The Latest Breaking News on Agriculture

The European Commission proposed on Wednesday legally binding targets to halve the use of chemical pesticides and restore nature across the EU, in an attempt to better protect health and recover plunging wildlife populations.

It’s commonly assumed Australia’s farmers and cities are divided over climate issues. This is not true. After all, farmers are on the front line and face the realities of our shifting climate on a daily basis.

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…

By December, the New Zealand government is expected to make its final decision on how agricultural emissions will be priced, but farmers are already protesting the move.

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Port Stephens oyster growers who have been in the business for generations could be forced to leave the industry after an outbreak of QX disease wiped out all their stock.

THE BBC has been accused of “ensuring that misinformation stays in the public domain” after it refused to correct factual inaccuracies in its…