Farmers

Norgesgruppen Works With Farmers To Sell ‘Early Harvest’ Produce

Norway’s Norgesgruppen has announced that it is working alongside farmers to ensure that early harvest products are made available for sale in its st...

Crop Damage Mounts For EU Farmers After Torrid Summer

European farmers are counting the cost of a summer heatwave that has shrunk cereal harvests and shrivelled pastures, leaving some farms struggling to survi...

German Poultry Farmers Seeking Price Rises As Drought Increases Costs

German poultry farmers are seeking price rises from supermarkets because this summer's drought has caused a surge in the cost of animal feed grain, produce...

Food Giants Nestlé, Hershey At Odds With Farmers Over GMO Labelling

The world's top food companies and farmers of crops such as beet sugar are pitted against each other as they lobby the U.S. government over plans to label...

Two-Fifths Of EU Land Area Used For Farming, Study Finds

A little over 171 million hectares of land in the European Union (EU) is used for agricultural production - about 40% of the EU's total land area, a new st...

French Farmers Engage In Refinery Blockade Over Palm Oil Imports

French farmers have commenced a blockade of oil refineries and fuel depots over plans by Total to use imported palm oil at a biofuel plant, which have fann...

Rain Brings Wheat Relief In Australia's West

Relieved farmers in Australia's export-focused west are celebrating good rainfall at the end of the winter wheat-planting window, although conditions remai...

Carrefour Signs First Farmer Contracts In Poland

Carrefour Poland has announced that it has introduced its new Food Transition strategy in Poland, and has signed the first 'farmer contracts' with seven fa...