Farming

France To Harvest Least Wheat In 28 Years After Rains, ODA Says

French farmers will harvest the least wheat in almost three decades after rains and an overcast spring damaged crops in the European Union’s biggest...

Lots of Wheat But Not Enough Protein Sends Buyer Premium Surging

A global glut of wheat isn’t producing many bargains for U.S. flour millers who need high-protein grain used in bagels, pizza crust and specialty bre...

Kenya’s Coffee Crop Seen Benefiting From Rains Boosting Yields

Kenya, Africa’s third-biggest arabica- coffee producer, may get a bumper harvest later this year as rains in key growing areas boost yields. The c...

South Africa White-Corn Imports Seen Missing Target By Chamber

South Africa, which is set to produce the smallest corn crop since 2008 this year, may miss a target to import enough of the white variety this season to m...

Bin-Busting Global Wheat Supplies Signal Price Rout Isn’t Over

Canada’s wheat farmers still have more than a month before they start the bulk of this season’s grain harvest, but they’re already worrie...

Waitrose Italian Continental Meat Supplier Receives Good Pig Award 2016

Compassion in World Farming has awarded Waitrose’s Italian continental meat supplier with the esteemed Good Pig Award 2016, for its continued work in...

Record French Downpours Causing Delays To Sugar Beet Growth

Heavy rainfall and chilly temperatures in France are delaying the development of sugar beets in the European Union’s largest producer. Plant devel...

European Farmers Brace For Trade Fallout In Wake Of Brexit Vote

The U.K.’s decision to walk away from the European Union may throw billions of pounds worth of agriculture trade into question as politicians prepare...