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Budapest Times
07-05-2025
- Business
- Budapest Times
Nagy: New agricultural dimensions are opening up between Hungary and the US
Minister Nagy said Hungary is fundamentally renewing its agriculture and food industry, and in this process, Hungary is counting on the cooperation of the US. István Nagy, Agriculture Minister, said new dimensions are opening up between our country and the United States in terms of agricultural economic relations. Following a meeting with Robert Palladino, the US charge d'affaires in Budapest on Monday, Minister Nagy said Hungary is fundamentally renewing its agriculture and food industry, and in this process, Hungary is counting on the cooperation of the US in terms of knowledge and technology. The Hungarian agriculture sector is a great fit for the technical background of the United States, which needs to be exploited even more. There are many segments in the manufacturing industry and the agricultural machinery segment where we can establish further cooperation, he added. Minister Nagy said it is extremely important to strengthen scientific and educational ties, as it is crucial for Hungarian youth to be able to participate in the overseas education system. The minister recommended the National Agriculture and Food Industry Exhibition and Fair (OMEK), scheduled for September, where participation offers a great opportunity for the US to showcase itself.
Budapest Times
06-05-2025
- Business
- Budapest Times
Agriculture Minister: More than 200 billion HUF are available this year to farmers
The decision-making systems of the affected programs had been updated in order to help farmers get faster access to support. István Nagy, the minister of agriculture, said on Thursday that more than 200 billion forints (EUR 500m) are available this year to farmers thanks to programs promoting environmentally conscious and ecological farming. The ministry said in a statement that the decision-making systems of the affected programs had been updated in order to help farmers get faster access to support. Minister Nagy said that the ministry remained dedicated to supporting programs that promote sustainable, environmental and climate-conscious farming methods. Due to high demand, the ministry has reorganised resources in order to be able to support all applicants who fulfil the formal and minimum professional requirements, he added. Over the next five years, the potential total support to be made available could exceed 1,040 billion forints, he said. Small and family farms will be entitled to apply in the first round, to be followed by larger farms, he added.
Budapest Times
08-04-2025
- Health
- Budapest Times
Nagy: Measures to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease are working
Minister Nagy said risks remained, pointing to a new outbreak in neighboring Slovakia, and stressed the need to comply with all restrictions. István Nagy, the agriculture minister, said measures to contain the spread of foot-and-mouth disease are working and no new outbreaks have been detected in Hungary. After a meeting of an operative corps for animal health on Saturday, Minister Nagy said risks remained, pointing to a new outbreak in neighboring Slovakia, and stressed the need to comply with all restrictions. Establishing the operative corps was necessary, he said, to ensure the involvement of all official bodies in the defence effort. The operative corps decided on Saturday to establish police check-points for all traffic in and out of settlements affected by foot-and-mouth disease and to appoint a veterinarian for each settlement. Nagy said a one-year moratorium on loan installments for farmers affected by foot-and-mouth disease was entering force. He said that just six of the 30 border crossings with Austria were operating on Saturday and directed travellers to get information on ones that were open on the website. Hungary detected a case of foot-and-mouth disease at a cattle farm in Kisbajcs, in the northwest of the country, on March 6. The disease was later identified in Slovakia, after which more outbreaks were discovered in Hungary, in Level, Darnozseli and Dunakiliti. A ban on the transport of animals susceptible to the disease has been introduced in Győr-Moson-Sopron County. Nagy said all animals had been destroyed at the farms in Kisbajcs and Level, and disinfection there was underway, while cattle at the farms in Darnozseli and Dunakiliti were being vaccinated to reduce the spread of the disease. Culling the 3,500 head on those farms will take a longer period of time, he added. Nagy said authorities in Hungary were working closely with their counterparts in Slovakia. He also acknowledged the work of the Hungarian defence forces and the police in efforts to contain the spread of the disease.
Budapest Times
11-03-2025
- Health
- Budapest Times
PM calls on livestock owners to help prevent spread of foot-and-mouth disease
Livestock owners have access to specialists and funding, and István Nagy, the agriculture minister, is directing protection efforts, the prime minister noted. Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has appealed to livestock owners to take heed of the instructions of the authorities on how to prevent the further spread of foot-and-mouth disease. Infected herds must be culled and the infection localised, PM Orbán said in a video uploaded to Facebook in which he stood in front of the livestock farm on the outskirts of Kisbajcs in Győr-Moson-Sopron county, in western Hungary, where the virus was identified. Livestock owners have access to specialists and funding, and István Nagy, the agriculture minister, is directing protection efforts, the prime minister noted.
Budapest Times
29-01-2025
- Business
- Budapest Times
Minister: Non-EU countries exporting to Europe must abide by same production standards
Minister Nagy argued that cheap produce entering the EU "without controls" further weakened Europe's competitiveness. István Nagy, agriculture minister, said the European Union should demand that non-EU countries exporting farm produce to the bloc abide by the same production standards maintained by EU member states. Speaking in Brussels on Monday, Minister Nagy argued that cheap produce entering the EU 'without controls' further weakened Europe's competitiveness. The EU agreement on Ukrainian imports expires in June, and even then it fails to protect European farmers adequately, Minister Nagy told a press conference after a meeting of EU counterparts. Referring to various imports such as honey, eggs and sugar, he said import quotas had been exhausted and, even then, had upset markets in some member states. Brussels must not only take Ukrainian interests into account but make sure that the long-term interests of Hungary and other border countries are secured, he said, adding 'we haven't heard much about the European Commission's plans in this respect'. Hungary's number one task in the face of Ukrainian farm imports remains to protect the interests of Hungarian farmers, he insisted. Until a solution is found, Hungary will close the Ukraine-Hungary border to Ukrainian farm produce, he said. Minister Nagy said the EU, when it came to revising Ukraine's association agreement, 'should take greater care in determining the volume of imports', and should include 'sensitive produce' such as wheat and corn in the updated agreement. Imports, he said, got stuck in border states and caused severe market disruption. Minister Nagy welcomed the restoration of Ukraine's Black Sea transport routes, allowing exports to reach their destinations via traditional sea routes. The minister said global food security was vitally important, but this must not come at the expense of the competitiveness of Hungarian farmers and domestic trade. He said Hungary faced 'unpredictable and irreversible consequences' should Ukraine succeed in its bid to join the EU, as this would dilute agricultural subsidies and 'lead to the ruin of Hungarian farmers'.
