Agriculture

Tereos To Close Romanian Sugar Factory After Takeover Talks Fail

Tereos has decided to close and dismantle its factory in Romania after talks with a local company interested in taking over the plant failed to go through,...

Spanish Small Trade, Primary Sectors At Risk From Fixed Prices, Say Groups

Confederación Española de Comercio (CEC), the Spanish organisation to support local trade, has expressed its concern with the Spanish governm...

US Farm Agency To Triple Investment In Climate-Friendly Farming

The US Department of Agriculture will invest nearly $3 billion in projects to reduce climate-harming emissions from farming and forestry, tripling the fund...

Ukraine Farmers May Cut Winter Grain Sowing By At Least 30%: Union

Ukrainian farmers are likely to cut the winter grain sowing area by at least 30% because of a jump in prices for seeds and fuel combined with a low selling...

Carlsberg Research Laboratory Develops New Crop Technology

Scientists at Carlsberg Research Laboratory have invented an ultra-fast breeding technology for crops, which the brewer says will pave the way for crops of...

As Harvest Time Looms, China Tells Farmers To Replant Or Switch Crops

As China's record heatwave starts to subside, farmers are assessing the damage caused by a prolonged drought and the government is urging them to replant o...

Romania Sees Wheat Crop Down At Nine Million Tonnes: Ministry

Romania has reaped nine million tonnes of wheat this year, the agriculture ministry said, as weather and higher production costs caused crops to fall by ro...

Ukraine Agricultural Exports Could Rise To Four Million Tonnes In August

Ukraine's agricultural exports are likely to rise to about 4 million tonnes in August, from 3 million tonnes in July, thanks to the UN-brokered deal that u...