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Dairy farmers say worker shortage is threatening UK food security

The Arla cooperative says five in six farmers receive very few or zero applications for job vacancies

The Guardian - UK · Aug 13, 2025

S.Africa To Offer US New Deal To Avoid 30% Tariff

South Africa will offer a "generous" new trade deal to the United States on Tuesday to avoid 30-percent tariffs, government ministers said.

International Business Times · Aug 12, 2025

Macron signs agriculture law, upholds ban on controversial pesticide

French President Emmanuel Macron has signed into law a modified agriculture bill that bars a banned pesticide from being reintroduced. The move comes after the Constitutional Council – the country’s highest court – struck down the clause last week, ruling it violated France’s environmental charter.

Radio France Internationale · Aug 12, 2025

Spain’s economy is the envy of Europe, but the plight of its strawberry pickers tells another story

Its migrant-powered GDP growth is lauded. If only the people who pick its fruit could be treated with dignity and respect, says Tone Sutterud, a human rights and environment journalist and translator

The Guardian - UK · Aug 9, 2025

'Optimistic': Champagne Growers Hope For US Tariff Shift

Champagne growers say President Donald Trump's tariffs on European goods will hurt sales to the United States, their biggest export market, but hope that the sector may yet escape the new duties.

International Business Times · Aug 8, 2025

Modi ready to ‘pay a heavy price’ as India seeks to resist Trump tariffs

Foreign ministry calls 50% levy ‘unjustified and unreasonable’ and accuses US of double standards

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

Plan to reintroduce banned pesticide in France overruled by constitutional council

‘Duplomb bill’ provision to allow use of acetamiprid, toxic to pollinators, found not to abide by environmental charter

The Guardian - UK · Aug 7, 2025

France's top constitutional court rejects return of bee-killing pesticide

France's Constitutional Council on Thursday rejected a controversial pesticide bill that would have allowed the reintroduction of acetamiprid – a chemical banned since 2018 due to its harmful effects on pollinators, ecosystems and human health. The bill drew strong public opposition, including a petition that collected more than 2.1 million…

Radio France Internationale · Aug 7, 2025

Clarkson’s Farm star Harriet Cowan shares emotional message after show exit

The 24-year-old farmhand and nurse from Derbyshire only appeared on the show for a short time, but quickly became a firm fan favourite

Evening Standard · Aug 7, 2025

For Argentine Farmers, Milei's Free-market Reforms Fall Short

Twenty months after Argentina's President Javier Milei came to power vowing to lead a free-market revolution in the so-called sick man of South America, the farming community is egging him on to go further.

International Business Times · Aug 7, 2025