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Brazil Sugar Cane Crushing Falls Short Of Estimates

Brazil's centre-south sugar cane crushing missed market expectations in the first half of May, data provided by industry group Unica showed, as the 2022/23...

Ukraine's Ukrlandfarming Says War Has Caused It Big Losses

Ukraine's leading agricultural group, Ukrlandfarming, has said that Russia's invasion had caused it losses totalling hundreds of millions of dollars, mainl...

Irish Farmers Welcome Plans To Establish New 'Fairness And Transparency' Office

Farmers have welcomed the Irish government's plans to establish a new Office for Fairness and Transparency in the Agri Food Supply Chain, saying that more...

Ukraine War Already Impacting Food Security, UN Agency Warns

The war in Ukraine is already resulting in rising food prices and a shortage of staple crops in parts of central Asia, the Middle East and north Africa, th...

EU May Let Farmers Use Fallow Land As Ukraine War Hits Grain Supply

The European Union will consider letting farmers use fallow land, notably to grow protein crops for livestock feed, to counter disruption to supply from Uk...

World's First Octopus Farm Stirs Ethical Debate

Spurred on by soaring demand for seafood, a Spanish company plans to open the first commercial octopus farm next year but as scientists discover more about...

Nestlé Set To Pay Cocoa Growers To Keep Children In School

Nestlé has announced plans to start paying cocoa farmers cash if they send their children to school rather than out to tend crops, as part of a push...

French Farms Get Bigger But Still Smaller Than American Rivals, Census Showed

French farms have got bigger on average over the past decade but they are still far smaller than agricultural businesses in Canada and the United States.