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Agriculture: l’Europe se libère, le Québec doit en faire autant
La Commission européenne a publié le 19 février dernier sa «Vision for Agriculture and Food», un document qui expose la manière dont l’exécutif de l’Union européenne entend réorienter ses pratiques après des années de manifestations des agriculteurs et de chaos politique sur la question des standards agricoles. Ce document de 28 pages aborde tous les sujets, […]
Featured in the Winnipeg Sun
I was featured in the Winnipeg Sun by columnist Harry Siemens, about my recent speech at the CropConnect Conference in Winnipeg, Canada. Here’s an excerpt: When speaking to producers in Winnipeg, Wirtz shared his long-standing concerns about the European Union’s Farm-to-Fork Strategy. He recalled his initial reaction at the intro of the policy, saying, “I […]
Quoted by The Western Producer on mirror clauses
I was quoted by The Western Producer on my recent talk at the CropConnect Conference in Winnipeg, Canada, on the issue of trade restrictions through mirror clauses. “You can only export to Europe if the production methods are comparable to Europe.” Wirtz made his comments about “mirror clauses” while speaking at CropConnect, a conference for […]
Featured in Seed World
SeedWorld wrote a news story about my recent talk I gave at the CrossRoads Crop Conference in Edmonton, Canada. Here’s an excerpt: In 2020, amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, the EU launched its Farm-to-Fork Strategy, aiming to overhaul European agriculture. The plan includes ambitious targets: a 50% reduction in synthetic pesticide use, a 20% cut in […]
Interviewé par La Vie Agricole
J’ai été interviewé par La Vie Agricole au Québec. Voici un extrait (le reste de l’interview ici): Pour Bill Wirtz, il est important de continuer de miser sur le libre-échange et la science, c’est probablement en ces termes que nous pouvons résumer sa pensée. Lors de son passage à Ottawa il avait tenu, quelques jours […]
Le revirement total de la politique européenne sur l’agriculture
La nouvelle Commission européenne, l’organe exécutif de l’Union européenne, aura pour mission de «simplifier» la réglementation agricole au sein de l’Union. «La Commission prend des mesures fortes et rapides pour soutenir nos agriculteurs à un moment où ils sont confrontés à de nombreux défis et préoccupations», explique la présidente en exercice de la Commission européenne, Ursula von […]
Guest on Ask a Farmer podcast
I was a guest on the Ask a Farmer podcast by Canadian Food Focus. You can listen to the entire episode by clicking below:
On Forum Daily to discuss new farmer protests
I was back on Forum Daily to discuss the latest round of farmer protests in Europe
Vermont’s Pesticide Bill Ignores Key Data
It has only been six months since I wrote for Newsmax about a pesticide bill in New York state that will ban the use of neonicotinoid pesticides starting in 2029. In my op-ed, I laid out why New York’s bill was a bad idea, that it would hit vulnerable farmers and consumers and put the state […]
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