The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

There are more chickens than any other species of bird on the planet. With three chickens for every human being, they are a food staple for millions of people around the world. But new research shows chickens were domesticated only relatively recently and were once revered.

The pressures faced by one Yorkshire rice importer illustrate how costs feed through to consumers

Rising salinity is a national crisis, destroying plant life and poisoning the soil. But one WA farmer says his one-of-a-kind saltwater greenhouse has the solution.

Trial on Greater Manchester farm restores water to degraded peatland – then tries to cultivate celery on it

Advice that allowed farmers to spread manures in a way that risked polluting waters has been changed by Defra

After decades of avoiding inclusion in the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), New Zealand’s primary production sector has begrudgingly acknowledged that reducing on-farm emissions of greenhouse gases is an imperative.

With whispers of a recession, interest rate hikes, and inflation, many in agriculture believe rural land will hold its value through the tough economic times ahead.

Emissions are coming down as farmers increase the amount of ground cover across their paddocks, land clearing has slowed, and abattoirs have built systems that trap waste and divert it from landfill.

The agricultural industry has been growing exponentially this year, driven by substantial demand and a war-fuelled surge in food prices. As economic sanctions upend the global commodity markets, agricultural stocks Archer-Daniels-Midland (ADM) and FMC Corporation (FMC) should benefit from the industry’s tailwinds. But which of these stocks is a better…