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  • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
    InterviewWar in Ukraine
    Russian fertiliser billionaire pushes for ammonia exports

    Sanctions-hit Dmitry Mazepin pitches plan for shipments of ingredient seen as vital in easing global food crisis

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    Food security
    UK at risk of food supply crisis, farmers’ leader warns

    NFU head says ministers have been slow in responding to her concerns

  • Tuesday, 6 December, 2022
    Anjana Ahuja
    Why lab-grown meat may never be on the menu

    High production costs together with increasingly vegetarian appetites may prevent this industry taking off

  • Tuesday, 29 November, 2022
    UK agriculture
    Turkeys dying too fast for farmers to get compensation, MPs told

    Trade group chief notes ‘worst bird flu outbreak that we’ve seen’

  • Tuesday, 22 November, 2022
    Argentina
    Third year of drought threatens Argentina’s grain exports

    Farmers despair of dry conditions and lack of government support

  • Monday, 14 November, 2022
    Tyson Foods Inc
    Tyson Foods launches board review over new CFO’s arrest

    John Randal Tyson charged with public intoxication and trespassing after he was found asleep in woman’s bed

  • Thursday, 10 November, 2022
    The Big Read
    Mood shifts on gene-edited crops as droughts and wars bite

    The European Commission is considering easing regulation on the technology. But critics say it is an untested risk being pushed by Big Ag

  • Tuesday, 8 November, 2022
    Special ReportManaging Climate Change
    Amazon destruction woes overshadow Brazil’s farming advances

    Technology makes farming in developed areas more sustainable but rainforest destruction has been soaring

  • Sunday, 30 October, 2022
    Brexit
    UK farmers say exports will be hit by post-Brexit regulation

    Industry groups urge agriculture minister to reconsider new rule on meat products

  • Wednesday, 26 October, 2022
    Food & Beverage
    Cadbury maker Mondelez to invest $600mn on sustainable cocoa sourcing

    Ivory Coast and Ghana boycott annual meeting amid rising tensions in chocolate industry

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    News in-depthSpecial Report
    Sustainable Food and Agriculture

    Big Tobacco, Big Oil . . . and Big Food? How activist shareholders are pushing the industry to change its ways. Plus: drinks companies count true cost of water; climate change puts India’s rice farmers under pressure; and food for thought in seven charts

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Scientists test new biological alternatives to toxic pesticides

    Ladybirds, food dye and fungi are all being pressed into the war on harmful insects

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Investors push food companies to go greener

    The ESG movement has the industry in its sights — but complex supply chains make it a tricky target

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    India’s rice farmers find themselves on front line of water crisis

    The country is struggling to wean itself off subsidies that encourage overuse

  • Thursday, 20 October, 2022
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Can the world feed itself sustainably? A primer in seven charts

    Feeding a population of over 10bn this century doesn’t have to cost the Earth

  • Wednesday, 12 October, 2022
    New Zealand
    New Zealand farmers angered by ‘fart tax’ plan

    Jacinda Ardern government’s radical proposal targets methane emissions from sheep and cows

  • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
    The Big Read
    The future of farming: how global crises are reshaping agriculture

    Surging costs of inputs such as fertiliser and the growing threat of climate change are driving a return to pre-industrial methods

  • Friday, 7 October, 2022
    Sarah Langford
    The reinvention of farming has come too far to be threatened now

    Government must realise that regenerative agriculture is here to stay

  • Wednesday, 5 October, 2022
    Trade SecretsAlan Beattie
    Deregulation is no short-cut to creating world-class industries

    The Netherlands’ amazing success in high-tech farming shows complying with EU rules can be a competitive advantage

  • Monday, 3 October, 2022
    News in-depthPollution
    Dorset farmers battle England’s new river pollution curbs

    Dispute over limits on nitrogen use around Poole Harbour is set to be replicated across the nation

  • Sunday, 2 October, 2022
    LexRetail & Consumer industry
    Indoor farming: earning green from leafy greens Premium content

    Farming indoors will not replace the outdoor version soon, but it should not be an either/or trade-off

  • Sunday, 11 September, 2022
    News in-depth
    Salad days are over for European food producers as energy costs bite

    Industry warns that soaring cost of heating greenhouses and other energy-intensive processes will lead to shortages

  • Friday, 9 September, 2022
    News in-depthFood & Beverage
    Foodtech start-ups push bean-free coffee and chocolate

    Entrepreneurs develop alternatives to products often linked to deforestation and child labour

  • Wednesday, 7 September, 2022
    Food Prices
    Farmers warn of winter food shortages in Europe

    Price rises across wide range of products predicted as output is cut over surging energy costs

  • Friday, 26 August, 2022
    Special ReportAfrican Development
    Africa’s smallholders need to go beyond subsistence

    Raising yields will not only improve lives but could also be an important factor driving national development

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