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France Lets Farmers Use More Pesticides To Protect Sugar Output

French farmers will be allowed to apply more pesticides on their sugar beet fields this year due to a high risk of attacks from an insect carrying a diseas...

World Food Price Index Rebounds From Three-Year Low, Says UN Agency

The United Nations food agency's world price index rebounded in March from a three-year low, boosted by increases for vegetable oils, meat and dairy produc...

UK Watchdog Warns T&L Sugars Deal With Tereos May Raise Sugar Prices

Britain's antitrust regulator said that T&L Sugars's purchase of Tereos UK & Ireland's assets could result in higher sugar prices for UK shoppers.

Ukraine Needs Long-Term Plan For Food Exports To EU, Official Says

The European Union must allow Ukrainian food producers access to EU markets long term, rather than just extending measures year by year, leaving them at th...

Sugar Maker Cristal Union Takes Stake In TotalEnergies' Biogas Unit

French sugar maker Cristal Union will take a 10% stake in TotalEnergies' biogas unit BioNorrois due to be launched later this year, which will use sugar be...

Tereos Plans To Expand Sugar Output In Brazil, But Sees Cane Crop Down

French food and energy company Tereos invested in recent months to increase its sugar production in Brazil in the new season that starts in April...

EU Proposes Curbs On Ukraine Farm Imports To Calm Angry Farmers

The European Commission has proposed measures to limit agricultural imports from Ukraine and offer greater flexibility on fallow land rules in a bid to que...

France's Macron Wants EU To Help On Farmers' Crisis

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to soothe the anger of protesting farmers by calling on the European Union to regulate agricultural imports from Ukr...