The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

‘We have to pay more for food’: Britain’s biggest tomato farmer on the runaway costs of growing

Soaring costs from light and fertiliser to pickers and packaging led APS Group to leave one in 12 of its glasshouses empty last winter

The Guardian - UK · Feb 23, 2023

World's largest beef exporter Brazil suspends supply to China after case of mad cow disease

With major beef exporter Brazil temporarily out of the beef trade while it investigates a case of mad cow disease, will China seek to buy more beef from Australia to support its enormous appetite for the meat?

ABC News · Feb 23, 2023

Brazil to halt beef exports to China after mad cow disease case

Brazil's beef exports to China will be halted starting Thursday after a case of mad cow disease was confirmed in the northern state of Para, the country's agriculture and livestock ministry said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 23, 2023

Farm workers on UK seasonal visas to be guaranteed 32 hours a week

New rules after some workers on zero-hours contracts last season – but rights bodies say more must be done

The Guardian - UK · Feb 22, 2023

Colombia, Bolivia to ask UN to remove coca leaf from narcotics list

Colombia and Bolivia will jointly ask the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs to remove coca leaves from its list of prohibited substances and accept the plant's traditional uses, Colombia's government said on Wednesday.

Reuters · Feb 22, 2023

Former supermarket chief blames rationing on Brexit and energy costs

A FORMER supermarket chief has blamed shortages of fresh produce on Brexit and a failure of the UK government to help growers with soaring energy…

The National (Scotland) · Feb 22, 2023

Bradley Stoke developer ordered to pay £9K for damaging protected tree

The tree had to be removed after concerns it was "vulnerable to uprooting"

Bristol Post · Feb 22, 2023

Asda and Morrisons fruit and veg rationing: All we know as other stores deny shortages

A combination of bad weather and transport problems in Africa and Europe has seen UK supermarket shelves left bare of tomatoes, as well as dwindling stocks of some other fresh produce

Daily Mirror · Feb 22, 2023

Gurugram: CBI arrests senior Horticulture officer for accepting bribe

The Central Bureau of Investigation on Wednesday arrested a Senior Horticulture Officer of the National Horticulture Board in Gurugram for demanding and accepting a bribe. Read further on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News · Feb 22, 2023

As livestock theft becomes a growing problem in rural Australia, new technologies offer hope

Last week, it was reported that 700 sheep with an estimated value of $140,000, including nearly 200 valuable merino ewes, were stolen from a Victorian property in a highly sophisticated rural crime operation. Such large-scale rural theft is increasingly common.

The Conversation · Feb 22, 2023