Agriculture

High Pasta Prices Set To Boil Over As Canada's Wheat Withers

Pasta lovers must brace to pay even higher prices for their favourite dish, as drought in Canada and bad weather in Europe damages crops of...

Ukraine Winter Wheat Sowing Seen Unchanged Despite Export Crisis

Ukrainian farmers are not expected to reduce the area of winter wheat they sow for the 2024 harvest despite higher logistics costs due to the wartime expor...

Lidl Germany To Move To Higher Animal Welfare Standards For Beef, Drinking Milk

Lidl Germany has announced that it is converting its range of fresh beef and drinking milk to higher animal husbandry levels.

Russia Prepares Switch To Rouble Settlement For Farm Exports

Russia will get buyers of its farm exports to pay in roubles rather than dollars as a way to circumvent western sanctions, deputy prime minister Viktoria A...

Tesco And Harper Adams University Launch Initiative For Future Farmers

Tesco and Harper Adams University’s School of Sustainable Food and Farming (SSFF) have announced the launch of a new multi-year programme which will...

Romanian Port Key For Ukraine Grain Faces Overflow As Black Sea Deal On Edge

Ukraine's on-off Black Sea grain deal has made the nearest port of Constanta in neighbouring Romania a key alternative that is set for volumes doubling its...

Continente’s Ondina Afonso On How Producers Can Embrace Sustainability

ESM met Ondina Afonso, the president of the Continente Producers Club, to discuss the group's recent ESG efforts.

Brazil's BRF Launches Share Offering, Opening Room For Saudi Investment

Brazilian food processor BRF said it has filed for a follow-on share offering that will allow a previously announced investment by Saudi Arabia's SALIC in...