Farming

Brazil 2018/19 Coffee Output, Yield At 'Record Highs'

Brazil's coffee harvest will rise to a record 60.2 million 60kg bags in the 2018/19 crop year – up 18% year on year – as the world's bigge...

Farmers Worldwide Struggle With Rising Fuel Costs

Farmers worldwide are feeling the pinch as fuel costs rise to near four-year highs just as they plant and harvest their fields, eroding agricultural income...

New Technologies To Help Agribusinesses Fuel Rising Food Demand: Moody's

A new report from Moody's Investors Service says that in order for agribusinesses to meet rising food demand, new technologies will play an increasingly im...

EU To Launch Plan To Protect European Farmers From Unfair Trading

The European Commission will announce a series of measures on Thursday to protect small European farmers and food producers from what it says are unfair tr...

Late Spring Delaying Ukraine Barley Sowing Campaign

Ukraine is expected to harvest 26-28 million tonnes of maize and 7.7-8 million tonnes of barley in 2018, consultancy UkrAgroConsult said on Wednesday, warn...

Sugar Bears Come Out To Play As Surplus Swells On Asia Crops

There’s about to be enough sugar piled up in warehouses to make three chocolate cakes for every person in the world, and that’s got the market...

It's Not Just The Weather Freezing British Farms As Brexit Bites

Ben Drummond, a third-generation farmer in the west of England, says Brexit is throwing up unprecedented problems for his business. Plans to expand his...

Ivory Coast May Allow Cocoa Farms In Some Protected Forests

Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, plans to legalize farming on almost 5 million acres (2 million hectares) of protected reserves to help b...