Global beef prices benefit from soaring demand in China
Beef prices are surging around the world, which is contributing to global food prices skyrocketing to their highest level since 2014.
EU agriculture reforms aim to save small farmers
Negotiations about sweeping reforms to the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) is being concluded this week.
Vietnamese shrimp fortunes have fallout for the environment
Farmers in the Mekong Delta region in Vietnam are being forced to adapt to increasing intrusion of salt water by replacing rice production in one of Asia’s largest rice-growing regions with shrimp farming.
Burying underwear down under to help the earth
As part of a new global movement, farmers and schoolchildren in Australia and New Zealand are burying their cotton underwear in the soil and digging it up again eight weeks later.
India’s anti-farm law protests continue amid COVID-19 surge
The tens of thousands of farmers in India who have been protesting against new agricultural laws are seemingly undeterred by the second, more devastating wave of the COVID-19 pandemic in that country.
US farming machinery supply under pressure
Disruptions to global supply chains have resulted in a shortage of the steel, plastics, microchips and tires that US machinery manufacturers need to produce tractors and combine harvesters.
French government steps in to assist frost-ravaged farmers
The French government will increase the upper claim limits of the country’s agriculture catastrophe fund to compensate farmers for the recent extensive damage suffered to their crops due to unexpected cold weather.
African swine fever takes new toll on China’s pig herd
At least 20% of the breeding herd in northern China have been wiped out by a new wave of African swine fever outbreaks this year.
Australian farmers reeling from natural disasters
The La Niña weather phenomenon that brought six months of heavier than usual rainfall and lower than average temperatures to the east coast of Australia has come to an end.
Global edible oil price rally nearing its peak
A combination of production challenges has resulted in vegetable oil prices, such as palm and soya bean oil, reaching multi-year highs since 2020.
China to accelerate agri reform in the next five years
The Chinese Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs has released a policy document in which it outlines a five-year plan from 2021 to 2025 of how it aims to boost the development of rural industries.
World’s freshwater supply dwindling fast
The increasing restraints on freshwater supplies is threatening global food security. Urgent action is therefore needed to make water use in agriculture more sustainable and equitable.
