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  • Wednesday, 7 April, 2021
    UK agriculture
    ‘It’s the end of the road’: UK’s sugar beet farmers face rising pressures

    Future of production in question after disease and poor weather ravage 2020 crop

  • Wednesday, 17 March, 2021
    Chinese piglet prices soar as swine fever raises supply fears

    Unapproved vaccines may have accelerated spread of new strains in world’s biggest pork market

  • Friday, 5 March, 2021
    Lex
    Pork ETF: piggy bank

    Penghua’s fund, and other vehicles that will follow, will give investors easy access to fat profits

  • Sunday, 14 February, 2021
    LexHealth
    Salt taxes/health: reasoning over seasoning Premium

    Levies may not be the smartest route to reducing intake of problem ingredients

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    News in-depth
    China’s record corn purchases have traders wondering if bump can last

    Prices surge to near eight-year high as demand from Beijing fuels grain market rally

  • Friday, 12 February, 2021
    FT News Briefing podcast11 min listen
    European IPO boom, Bitcoin price jump, China’s corn spree

    Tech and ecommerce listings are behind a surge in IPOs on European exchanges

  • Thursday, 4 February, 2021
    Food Prices
    Food inflation concerns deepen as prices reach highest level since 2014

    UN body warns trajectory of prices could create a ‘big issue’ for poorer, import-reliant countries

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Special ReportSudan after the revolution
    Sudan wants to ‘turn the desert green’ in agricultural modernisation push

    Crops can grow in the desert with sophisticated irrigation schemes, but poor infrastructure is holding back development

  • Tuesday, 26 January, 2021
    Special ReportSudan after the revolution
    Sudan loses out on wealth from gum arabic harvest

    European producers monopolise the value of one of the country’s biggest exports

  • Promoted Content
  • Sunday, 10 January, 2021
    Taiwan
    Pork prices climb in Taiwan after shoppers reject US imports

    Tsai Ing-wen’s attempt to secure trade deal has been upended by fears over feed additive

  • Thursday, 31 December, 2020
    News in-depth
    Food price rally sparks warnings of pressure on developing countries

    Large rise in agricultural commodities creates ‘recipe for unrest’ within fragile economies

  • Monday, 28 December, 2020
    Lex
    Food prices: bun fights Premium

    Changing weather patterns and trade disruption have put a floor under agricultural commodity prices

  • Wednesday, 23 December, 2020
    Orla Ryan
    Chocolate is a treat but leaves a sour taste in cocoa farmers’ mouths

    For families growing the crop in west Africa, the farmgate price is low and the life uncertain

  • Tuesday, 15 December, 2020
    Commodities
    Retailers and food groups demand soya traders halt Brazil deforestation

    Tesco offers £10m to stop expansion in Cerrado as companies threaten sanctions

  • Friday, 11 December, 2020
    West Africa vs Big Chocolate: Battle over price sours relations

    Ivory Coast and Ghana struggle to boost farmer incomes from commodity that underpins $100bn industry

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Special ReportBrazil: The Road to Sustainability
    Cattle muddy Brazil’s path to sustainable farming

    High-tech agribusinesses cut down on chemicals while unscrupulous ranchers cut down trees

  • Tuesday, 8 December, 2020
    Special ReportBrazil: The Road to Sustainability
    Agroforestry offers green alternative to slash-and-burn

    Mixed-use schemes enable depleted soils to become productive again

  • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
    Africa’s cocoa farmers and Big Chocolate clash over poverty fighting measures

    Confectioners including Mars and Hershey accused of trying to circumvent ‘living income’ premium

  • Sunday, 29 November, 2020
    Saffron falls prey to coronavirus lockdowns as demand drops

    Prices for most expensive spice crash as closures hit festive and religious activities

  • Friday, 20 November, 2020
    Commodities
    Hershey’s buys cocoa futures as tensions with African producers grow

    Premium charged for beans on physical market pushes buyers to futures market, driving rally

  • Thursday, 19 November, 2020
    Special ReportSustainable Food and Agriculture
    Pandemic prompts rethink of food supply chains

    Coronavirus has made clear the need for a more robust and responsive food system

  • Friday, 6 November, 2020
    Commodities
    Soyabean prices hit four-year high as nerves rise over food inflation

    Dry weather disrupts supply of agricultural commodities just as governments fill reserves

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special Report
    African Farming & the World

    Nigeria harnesses scale to boost smallholder productivity; the battle to commercialise South Africa’s Eastern Cape; camel milk’s superfood credentials; how tackling soil depletion can raise yields; Egyptian orange farmers capitalise on export boom; what Nigeria can learn from Brazilian techniques

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Special ReportAfrican Farming & the World
    Nigerian businessman targets Brazil-style farming revolution at home

    The former ambassador to Brasília wants to replicate the successful transformation of the cerrado region

  • Thursday, 22 October, 2020
    Marianne Schoemaker
    How digitised supply chains can help multiply Africa’s crop yields

    Technology can help primary producers to access much-needed resources including finance, inputs and fair prices

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