The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

Brazil prosecutors seek $2.5 billion in damages from alleged orange juice cartel

Giants of the orange juice trade in Brazil have become defendants in a class-action lawsuit seeking $2.5 billion in damages over an alleged scheme to fix prices between 1999 and 2006, a prosecutor told Reuters.

Reuters · Apr 6, 2023

Judgment day at the Sydney Easter show – where good honey ‘smacks you in the face’

From density to clarity, there are many factors that determine a winner at the national honey competition. But a good specimen is evident the moment you open the jar

The Guardian - AU · Apr 6, 2023

Peter Allen is still shearing at 75 — he puts it down to his focus on health and fiercely competitive nature

Peter Allen has been shearing since he was 18. Nearly 60 years later, he can still shear 100 sheep per day, three days a week.

ABC News · Apr 6, 2023

Scots women in agriculture face sexism and stereotyping, report finds

Female workers described feeling like the “token woman” in the industry and that there was an “assumption” all farmers are men

The National (Scotland) · Apr 4, 2023

Undocumented California farmworkers would get path to state residency under new proposal

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A California lawmaker is trying to create a path to citizenship for hundreds of thousands of undocumented farmworkers.

Tribune News Service · Apr 4, 2023

Farmers around the globe benefit from smart Aussie technology

From monitoring livestock to keeping track of emissions, smart Australian companies are spreading farm technology all over the world.

The New Daily · Apr 4, 2023

In Africa's fields, a plan to pay fair wages for chocolate withers

Ivorian cocoa bean farmer Edouard Kouame Kouadio expects to die poor, despite rising demand for the raw material that feeds the world's insatiable appetite for chocolate.

Reuters · Apr 4, 2023

The recent changes of crop irrigation

Crop irrigation is an incredibly important component of agriculture at large. It has changed a lot in recent years

Salon · Apr 3, 2023

Police called to Yew Tree Farm in day-long stand-off over hedge

Farmer blocks lane to stop new gateway being cut through hedge

Bristol Post · Apr 3, 2023

Pacific trade deal ‘will make mockery of UK’s climate ambitions’

CPTPP membership will result in more deforestation and endanger animal welfare, say campaigners

The Guardian - UK · Apr 3, 2023