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    • Thursday, 21 September, 2023
      Trade disputes
      Slovakia to drop ban on Ukrainian grain imports

      Agreement follows Kyiv’s rift with Poland, Hungary and Slovakia over unilateral import restrictions

      Ukrainian grain stored in train wagons on the Polish-Ukrainian border
    • Tuesday, 29 August, 2023
      Brexit
      UK announces fifth delay to post-Brexit border controls for food

      New import regime for fresh produce will edge up headline inflation, ministers admit

      Trucks pass a union jack flag at the Port of Dover
    • Sunday, 27 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Romania to bolster Ukraine export corridor despite Russian attacks

      Bucharest seeks to double capacity of alternative shipping route through Danube river, says prime minister

      The port of Constanța in Romania
    • Thursday, 10 August, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Grain exports back in Russia’s sights in Ukraine war

      Fears for global food security as Moscow pushes for a greater share of wheat trade

      A ship coming from Ukraine loaded with grain and anchored in Istanbul
    • Thursday, 20 July, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      Russia bombs Ukraine grain silos in ‘barbarian’ attack on food supplies

      Third consecutive night of air strikes on ports follows threat to target grain ships

      A man surveys bombed buildings in Odesa
    • Monday, 3 July, 2023
      War in Ukraine
      EU considers Russian bank concession to safeguard Black Sea grain deal

      Move would be a sop to Moscow to maintain agreement that allows Ukraine to export food to global markets

      A man operates a tractor in the foreground. In the background, across a ploughed field, another tractor with a trailer and workers can be seen
    • Tuesday, 13 June, 2023
      Agricultural commodities
      Bunge to buy Glencore-backed Viterra in $8.2bn agribusiness deal

      Combined group to rival largest global grain and oilseed handlers

      A Viterra grain elevator in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
    • Thursday, 20 April, 2023
      Europe Express
      Ukrainian grain curbs give reality check to Kyiv’s EU membership bid Premium content

      Also in this newsletter: the dwindling options for new Russia sanctions

      Truck drivers queue at the Ukrainian-Polish border
    • Wednesday, 19 April, 2023
      EU trade
      EU prepares emergency curbs on grain imports from Ukraine

      Bloc bows to pressure from Poland and other eastern European states over influx of cheap foodstuffs

    • Tuesday, 18 April, 2023
      The Big Read
      The farmers challenging the EU’s green agenda

      Brussels needs a greener agricultural sector to help meet its climate goals. But farmers say they’re being asked to do too much

      A convoy of tractors in Arnhem, Netherlands, protests against the Dutch government’s nitrogen reduction policy to meet EU targets. The sign reads ‘Come on child, we are no longer welcome in this country’
    • Friday, 24 February, 2023
      Camilla Cavendish
      Wilting support for the Tories in farming areas reflects neglect

      As supermarkets ration salad, agriculture needs help from a government that cares

      Illustration of a farmer ploughing his land with a tractor and slicing the word ‘conservatives’ in the process. The land turns yellow, then red then green into the distance
    • Monday, 6 February, 2023
      ExplainerClimate Capital
      EU deforestation law triggers ire of its trading partners

      Indonesia and Malaysia lead criticism of legislation that bans imports of products linked to clearing of forests

      An aerial view shows deforestation near a forest on the border between Amazonia and Cerrado
    • 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’

      Turkey farmer Paul Kelly
    • Thursday, 17 November, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Ukraine Black Sea grain export deal extended

      Kyiv says agreement to be prolonged by 120 days despite Russian blockade

      A truck unloads grain in a granary in Ukraine
    • 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

      A man walks behind a herd of sheep
    • 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

      A bar of cocoa-free chocolate made by London-based WNWN
    • 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

      People peruse produce at a small grocery store on June 15 2022 in Berlin, Germany
    • Thursday, 1 September, 2022
      Leo Lewis
      China is on a mission to ensure its food security

      The strategy of holding its ‘rice bowl steady’, an urgent priority for Beijing, could be tested in IP lawyers’ offices

      Pigs in an indoor sty on a farm in Inner Mongolia, China
    • Wednesday, 31 August, 2022
      InterviewUK trade
      UK trade minister says Australia and New Zealand deal anxieties ‘misplaced’

      Anne-Marie Trevelyan assures safeguards will protect farmers despite worries about cheap meat imports

      Pen of beef cattle for auction at Roma sales stockyard in Queensland, Australia
    • 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

      A family of four, including a mother, father and their two kids, walking on a dry field
    • Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      First grain ship to depart Ukraine since war appears to dock in Syria

      The Razoni has been closely watched after it failed to reach original destination of Lebanon

      The Sierra Leone-flagged Razoni
    • Tuesday, 9 August, 2022
      War in Ukraine
      Stranded corn cargo from Ukraine waiting for new buyer, UN says

      Customer refused grain from Razoni, first ship to test reopening of Black Sea to food shipments

      The cargo vessel Razoni passing along Turkey’s Bosphorus Strait carrying grain out of the Black Sea last week
    • Tuesday, 2 August, 2022
      InterviewWar in Ukraine
      Ukraine warns grain exports will take ‘months’ to reach prewar levels

      Minister says only a handful of ships will depart from Odesa region in next two weeks

      The dry cargo ship Razoni, carrying a cargo of 26,000 tonnes of corn, departs from the port of Odesa on Monday
    • Wednesday, 27 July, 2022
      Australia
      Australia’s ‘avo-lanche’ forces farmers to look to Asia and UK for sales

      Avocado is now being used as a cheaper substitute in salads as a glut of the fruit sends prices tumbling

      Avocados for sale in a market
    • Tuesday, 19 July, 2022
      InterviewWar in Ukraine
      Ukraine warns of big cuts to wheat harvest if Russian blockade continues

      Black Sea export route key to farmers’ ‘financial cycle’ and easing of global food crisis, says agriculture minister

      A harvester operator in the field during the grain harvesting
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