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Agricultural entrepreneurs can make their businesses more sustainable or take advantage of voluntary termination schemes.

The Member States have amended the Commission's proposal to extend the scope of the Directive to intensive livestock farms.

Now by 2030 at least 74% of nitrogen-sensitive nature in protected nature areas must have a healthy nitrogen level.

The Commission committed to launch in 2023 an EU Fertilisers Market Observatory. The Commission published the call for applications with a view to formally launch the group of experts before summer 2023. The call is open until 4 April.

The revised law increases the 2030 GHG reduction target at EU level from 30% to 40% compared to 2005-levels.

The European Commission has approved a €200 million Flemish scheme to compensate for the reduction or closure of pig production.

The Commission and EU countries should support the transition to organic fertilisers and become less dependent on Russian fertilisers, say MEPs on the Agriculture Committee.

There is a serious problem with fertilizer accessibility. In the EU, fertilizer prices went up 149% from September 2021 to September 2022.