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Press release… With the onus on farmers to reduce emissions from their herds many are looking at how breeding cows with better feed efficiencies can help achieve the objectives. Using the CFIT technology from VikingGenetics is already helping dairy farmers around the world not only reduce methane but also help …

ROME… European olive oil producers are sounding the alarm as this summer’s heat waves are expected to cause the second bad harvest in a row. Unusual droughts are the heart of a brewing crisis for the sector, which may result in gaps in shelves and rising prices of olive oil, …

Falling international maize and sugar prices partly offset notable jumps in wheat and vegetable oil quotations. Global food commodity prices rose in July, influenced by the termination of the Black Sea Grain Initiative and new trade restrictions on rice, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) reported …

Escalation of military tensions in region following halt of Black Sea Grain deal raises concerns about future of global food markets… MOSCOW… The revival of the Black Sea grain deal is significant for global food price stability and continued access to food in poor countries. Following Russian President Vladimir Putin’s …

Transforma Insights’ recent report, ‘Digital Transformation (DX) in the Agriculture sector’ identified nine key domains of change in the Agriculture sector that are enabled by disruptive technologies such as Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things. In this article we examine each of these key use cases and the impact …

Press release… The second World Sorghum Conference took place between June 5th and 9th in Montpellier and was attended by over four hundred participants from around the world. Farming industry operators, economists, and researchers made presentations or contributed to the hundreds of materials showcased during the five days of the event. The Sorghum …

TÜRİB: The decision to cancel the Grain Corridor will have minimal impact on Türkiye Turkish Mercantile Exchange (TÜRİB) General Manager Ali Kırali, regarding the effect of Russia’s withdrawal from the Grain Corridor Agreement on Türkiye, said, “Turkish Grain Board (TMO) is trying to manage abundance due to the measures taken …

Russia’s exit from a breakthrough deal that allowed Ukraine to export grain safely from its seaports via the Black Sea could drive global grain prices up by 10%-15%, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warned Tuesday but said it was continuing to assess the situation. The Black Sea grain deal had …

July 2023 will probably be the world’s hottest month in “hundreds, if not thousands, of years,” top NASA climatologist Gavin Schmidt said Thursday (20 July). This month has already seen daily records shattered according to tools run by the European Union and the University of Maine, which combine ground and …

Russia on Monday announced it had halted an unprecedented wartime deal allowing the grain to safely flow from Ukraine to parts of the world where millions are going hungry, a fresh threat to global food security. Moscow will suspend the Black Sea Grain Initiative until its demands to get its …