Dutch livestock farmers to receive payment for halting operations
The EU has approved a €1,5 billion (about R20,23 billion) scheme that will allow the Dutch government to buy out farmers in an effort to reduce nitrogen emissions in that...
Russian export ban could scupper Black Sea grain deal, G7 warned
There are renewed fears that the deal brokered by the UN and Turkey in July 2022, which guarantees safe passage for grain trapped in Ukraine’s Black Sea ports due to...
US orange harvest expected to reach 86-year low this season
The 2022/23 orange crop in the US is forecast to be the smallest since 1937, according to the US Department of Agriculture (USDA).
Italy to clamp down on lab-grown meat
Farmer groups in Italy have welcomed a government-backed bill tabled in that country’s parliament that could ultimately result in the banning of laboratory-produced meat and other synthetic food.
Food security under pressure as Ukraine export corridor deal stalls
The UN-brokered deal that has created a protected sea transit corridor for grain exported from Ukraine's three ports on the Black Sea expires later this month.
Commodity markets jittery as EU deforestation regulation looms
The new EU regulation on deforestation-free supply chains, which comes into effect later this year, has been met with mixed reaction by stakeholders.
‘Doomsday’ seed vault sees the addition of 19 500 new samples
Efforts to secure global food supplies are being ramped up due to growing concern about climate change. As a result, the Global Seed Vault in Svalbard, located on Norway's Spitsbergen...
‘Africa must invest more in agriculture’
Rising costs of food and energy, and their impact on food security and the climate, featured widely at this year’s World Economic Forum conference in Davos, Switzerland.
Produce shortage prompts rationing of purchases by stores in UK
The shortages of fresh produce currently being experienced in the UK and Ireland can largely be ascribed to extreme weather conditions being experienced in Spain and North Africa, where harvests...
Accusations of price gouging as US egg profits soar
The Farm Action organisation in the US has attributed record-breaking increases in the price of eggs not to inflation or avian influenza (bird flu), as claimed by egg companies, but...
Seven-year peak for soil moisture in Brazil’s sugar, coffee regions
Soil moisture levels in those regions of Brazil where coffee and sugar cane are produced are currently at their highest levels in seven years, according to data from Refinitiv, an...
Spotlight on the global grain market expectations for 2023
As the world moves firmly into 2023, a level of market volatility that has not been seen in years is creating uncertainty with regard to global grain supplies.
US farmer’s confidence guarded for agriculture in 2023/24
While the confidence of US farmers in the local agricultural economy is at its highest level in 16 months, farmers are somewhat uncertain of what the 2023/24 season holds, according...
UK pig numbers down on the back of high feed costs
There has been some concern among stakeholders in the UK’s pig industry after recent data released by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra), indicated that total pig...
Low oilseed, grain stock supplies to keep prices high in 2023
Despite high commodity prices encouraging farmers across the world to increase grain and oilseed plantings, a challenging production environment is expected to curb global agricultural output.
US farming income reaches record high in 2022
It is expected that high commodity prices, partly due to the Russia-Ukraine war, will result in net farming income in the US reaching a record US$160,5 billion (about R2,7 trillion)...
Mexico seeking deal with US in the wake of planned GM maize ban
The Mexican government has moved swiftly to assuage fears that the country’s recently announced plan to ban genetically-modified (GM) maize by 2024 could violate the United States-Mexico-Canada (USMCA) trade pact.
Crop-planting pace in Argentina ‘the worst in decades’
With farmers in Argentina experiencing a third consecutive growing season marked by drought conditions induced by the La Niña weather system, soya bean and maize planting were off to an...
Olives: The fruit of Italy’s migrant exploitation
One of the finest table olive varieties in the world, Nocellara del Belice, is grown in the olive groves near the town of Campobello di Mazara on the Italian island...
Fears of egg shortage in the UK as farmers’ input costs soar
Egg producers in the UK are being forced to reduce the size of their flocks, with some leaving the industry altogether as soaring production costs make their businesses unviable.
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