Agriculture

France's Macron Wants EU To Help On Farmers' Crisis

French president Emmanuel Macron tried to soothe the anger of protesting farmers by calling on the European Union to regulate agricultural imports from Ukr...

Britain Pauses Talks On Canada Free Trade Deal Over Agriculture

Britain has suspended talks on a free trade deal with Canada amid unhappiness on both sides about the lack of access to agricultural markets, Canadian offi...

Why Are French Farmers Protesting?

French farmers are blocking roads across the country to demand government action to address numerous grievances, as protests in the European Unio...

French Farmers Block Roads, Dump Produce As Protest Edges Closer To Paris

French farmers blocked highways and dumped crates of imported produce, demanding urgent action on low farmgate prices, green regulation and free-trade poli...

EU To Allow Wider Measures To Control Ukraine Grain Imports

The European Commission is looking into ways of allowing eastern EU member states to restrict farm imports from Ukraine as it extends trade liberalisation...

Primark's Sales Growth Slows In Christmas Quarter

Associated British Foods said underlying sales growth slowed at its Primark clothing business in the Christmas quarter, reflecting unseasonal weather at th...

Last Year Saw An Easing Of 'Sharp' Agricultural Price Increases: Eurostat

The year 2023 saw a shift away from the 'sharp price increases' that defined the EU agricultural sector of 2021 and 2022, new data from Eurostat has found.

Brazil's Pesticides Market Faces Headwinds After Feeble 2023

Extreme weather threatening Brazilian crops and last year's slump in agricultural chemicals sales are pressing concerns for the country's pesticides indust...