The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

Farmers are among the Russians being drafted into the military, President Vladimir Putin told a meeting with officials on Tuesday, signalling potential further risks for the 2023 crop.

Grosvenor Farms supplies major supermarkets including Tesco

To be anchored under newly-formed value-added agriculture mission

Prominent members of farmers’ union express dismay after comments by Minette Batters

There were numerous fires on agricultural land in eastern Ukraine in early July, when the region was under intensive military attack by Russia, according to an analysis of satellite images by The Yomiuri Shimbun and outside experts.

Russia is targeting Ukrainian farmland, damaging unharvested grains and essential farming equipment. Farmers are increasingly expressing concern over their future livelihoods in the face of the seemingly never-ending war.

Farmers in the United States are urging their government to challenge a looming Mexican ban on genetically modified (GM) corn under a regional free trade agreement, warning of billions of dollars of economic damage to both countries.

The agricultural sector has one of the most powerful political lobbies in Brazil, and President Jair Bolsonaro enjoys strong support in the country’s main agricultural states. Many farmers have rallied behind Bolsonaro during his tenure, but will their support be enough to secure him a second term?

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