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The European Commission today presented its long-awaited Livestock Strategy, intended to set out a plan to create the conditions for a resilient, competitive and sustainable livestock sector.

Bioeconomy - farmer ploughing field - Photo by Frank Molter © European Union 2017

The EU’s new bioeconomy strategy, adopted buy EU states, aims for a sustainable bioeconomy by 2040 and promotes the use of bio-based solutions across all relevant sectors as fossil-free alternatives.

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The EU Parliament and Council have agreed to reserve the use of meat terms such as ‘steak’ to products from livestock farmers, in moves to strengthen the contractual position of farmers to help stabilise their income.