Several events around the globe reinforce the idea that the climate is changing. What can we in 2024, how will this impact food and agriculture and how to best prepare yourself?
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Vertical farming has attracted a lot of interest and investment money over the past few years. However, high energy prices have impacted the sector, so how can firms adapt to better manage energy costs as well as other challenges?
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Farming Apps: Best 10 to try out today
AI-driven farming apps enhance efficiency by enabling real-time monitoring and automation of farmland. These apps assist farmers in crop monitoring, precision agriculture, market analysis, and weather forecasting. The article reviews 10 apps, including YieldsApp for agronomic analysis and AGvisorPRO for consulting, highlighting their roles in optimizing agricultural practices and improving profitability.
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GM Wheat Trial Results
The results of controversial field scale GM wheat trials in the UK have been published this week. The experiment conducted in 2012 and 2013 aimed to show that wheat with a genetic modification to produce aphid disrupting pheromone EßF could play an important role in aphid control. EßF is an alarm pheromone released by […]
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EU Aims to Compromise on GM Crops
The European Union is to apply the principle of “subsidiarity” and allow individual member states a greater say on the regulation of GM Crops. The move will allow member states to decide whether or not GM crop varieties can be grown or used for food and feed on their territories. The European Commission will still […]
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Oilseeds Market Update
A bigger than expected oilseed crop in Latin America is likely to offset a poor harvest within India. The USDA also report that US farmers will plant an extra 1 million acres of soyabeans in 2015/16 compared with 2014/15, mostly replacing corn across the corn belt, and cotton across some of the Southern States. US […]
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Oilseeds Update
Recent USDA reports on the oilseed market show the impact of falling oil prices and tariff rate changes in the EU – with falling prices for bio-diesel driving down demand for palm oil in Malaysia and Indonesia. These developments clearly show the inter-dependency of food and energy markets.