future which can be seen in the better absorption of funding from the Rural Development Programme and in the increased mechanisation in farming.
EU’s latest decision will make the situation worse.
ZAGREB, July 2, 2018 - There were 4,023 organic farmers in Croatia in 2017, which is 477 more farmers or 14% more than in 2016, show data from the national statistical office (DZS). The number of organic farmers who also process organic produce stood at 357, a 14.4% increase.
ZAGREB, June 17, 2018 - Croatian dairy companies have expressed interest in exporting their products to the Chinese market, which is why Chinese inspectors are supposed to come in Croatia and visit certain food-manufacturing companies by the end of this year so as to have an insight into production, particularly in dairy and poultry farms, according to information which Hina has obtained from the Croatian Agriculture Ministry.
ZAGREB, June 2, 2018 - In the EU's next seven-year budget, Croatia is expected to get, as part of the EU's common agricultural policy (CAP), 4.0345 billion euro, expressed in prices from 2018, or 4.544 billion euro expressed in current prices that take into account projected inflation, with slightly more funds for direct payments to farmers and less funds for rural development.
ZAGREB, May 22, 2018) - The Živi Zid parliamentary party said on Tuesday that it would purchase from domestic strawberry growers a certain quantity of strawberries at a price to be determined by growers and distribute those strawberries to Croatian households and schools.