Historic boom in cereal production
18 December 2019The global cereal harvest will reach a historic high in 2019, totalling 2.7 billion tonnes, i.e. 2.1% more than 2018. According to FAO, this increase is due to increased volumes.
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Robots in the spotlight at the International Forum of Agricultural Robotics
17 December 2019FIRA (the International Forum of Agricultural Robotics) was held in Toulouse between 9 and 11 December. Here are some of the robots in the spotlight at this year’s event: The.
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The fabulous future of micro-algae
13 December 2019Hundreds of thousands of species of micro-algae float in stretches of water the world over. Only a tiny fraction of them have been studied. We cannot begin to imagine the.
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Launch of the first industrial bio-refinery in Denmark
12 December 2019As part of a project subsidised by the Danish Ministry of Agriculture, the big cooperative supply and storage group, DLG Group, the dairy cooperative Arla Foods and their partners Danae.
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Downward trend for sales of fertiliser in France
11 December 2019According to the ‘Union des Industries de la Fertilisation’ (UNIFA), shipments of mineral and organo-mineral fertilisers reached a total of only 8.7 million tonnes during the 2018-2019 campaign, down by.
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OCP @ revenue in a depressed market
10 December 2019In the first quarter of 2019, the OCP Group achieved revenue of MAD 42.4 billion (approx. €3.8 billion), an increase of 3% compared to the same period 2018. This was.
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The booming meat industry threatened by alternative products
6 December 2019Meat-free products, laboratory-cultivated meat, seafood substitutes and insect protein – are they the future of food? Food giants, from Tyson to Cargill, are preparing for a future where the protein.
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Nestlé will sell Starbucks teas and coffees
5 December 2019Nestlé hopes to grind out an extra $250 million thanks to its alliance with Starbucks. Last May, the Swiss giant bought global perpetual sales rights for Starbucks tea and coffee.
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A farming reform experiment in China falls short
4 December 2019Eager to improve the living standards of small-scale farmers – their income is less than half of that in the city – the Chinese government decided to allow villages to.
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Changes to farming production must consider societal demand
3 December 2019A study commissioned by the European Parliament indicates that whilst the growth in product demand should increase to tackle population growth, it will be at the expense of changes to.
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