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Wine Wins, Crops Lose, As Farmers Grapple With Record Balkans Heat

Balkan wine growers say hot weather has boosted the sugar content in their grapes, but corn, soy, sunflowers and some vegetables can be devastated, farmers...

Waitrose Launches Own-label, Free-Range Cream SKUs

Upmarket UK retailer Waitrose & Partners has added free-range cream SKUs to its private-label offering.

Australian Farmers Increasingly Concerned About Government Policy, Poll Finds

A rising number of Australian farmers are disgruntled with the government's climate and agricultural policies, a survey showed.

Light Frosts Reported In Some Brazilian Coffee Areas, Prices Surge

Farmers reported light frosts in coffee-producing areas of Brazil over the weekend as an unusually strong cold mass for this time of year advances from the...

Cargill Internal Memo Describes Structural Overhaul To Streamline Company

Cargill will undergo structural changes after missing internal earnings goals, with plans to streamline operations into three units instead of five.

Heatwave May Cut Ukraine 2024 Corn Harvest By 6m Tonnes, Producers Say

A record heatwave in July across most Ukrainian regions may reduce the 2024 corn harvest by about 6 million metric tonnes, the Ukrainian producers' union s...

Greece Bans Moving Goats And Sheep As 'Goat Plague' Spreads

Greece has banned moving sheep and goats from their farms to try to contain a viral infection known as 'goat plague' after new cases were detected over the...