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Spanish Drought Means Olive Oil Output Set To Be A Third Below Four-Year Average

A scorching drought that hit southern Spain for a second year in a row is likely to mean the country's 2023-24 olive oil production is a third below the fo...

Iberian Olive Oil Producers Draw Private-Equity Interest As Prices Soar

Private-equity firms are eyeing olive farms in Spain and Portugal that use new agricultural techniques to boost production as they see big profits after pr...

JBS Commences Construction Of Cultivated Protein Research Centre

Meatpacker JBS has commenced the construction of a cultivated protein research and development centre, which it says will be the largest research facility...

Shipping Group Maersk Sets Up Green Methanol Company

Maersk has teamed up with its majority owner to form a new company to produce 'green methanol', the shipping company said, as it held a naming ceremony for...

Drought In Spain To Affect Food And Beverage Supply, FIAB Warns

The lack of rainfall, high temperatures recorded in recent weeks and drought in large areas of Spain is affecting agriculture and livestock and will have a...

Mercadona Opens New Hub For Online Services

Spanish retailer Mercadona has opened a second hub in Boadilla del Monte in the Community of Madrid to boost online services offered by its existing facili...

Consum Plans To Reduce Its Direct Emissions By 42%

Consum has had its decarbonisation objectives validated by the Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi), which it says is a first for a supermarket chain in...