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Agriculture

  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    Food security
    Malnutrition crisis threatens child health gains, warns Bill Gates

    Foundation says about 40mn children are at risk of stunted growth as climate change worsens food security

    A malnourished child looks on at the nutrition unit of the Gode General Hospital, in the city of Gode, Ethiopia
  • Monday, 9 September, 2024
    Chemicals
    Europe must push for low CO₂ bread, says fertiliser group chief

    Yara International head calls for more government support in the production of green crop nutrients

    A farmer harvesting wheat in India
  • Saturday, 7 September, 2024
    Italian economy
    Prosciutto in peril as Italy struggles to contain swine fever

    Farmers fear for livelihoods as government struggles to stem worst outbreak of virus in decades

    Pigs
  • Friday, 6 September, 2024
    Japan
    Japan faces worst rice shortage in decades

    Empty shelves blamed on government’s policy of limiting production, tourist influx and extreme weather

    A farmer holding cut rice in a Japanese paddy field
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    EU agriculture
    EU urged to overhaul €387bn farm subsidies regime

    Report suggests basing Common Agricultural Policy payments on income not acreage and calls for curbing meat production

    Dairy farm in south-west France
  • Wednesday, 4 September, 2024
    Europe Express
    EU should double budget size and cut farming subsidies, experts say Premium content

    Also in this newsletter: Ukraine prepares for a bitter winter

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  • Monday, 2 September, 2024
    Moral Money
    Water pricing debate bubbles up in Portugal amid intensifying droughts Premium content

    As an artificial lake on the Iberian peninsula attracts more businesses, it has become a victim of its own success

    The Guadiana river flows into the Alqueva dam
  • Thursday, 29 August, 2024
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    How open trade saved us from a global food crisis

    Fears of an international hunger emergency after the Ukraine invasion proved unfounded

    A combine harvests wheat in a field
  • Friday, 23 August, 2024
    Carbon footprint
    Pink rice serves up alternative to carbon-intensive meat

    Lab-grown proteins can reduce greenhouse gas emissions but are an expensively acquired taste

  • Thursday, 22 August, 2024
    The Big Read
    The global power of Big Agriculture’s lobbying

    Behind the public image of farming lies a vast industry adept at securing subsidies and exemptions from environmental measures

    Montage image of a tractor, pitch fork, cow and dollar and euro bills
  • Monday, 19 August, 2024
    Inside BusinessNic Fildes
    What Australia tells us about rising biosecurity risk for companies

    One start-up hopes country can carve out global role in reducing threat of diseases such as bird flu spreading

    Migrating geese
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    US farmers fear prospect of Trump tariffs will add to sector’s burdens

    An intensification of the trade war with China would come on top of price pressures and high interest rates

    Rancher Walter Schweitzer moves his cattle to a fresh pasture near his home in Geyser, Montana
  • Thursday, 15 August, 2024
    Visual investigation
    The European boats fishing under a veil of secrecy

    EU vessels are registering with African fleets and exploiting local fishing laws

  • Tuesday, 13 August, 2024
    Cargill Inc
    Cargill’s revenues drop from record levels as ample crops depress prices

    Revenue decline comes as agricultural trader restructures organisation amid profit pressure

    Cargill’s advanced biodiesel plant is processing recycled oils and fats into renewable fuel
  • Monday, 12 August, 2024
    Animal welfare
    Scottish landowners face new rules as grouse-shooting season starts

    Regulations over moor burning and killing birds of prey tightened as legislation comes into force

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  • Friday, 9 August, 2024
    News in-depthAnimal welfare
    Kill or confine? Italy and Romania wrestle with bear attacks response

    Wildlife activists oppose culling of animals despite rise in aggressive incidents

    A bear eats a sandwich thrown by a passing driver on a road in Romania
  • Friday, 26 July, 2024
    EU fishing
    Brussels abandons crackdown on overfishing

    European Commission drops possible legal action against five member states for failing to police ban on discarding fish

    Mackerel, mantis shrimps, mullet, prawns, sole and cuttlefish are caught by a trawling net aboard a fishing vessel in Rimini, Italy
  • Wednesday, 24 July, 2024
    Foreign aid
    UN blasts ‘shamefully’ high hunger levels

    Report says issue will still affect 600mn people by the end of the decade

    Workers fill bags with maize in Nakuru, Kenya
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    Food & Beverage
    UK becomes first European country to approve lab-grown meat

    Cell-cultivated meat has prompted opposition in countries such as Italy, France, Austria and the US

    Photo of UK start-up Meatly
  • Wednesday, 17 July, 2024
    FT GuidesClimate tech explained
    Climate tech explained: methane inhibitors

    Reducing the amount of gas produced by cows can cut overall emissions from farming

    A silhouette of a cow on a brown background with a thought bubble containing the chemical formula ‘CH4’
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    UK immigration
    UK food sector should cover migrant workers’ upfront costs, advisers say

    Migration Advisory Committee urges government to do more to stamp out abuses in seasonal worker scheme

    Farm workers picking lettuce in Tarleton, Lancashire
  • Tuesday, 16 July, 2024
    Agricultural commodities
    Cotton prices tumble as Brazil’s exports surge

    Increased supply and lower demand hits producers as consumers choose cheaper alternatives

    A combine harvests cotton in a field at Pamplona farm in Cristalina, Goias State, Central-West Brazil,
  • Wednesday, 10 July, 2024
    FT GuidesClimate tech explained
    Fertiliser

    Making crop nutrients requires a lot of fossil fuels — using hydrogen instead could put an end to that

    A graphic depicts a farming scene with a tractor irrigating seedlings with green drops, while a wind turbine stands nearby
  • Tuesday, 9 July, 2024
    Lex
    Smart tractors can’t steer out of this agricultural slump Premium content

    Diversifying income away from cyclical equipment sales is challenging

    A John Deere automated tractor at the CES tech show in Las Vegas
  • Monday, 8 July, 2024
    Jude Webber
    Wild salmon were an Irish icon. Now they’re almost gone

    The nation’s inability to protect a species that has such cultural power looks both cavalier and foolish

    Salmon Fishing in Ireland
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