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Stock markets take hit as China slaps U.S. with tariffs
It was a rough day for North American stock markets, with big drops across the board after China slapped the U.S. with new tariffs. The tariffs apply to more than 100 U.S. products including pork — a move designed to target U.S....
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Brief from Brussels: Brexit 'decisive step' and farmer protest
In this edition of the Brief from Brussels: The Brexit negotiators strike agreement on transition terms; and Belgian farmers roll into Brussels with their tractors, to air opposition to possible subsidy reforms.
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Another key Trump adviser resigns amid tariff dispute
Another key adviser to U.S. President Donald Trump has resigned, this time due to his plans for new tariffs. Gary Cohn's resignation comes after less than 14 months as Trump's top economic adviser — he becomes another name on the growing...
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Canada's options
Katie Simpson looks at Canada's alternatives in a potential trade fight with the U.S.
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Brief from Brussels: EU ministers mull farming policy reforms
In this edition of the Brief, mounting concerns over future of Common Agricultural Policy, as EU ministers mull reforms; and Hungarian PM Viktor Orban uses a visit to Bulgaria to lash out against EU migration policies, in run-up to...
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New technology juices up the food industry
If you like your fruit juice fresh, your olive oil extra virgin and your cider aromatic, there’s good news: an electrifying new technology is making those goods easier to produce – and even healthier. In the field The family-owned Apple...
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Cheering the news
Claire Citreau of the Canadian Agri-Food Trade Alliance on the new TPP deal
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Bee technology
Renee Filippone reports on new technology still in the testing phase that is creating a buzz in the agricultural world
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America’s economy roars with fastest job creation in over two years
American companies added 263,000 workers in March, the fastest rate of job creation in the US since December 2014. More jobs are expected to be created in the coming months, shortening the odds on the Federal Reserve moving to calm...
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EU’s Oettinger warns of Brexit-shaped Brussels budget hold
Richer countries will have to cough up more cash when Britain leaves the EU, according to a top German politician. Günther Oettinger, the European budget commissioner, told Handelsblatt that net contributors, such as Germany, will need...
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Robots start work on the farm
Smart connected farms were a hot topic at the ‘International Green Week’ in Berlin. Experts estimate the global market for such hot connected farms could be worth 70 million euros by 2024. one example on show was an “Iglo”. It is a...
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ChemChina, Syngenta work to appease EU competition watchdog
ChemChina and the Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta have confirmed they have responded to concerns by the European Union’s competition watchdog over their merger. No details have been made public but usually companies offer to...
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The plant doctor app helping to identify plant disease
A mobile phone could be set to help farmers identify diseases in their produce. Tomato plants for instance can suffer from a widespread disease called powdery mildew. It is a fungus which leaves a white powder on the leaves. But thanks...
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Methane gas threatening to slow efforts to slow climate change
Methane gas is all around us and is threatening efforts to slow climate change. An international study led by the French organisation the Laboratory of Climate Sciences and the Environment – the LCSE – reported that methane...
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Making the most of precious water in Morocco
Rain, or a lack of it can plague farmers for decades when weather patterns shift, but new rural development initiatives are seeking to provide farmers with knowledge to resist the advancing effects of climate change. Farms in the...
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World’s largest oasis threatened by climate change
The world’s largest oasis in the Moroccan region of Tafilalet is being threatened by climate change. Morocco has three major objectives: recognising issues related to climate change, preserving oases, and developing them to a single...
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Morocco launches Triple A initiative to challenge climate change
For the final stop along the Road to Cop 22, we’re in Souss Massa Draa, in southern Morocco. This region is the home of the country’s Triple A initiative which aims to transform the continent’s agriculture to face the challenges of...
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Coffee, cocoa and fair trade in Peru
Jorge Minaya Huamàn is one of the nearly 300 partners of the coffee cooperative Huadquiña, in the Andes of Southern Peru, not far from Machu Picchu. From June to October he climbs the mountains to pick coffee beans. It’s hard work just...
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[360 ° video] Producing organic coffee and cocoa in Peru
You are inside the Urubamba Cooperative coffee and cocoa processing plant in the Southern Peru town of Quillabamba. Coffee and cocoa produced by small land owners is brought here to be processed or stocked. Here you can see how the cocoa...
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Bayer to buy Monsanto in latest agrochemicals consolidation
Top US seeds firm Monsanto says it has agreed to a takeover bid by the German drugs and crop chemicals maker Bayer. The price is $66 billion (58.8 billion euros) including Monsanto’s debt. Bayer wants to grab the top spot in the...
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Lettuce and livestock perform arabesques down on the farm
There is moonlight in Vermont and there is classical ballet down on the farm in Vermont. A troupe of dancers are in amongst the cows and pigs getting their tutus dirty to take ballet out of the auditorium and into the open air. Have you...
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ChemChina Syngenta takeover moves closer with US government approval
The US government has decided there is no risk to America’s national food security from ChemChina’s takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta. Approval from the Committee on Foreign Investment in the US (CFIUS) boosts the...
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Spanish farmers look for sweet success from Stevia plant
It has around 200 times sweeter than sugar and has a slight taste of liquorice. Stevia is widely used as a sugar substitute. It’s a fast growing plant that thrives in tropical weather in Malaga, in Spain. Farmers like Sergio Martin are...
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Wine war: French ambassador summoned over Spanish truck attacks
Spain’s Foreign Ministry has summoned France’s ambassador after French farmers hijacked Spanish trucks at the border and drained their cargo of wine. It happened at a toll barrier at Le Boulou in southern France. Those involved say they...