Agriculture

Marks & Spencer Teams Up With AgriSound To Test Sensor For Pollinators

M&S has announced a three-year collaboration with agri-tech start up AgriSound to pilot an in-field sensor, which the retailer says will help farmers t...

Sri Lanka Faces Looming Food Crisis With Stunted Rice Crop

Across rice farms in Sri Lanka, the bleak picture is emerging that the summer harvest could be as low as half that of previous years, according to experts.

French Sorghum Farmer Defies Drought With Sustainable Crop

Corn plants near Paris are stunted and the soil of harvested wheat fields is bone dry, but on Eudes Coutte's sorghum plot the leaves are green and the plan...

EU Monitor Cuts 2022 Summer Crop Yields

The European Union's crop monitoring service MARS cut its yield forecasts for all summer crops, including maize, due to hot and dry weather in ma...

China Summer Wheat Output Rises 1% From Last Year: Data

China's wheat for the summer harvest rose slightly from the previous year, the country's statistics bureau said, following concerns after heavy autumn rain...

Brazil's Sugarcane Crushing Down 7.9% In Late June

Brazil's centre-south sugarcane crushing came in below market expectations late in June, data from industry group Unica showed, with sugar output...

Ukraine Sees Sharp Drop In Grain Harvest After Russian Invasion

A senior government official has said that Ukraine's grain harvest was likely to drop to around 48.5 million tonnes this year from 86 million tonnes last y...

Italy Wheat Production Seen Down 15% On Drought Risks: Farm Group

Italian wheat production is expected to fall by 15% this year due to a drought that has cut yields across the country, agricultural lobby Coldiretti said,...